cross-posted from: https://feddit.online/c/[email protected]/p/1817064/germany-tightens-sick-leave-rules-medical-doctor-note-required-from-day-one-telephone-s

Germany’s Chancellor Merz:

We can no longer accept the extraordinarily high levels of sick leave in our companies.

We are abolishing sick leave by telephone and introducing the requirement to submit a medical certificate from the very first day of illness.

We know this is a tough decision. But we can no longer afford this competitive disadvantage caused by prolonged absences from work.

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    10 days ago

    I hate this passionately, for so many reasons.

    They talk about how socialism breeds “nanny states”. How is this ultra conservative move not nannyism?

    Did all of these fucking people go to school in the 1890’s?

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      Right so the problem here is that you suffer from this left-wing thinking that there should be consistency in words, actions, rules.

      While conservatism is about having an in-group who the rules protect but do not bind, and an out-group who the rules bind but do not protect. There not being equality and consistency is the point.

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        I’m just lashing out at the blatant hypocrisy, but honestly, what is the point? What is that quote- they know they don’t make sense. They don’t have to. They’ll just swamp you with whatever because really, they just don’t give a shit and will take whatever they can from everyone at everyone’s expense.

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        And, almost comically, the people who create all the wealth through honest work are firmly in the out-group, and not to be trusted.