Asking because I’ve seen it mention a few times recently and haven’t really followed the German news.

What is the general situation? Are the polls giving any party favorite? Is it a topic widely discussed around you?

    • Ooops@feddit.orgEnglish
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      5 dagen geleden

      No, the majority of those not caring for anything consists of pensioneers who will just vote for the parties they voted all their lives for, as long they keep the pensions stable (bonus points if they don’t contribute to any changes you would expect in this century). They will not suffer any of the actual consequences of their stupid vote before dying naturally anyway…

      • atro_city@fedia.io
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        4 dagen geleden

        Pensions aren’t stable though and all across Europe poverty by age is a thing (and becoming more and more common).

        • Ooops@feddit.orgEnglish
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          4 dagen geleden

          Yes and no.

          Yes, the demographic problem hits the new pensioneers quite hard and they will experience a steep step when transitioning from wages to pensions. But that’s the general starting level. Net pensions (with the exception of a small dip at the hight of 2022’s inflation) grow faster than the inflation, slightly faster than wages in fact. So the older you are and the more you tend to just vote for the same parties you voted for all your life the more you are incentivised to ignore the accumulating problems these governments created as your pension are indeed stable.