everywhere, forever. Apologies to Churchill.

a hotbed of democracy.

I think of a free nation, constitution with rights, strongest country in the world, yada, yada, yada. Some protests, but, oddly, the major sponsor pushing this bill, it seems.. Well, this government and several multinational corporations. Ironically, it is going to do further damage to people in the U.S. who have been the subjects of continued harm for years, yet protests to match this are usually only seen when Dancing with the Stars fails to show at its appropriate time.

My thinking must be wrong. Again.

that by nearly any measure Germany is more democratic than the US.

In fact, it's not even close.

In Germany, for example, they actually have political parties that take
clear stands on issues, and generally attempt to fulfill promises once
in office. Then there is voter turn out; not to mention a good deal of
non-corporate media.

Go visit - you will be impressed.

Like corporations are required to have an employee problem resolution system in place,
and in large corporations they have to have some places on the board of directors for the employees. They have a real sense of moral responsibility to their employees, customers and community. You know all the socialist communist stuff.
-Airplane

real democracy is anymore.

in a multiparty environment. And harder to otherwise "game" a multiparty system. And much less a two-sided "football game" voting mentality. And they've apparently been able to keep big money from corrupting everything. Much shorter election campaigns probably help.

Love the schnitzel, and walks in the woods.

And the beer, ahhhhhhhh

Weisswurst !!

When you visit, take a nerf football along - you'll be a hit with the kids.

Munich took in more Syrian refugees in one weekend than the US even is considering for a total.

I lived there for two years while in the military, and found nearly all the Germans to be really kind and helpful. Much more than we deserved - some of the GI's were really rude and immature.

protesting these agreements. They are wrong as usual.

"What bothers me the most is that I don't want all our consumer laws to be softened," Oliver Zloty told Reuters TV. "And I don't want to have a dictatorship by any companies.""

How out of touch are German corporate heads? ""A fair and comprehensive free trade deal promotes growth and prosperity in Europe. We should actively participate in the rules for world trade of tomorrow," Ulrich Grillo, head of the BDI Federation of German industries, said in a statement."

About as out of touch as are US corporate CEOs.

See, this is how you do it.