"Like A Car Driving Off A CLIFF!" | German Chancellor Scholz Loses Confidence Vote To Force Election

[@davidpnewton]

A "stabbed in the back" narrative in Germany. Oh dear. That does NOT have good historical precedents.

[@alanmccartney3922]

Nah, I just got back from Germany. Politically it may have problems but otherwise its booming, there's building going on everywhere, cheap prices in the shops and Xmas markets booming. This is a bit misleading.

[@onastick2411]

Things always do look good at the top of the boom, that's why people often refuse to see the oncoming disaster.

[@chisomahamba379]

Then why’s companies closing down and laying out workers, since to you, it’s all about seeing new buildings.

[@davidpnewton]

No. Your assertions are utterly misleading. Economic figures prove you are talking utter rubbish. The German economy is in severe trouble. Energy prices are ridiculously higher thanks to a combination of stupid net zero policies and pro-Russian idiocy. That has crippled the German industrial base which is contracting substantially. The service sector is also at best stuck in the doldrums.

[@paulstewart4195]

Not misleading at all. You have seen a brief meaningless snapshot .they are in long term economic decline for several major reasons. No more cheap energy from Russia. Who knew🤣Washington grins plan to deindustrialise Germany making them even more dependent -already selling the Germans lpg at 4 times Russian gas prices-industries relocating to USA and China the Americans blew up Nord stream to underline the point🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤣🤣🤣