I had a discussion recently with German LinkedIn about a project that the Minister of Labor wants to push through. Namely, that even more groups that were previously excluded should pay into the social security fund.

People here are now so dependent on and accustomed to the idea of a welfare state that they can't imagine any other reality. And without realizing that this actually subsidizes certain private sectors, such as the energy industry and general wages, which should have long since disappeared from a free market. Well, it won't last much longer. The system is eating itself.