Germany’s birth rate fell to the lowest level in more than a decade last year, adding to concerns about how a shrinking workforce may dent the country’s economic prospects.
Figures released Wednesday by the Federal Institute for Population Research (BIB) showed that German women were having 1.36 children on average in fall 2023, compared with 1.57 in 2021.
One of my most remembered quotes that just flew by but helped shock me into being political was our dear former chancellor merkel: “Wir sind eine marktkonforme Demokratie” (We are a market conforming democracy).
It unintentionally highlighted the truth to me, that we are capitalist first, democratic second.
It is time for a democracy conforming market.