In the end it gives the company more autonomy, and less power to shareholders who mostly look for short sighted gains. So in some cases it is a step in the right direction.

That is not a rule though.

There are no winners in the war on drugs

That’s just excel being excel.

Well, in a perfect world, it shouldn’t matter where in the world you are. Dangerous materials should be prohibited everywhere. Fair trade should be mandatory. But sadly, we are not there yet.

The article mentions aliexpress and wish. Those things are not sold in the EU. They are sold in China. The customer imports them directly from China. The customer is circumventing the regulations and should be aware of that.

It is not only fraud I am talking about. There are plenty legal loopholes for the rich to just pay absurdly low taxes.

What „leeches“ are you talking about? The ones evading taxes? Or the ones in the social security system that depend on the money?

So because people are becoming poor they can not afford the high prices? How does that solve anything other than the number on the price tag going down? The end result is even worse, no one can buy housing.

I just talked to a colleague of mine today who declined to have fiber internet installed at no extra cost. Because his DSL is fast enough.

So yes, some (a lot) people do put up with it.

Why did you make a screenshot of the cropped image instead of hitting the crop button on the top right?

Also did you check what your phone said about the spider?

Jeans have been around 100€ for quite some years (~10) now… at least in Germany

I used Raivo OTP for a while. It is open source.

I think you forgot the name in your sentence

Ok, but which ones are the best? Just because they are most bought doesn’t mean anything

I am German. I drink tap water. Most of my friends do as well.

It is not „for the greens“ it is for Germany. The environment does not have any political interest.

He is trump lite. He is not at all „decent leader material“ by any stretch. His views align far too often with the far (not to say extreme) right wing party AFD.

„Hai“ is a shark in German.

They tried to do it in germany. They got sued by the opposition.

You can safely omit the last word in your sentence.