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Spain is really going in the right direction, I wonder why no one countries inspire from what they are doing
by milanito1985 3mo ago
Spain is really going in the right direction, I wonder why no one countries inspire from what they are doing
- sucrosesucrose 3mo ago[flagged]
- ks2048 3mo agoIt seems in current discourse, turning a European country into another USA is a compliment.
- croes 3mo agoWhy do you thinks so? A country with narcissistic criminal as leader who damages the US science for decades, kills people by dismantling USAID. The raising costs because of his four-week-war against Iran doesn’t help either but damages the economy worldwide.
- ks2048 3mo agoI didn't say I think so - I said in current discourse - e.g. this site and x.com. The narrative is that Europe is stagnant and US has pulled ahead, at least economically. I think that can be consistent with Trump destroying the long term future of the country and the planet.
- vrganj 3mo agoI think the immigration is what keeps Spain from turning into another Japan or Germany - a stagnant, overly old place stuck in time.
- indoordin0saur 3mo agoGermany has had an immense amount of immigration over the past couple decades.
- croes 3mo agoImmigrants but not immigration because there aren’t enough resources to help all the people to integrate.
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- wickedwiesel 3mo agoWhich is a political choice - not necessarily a resource problem. Germany, if any, would have the resources to help with integration but for decades most people and politicians were living in denial that people from other countries that came to Germany actually wanted to stay and _live_ there or were living in a world were state debt was seen as the devil's spawn.
- dgellow 3mo ago> were living in a world were state debt was seen as the devil's spawn. You’re not kidding, it’s literally set in the German constitution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_balanced_budget_amendment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_balanced_budget_amendme...
- wickedwiesel 3mo agoYes, correct, and thanks for the addition. To illustrate this quite emotional approach to state finances, the policy of not increasing the the debt was nicknamed "the black zero" ("die Schwarze Null") which got so infamous that the employees of the German Federal Ministry of Finances posed as a "black zero" in this photo: https://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Content/DE/Bilderstrecken/Bildergalerien/2023/2023-12-27-Wolfgang-Schaeuble/22.html https://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Content/DE/Bilderstre... Remember, this was at a time when German government bonds were sold with _negative_ interest. So, Germany was refusing to take on any further debt at the time to invest (i.E. in social capital like workers, better immigration, in infrastructure etc. etc.) and is now trying to rectify this partially, at a time where interest rates are close to 3%. Personally, to me as a non-economist, this feels like a missed opportunity of a lifetime.
- starik36 3mo agoJust came back from Japan and I found it vibrant and modern.
- croes 3mo agoDid you visit the countryside? Japan has an aging problem and a big misogyny problem too.
- kazinator 3mo agoName the country and I will easy find the spots where it is not vibrant and modern, and then say "did you visit those?" Say, I heard France has great cuisine, but I had street food in Paris and it was meh.
- starik36 3mo agoLiterally every country has a countryside problem. From US to Russia to Asia to any country in Europe.
- yitianjian 3mo agoIf you went to Japan in the 90’s, 00’s or 10’s, you’ll find the issue is that Japan still feels mostly the same. It’s a wonderful country, but post-Japan’s asset bubble and crash there’s been noticeably less change.
- snowpid 3mo agoBesides the mentioned comments Spanish speaking immigration is much more welcomed by radical right AND Germany had a lot of German speaking immigration from Eastern Europe. There are just no German speaking minorities left in other countries.
- fpoling 3mo agoAnd in Spain most immigrants are from Latin America with close enough culture and language to avoid most integration problems.
- ExpertAdvisor01 3mo agoI wouldn't say most. It's around 55–60% of immigrants who come from Spanish-speaking countries. Also, this uses official numbers, which reflect a larger Spanish speaking share than there is in reality (as people from Spanish-speaking countries have more straightforward visa processes). So the real percentage is probably much lower (as there are a lot of undocumented migrants. 1.2 million applied for "legalization").
