Comment by sucrosesucrose

4 days ago

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I think the immigration is what keeps Spain from turning into another Japan or Germany - a stagnant, overly old place stuck in time.

  • And in Spain most immigrants are from Latin America with close enough culture and language to avoid most integration problems.

    • I wouldn't say most.

      It's around 55–60% of immigrants who come from Spanish-speaking countries.

      Also, this uses official numbers, which reflect a larger Spanish speaking share than there is in reality (as people from Spanish-speaking countries have more straightforward visa processes).

      So the real percentage is probably much lower (as there are a lot of undocumented migrants. 1.2 million applied for "legalization").

    • spain has a significant rich-brit problem of englishmen spending lots of money and not learning spanish

  • Besides the mentioned comments Spanish speaking immigration is much more welcomed by radical right AND Germany had a lot of German speaking immigration from Eastern Europe. There are just no German speaking minorities left in other countries.

  • Just came back from Japan and I found it vibrant and modern.

    • If you went to Japan in the 90’s, 00’s or 10’s, you’ll find the issue is that Japan still feels mostly the same. It’s a wonderful country, but post-Japan’s asset bubble and crash there’s been noticeably less change.

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It seems in current discourse, turning a European country into another USA is a compliment.

  • Why do you thinks so?

    A country with narcissistic criminal as leader who damages the US science for decades, kills people by dismantling USAID. The raising costs because of his four-week-war against Iran doesn’t help either but damages the economy worldwide.

    • I didn't say I think so - I said in current discourse - e.g. this site and x.com. The narrative is that Europe is stagnant and US has pulled ahead, at least economically.

      I think that can be consistent with Trump destroying the long term future of the country and the planet.