the average german is 46, they now have 3:1 worker to pensioner when it used to be 8:1, so one, they are old. two, europe has no natural resources, its why they had to go out and conqour colonies in the first place, to get the materials to supply their industrial economies, they dont have them anymore and the colonies have learned how to build factories, it is 1800s tech after all. three, they sniff their own farts about muh superior european way of life and are thus lazy and entitled to generous gibs and work contracts meaning people dont have to work hard and have lot of time off making them lazy and unproductive. europe will continue their managed declined and by 2050 have ethiopian teir livings standards
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