- sucrosesucrose 3mo ago[flagged]
- 8note 3mo agospain has a significant rich-brit problem of englishmen spending lots of money and not learning spanish
- sucrosesucrose 3mo ago[flagged]
- archagon 3mo agoWhich aspect is unsustainable?
- peder 3mo ago[flagged]
- archagon 3mo agoOh? I did not realize there were warlord armies rampaging through the countryside in hope of establishing dynastic Muslim rule. Pat yourself on the head for such an astute historic parallel.
- peder 3mo ago[flagged]
- archagon 3mo agoAh, so these immigrants are indeed part of some sort of caliphate army — just one that was let in without a fight? Yes, that makes sense. > Immigration on Hacker News is like the dumbest topic here. Insert "We're All Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This" meme.
- peder 3mo ago[flagged]
- archagon 3mo agoI don't know, but I'm not deranged enough to say that Muslim immigrants in my country are part of an invading force. All the ones I know are quite nice, actually. Personally, I care far more about the dehumanization of my fellow human beings than how open or closed the borders are.
- CommanderData 3mo ago[dead]
- mdni007 3mo agoExcept they don't seem to be an Isreali puppet state
- deleted 3mo ago[deleted]
- cryo32 3mo agoLooks like we’re doing this in the UK soon too. Edit: not sure what the downvotes are. Burnham literally said he’ll do it today.
- john_strinlai 3mo agoindeed, and he has apparently already been walking the walk >"Burnham did not grant the US tech company any contracts during his nine years as Greater Manchester mayor, and is minded to take the same approach in Downing Street."
- NopIdoN 3mo agoBut how many did he deny?
- fodmap 3mo agoI do agree blocking Palantir is a good move but the Spanish government is doing it for the wrong reason. Spain is storing all sort of data on Chinese servers, including their Intelligence, and Judicial wiretaps. https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-huawei-contract-judicial-wiretaps/ https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-huawei-contract-judici...
- 8note 3mo agostill not the worst of reasons. would be better to be on spanish servers, but decoupling from american tech remains a public good, especially if using american tech bans american competitors
- croes 3mo agoIf the data is encrypted before the upload I see no problem
- petcat 3mo agoHuawei is the complete data custodian. They are the ones doing the encrypting.
- sbayg 3mo agoMaybe Spain has people on the inside (of Huawei.)
- RetroTechie 3mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_now,_decrypt_later https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_now,_decrypt_later
- tonyhart7 3mo ago[flagged]
- mdni007 3mo agoAs opposed to what? American servers with Isreali backdoors?
- qpricjalcbeu 3mo agohttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1w21gn340xo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1w21gn340xo
- gonzalohm 3mo agoAt this point, can you tell me one non corrupt government? At least they are doing stuff for the people
- bsjaux628 3mo agoDefine doing. The government is completely block from legislating since the coalition parties will not approve any law, only those that can help their separatist movements. The national budget hasn't been renewed since 2023, affecting new projects. What we have is a corrupt president and party he'll bent on remaining as long as possible to not face the polls
- gonzalohm 3mo agoThere are two takes here (and I'm impartial because I no longer live in Spain): - The government lost their trust and should resign. - The coalition parties are sabotaging the government even when none had the majority (even if together they do). Either way, fuck Palantir
- kazinator 3mo agoPoliticians and governments like to introduce crap like blacklisting when they have a good excuse to (a target the public agrees with) so that later it's easier for them to use against arbitrary targets.
- one33seven 3mo agoThis prevents palantir being used against people, what are you talking about? How will blacklisting military tech affect you?
- serial_dev 3mo agoI know I’m a conspiracy theorist but I’m looking out for random scandals, random high profile deaths, random infrastructure issues and random large scale accidents.
- pbreit 3mo agoThis seems ridiculously short-sighted and backwards.
- tom2ow 3mo ago[flagged]
- oepsar 2mo agoyeah, well, this is what a socialist president gives you. same as mamdani and his achievements