• rustyfish@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I remember some Russian propagandist babbling about bombs over Berlin when Germany send stuff to Ukraine. Dude, I mean…

    1. It’s Berlin. Most Germans hardly would call that a loss.
    2. Yer getting fucked by Ukraine on your own turf. Eat ass and shut up.
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      2 months ago

      A couple of years back, a graph made its way around the internet showing how much capital cities contributed to the GDP of their respective country. Berlin was the only capital with a negative impact.

      AFAIK this has changed since then, but still …

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        2 months ago

        That… makes no sense? That would mean that the population of Berlin is not only not buying anything at all… but they’re stopping transactions from happening in other cities of Germany?

        Maybe you meant to say how much cities contribute in taxes versus government spending?