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(Zu dumm, nen Eimer Wasser umzuschütten)

That's what a co-worker just said about the people responsible for the coordination (or lack thereof) of road repairs on our way to work.

They managed to lock down a bridge for repairs while at the same time blocking traffic over the main road to get around said bridge to make a new roundabout. Even bus traffic is affected because, well, who could've seen that coming.

I guess I should be glad that the projected repair time for the bridge is only three weeks in "The best Germany that ever existed". Could easily be months if not years.

Shit that got done in mere weeks 30 years ago, now takes them anywhere from half a year to several years.

They just announced that the Berlin state library is going to be closed for renovations starting 2030 for ELEVEN FUCKING YEARS. Projected costs are 1.1 Giga-Euros so you know it's going to be twice that at least.

(Zu dumm, nen Eimer Wasser umzuschütten) That's what a co-worker just said about the people responsible for the coordination (or lack thereof) of road repairs on our way to work. They managed to lock down a bridge for repairs while at the same time blocking traffic over the main road to get around said bridge to make a new roundabout. Even bus traffic is affected because, well, who could've seen that coming. I guess I should be glad that the projected repair time for the bridge is only three weeks in "The best Germany that ever existed". Could easily be months if not years. Shit that got done in mere weeks 30 years ago, now takes them anywhere from half a year to several years. They just announced that the Berlin state library is going to be closed for renovations starting 2030 for ELEVEN FUCKING YEARS. Projected costs are 1.1 Giga-Euros so you know it's going to be twice that at least.
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[–] • 1 pt

Liberals in America keep saying that we should be more like the euros. I disagree.

This is fucked up in America too and depending on where you are its even more fucked up. This, this is pure fucking retard for a country that is known to have some of the best engineers in the world.

Stop importing the third world or you will become it.

[–] • 2 pts

Like you said, I think it's not an exclusively German or US problem.

I think complex systems, be they material like a large piece of software or non-material, like for example countries with governments, tend to gain unneeded complexity over time. Seems to be a law of nature, they just do, as a look at history seems to confirm.

This goes on until a point of instability is reached, when everything starts to unravel. Slowly at first, then ever more rapidly. I'm not sure if we've reached the tipping point yet in Western societies, but it sure looks like we're happily speeding towards a concrete wall at 200 miles per hour.

Without drastic change, this will unavoidably lead to disaster. The incumbent powers resist such change with all their might.

Prepare accordingly.

[–] • 1 pt

Case in point: automotive industry.