A Government Admitting a Mistake Is the Hardest Thing in the World

Beege Welborn· Jul 30, 2026 · 12:40 AM UTC ·7 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 1 view

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A Government Admitting a Mistake Is the Hardest Thing in the World

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Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); There is not a single week without a German company announcing mass layoffs or closures.Germany is in the deepest structural crisis since WWII. Government spending masks the real magnitudeIt can’t continue forever, governments need taxes from the real economy to keep spending pic.twitter.com/DuBjY173ys— Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) July 26, 2026Now the poster child for the horrors of life under deindustrialization (not that Britain isn't giving them a run for their wasted money)...

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▪Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); There is not a single week without a German company announcing mass layoffs or closure
▪Government spending masks the real magnitudeIt can’t continue forever, governments need taxes from the real economy to keep spending pic.twitter.com/DuBjY173ys— Michael A.
▪Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) July 26, 2026Now the poster child for the horrors of life under deindustrialization (not that Britain isn't giving them a run for their wasted money)...

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A Government Admitting a Mistake Is the Hardest Thing in the World Beege Welborn 8:40 PM | July 29, 2026 Rene Ruprecht/dpa via AP, File Germany, proud parent of the 'Destroy Your Economy and National Standard of Living Through the Climate Cult Fever Dreaming School,' has been wallowing in its own pond scum colored green glory lately. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); There is not a single week without a German company announcing mass layoffs or closures.Germany is in the deepest structural crisis since WWII.

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