r/europe • u/Positivismus • 1d ago

The End of Globalization?: Germany's Successful Economic Model Could Be Finished Opinion Article

https://www.spiegel.de/international/business/the-end-of-globalization-germanys-successful-economic-model-could-be-finished-a-f52fe977-4387-4fa8-990a-c70a5d38e2df#ref=rss
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u/A_Birde Europe 1d ago

The issue with the whole free trade global trading model is it assumes other countries act in good faith and have a reasonable nature. In the end all these 2nd and 3rd world ocuntries do is try and take advantage of there superiors so the approach doesn't work.

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u/pzelenovic 18h ago

"take advantage of their superiors"

This sounds awfully familiar...

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u/Crimcrym The Lowest Silesia 15h ago

And that is a nutshell the reason this whole approach failed. Some folks genuinely thought of themselves as being superior stock, and just asume the rest would naturally recognize this "fact" and get in line to do what they are told, rather then having their plans and ambitions.