Why more Germans can't afford life on their wages – DW – 06/27/2025
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German politicians are fond of saying, "Work must be worth it." But ever more full-time workers need state benefits, and the new minimum wage hike is seen as disappointing.

German politicians are fond of saying, “Work must be worth it.” But ever more people who work full-time need state benefits. And the new minimum wage hike is seen as disappointing.

  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    1 day ago

    The MSM is the same everywhere. Their oligarch-owners goal is to distract from the fact that the orphan crushing machine is identical everywhere.

    Meanwhile, the productivity gains of the last 5 decades means that a 3 day work week should be the norm; instead, we’ll be lucky to retire at all if we live to 70.

    This is not a Germany thing. It’s an everywhere thing, because the problem is capitalism and the wealth inequality it enables.

    • Laser@feddit.orgEnglish
      6·
      14 hours ago

      DW is not mainstream media owned by oligarchs, it’s funded by taxes.

      • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
        21·
        11 hours ago

        DW is run by the federal government to further the image of Germany abroad. It is the equivalent in organization to Russia Today, Radio Free Europe and other government run foreign media outlets.

        DW wants to promote an image of an open and discussive Germany, so they pick up on some issues as a reaction to the German issues already having become known, but they will not be proactive about it, e.g. run investigative Journalism.

        Especially in regards to Palestine there have been huge turmoil as the DW arabic staff got very upset with the narratives they were told to push and now DW is backtracking a bit to not loose too much face with arabic speakers.