Sundara said:
A stronger and more defined culture is one thing on my list that I want to be more integrated into my life regardless of living in the states. My family is originally from Germany and you say that’s where you are, something really wonderful even if it’s got negative politics. I really appreciate the way Germany tries to preserve its culture. Hold onto that if you’re German born! I want to brush back up on my German, it’s poor, wir muss zusammen das Deutsch sprechen ein bisschen!
I did a reality check today.
People here are pretty decent and behave with proper manners. I don't know whether or not this is the case for the US.
I do believe this has to do with the educational system here, it's top tier to be honest and also, it is for free. So as a result, we have a very high density of educated people. Most students also receive 420€ for actually attending to university, which is very nice, lol.
You can really *feel* that, as most Germans know how to behave and how to express themselves properly. (German is a pretty hard language to learn, However, you can express many things very precisely). I do believe that this also shapes society for the better, to a certain degree at least.
Also, people here know their traditions well, and you can notice it, it is not so pronounced in big cities, however, once you visit a smaller town you can see what I mean, lol.
Our Healthcare system is also VERY GOOD. It is fairly cheap (how it should be), and nobody will charge you with a fortune.
Someone told me that in the US, if somebody has a stroke or something, and as a result has to spend 2 days in Hostpital, that they have to pay around 100.000$.
Heck, here you just have to use google to pick a decent doctor, and he will always give you the best treatment possible.
When I broke my arm, my doctor ordered an expensive MRI, for 2 Times in total. An ordinary and way cheaper X-ray would be more than enough for that.
Another nice thing is, that people receive money, if they lose their job, for whatever the reason may be. I think it's around 60% of your last wage. Unfortunatly you always have black sheep who exploit the system, but it's still a great help.
I do think that all of this gives people here a great deal of security, and also changes how they feel. No reasonable person has to fear to starve or to go homeless.
But you can really see now, thanks to Covid, that the enemy as a huge influence here as well.
So much propaganda, brainwashing, restrictions, dying elder people are being left alone, traumatized kids, and also they really try to crash our economy with their course of acion. Germany is strong and we will withstand that, for quite some time, but this is not a healthy approach at all.
In Russia on the other hand, there are virtually NO restrictions. So that means that the enemy has much less influence there, so it should be safer for the not so distant future to stay there for a while.
But now after I reflected my life, circumstances and environment, I tend more to stay here and fight.