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This is a lot of words trying to explain that in Germany the system is designed that poor remain poor. First 40% of gross salary on contributions, then 30% of net salary on rent. Dynasties with their VW-Porsche-VW-Porsche quadruple currywurst burger-sandwich need the society to be poor.


More like the system wasn't set up with the expectation that people will become rich by creating a SaaS and selling it, because it predates those concepts by at least a few decades.

Porsche, Siemens, Krupp, Thyssen, Bosch were all startups back in the day, just in hardware


>Porsche, Siemens, Krupp, Thyssen, Bosch were all startups back in the day, just in hardware

Yeah and they all got big and wealthy by exploiting laws, loopholes, state subsidies and even slave labor back in their days. Let's not pretend the German industrialists from 100 years ago who started those businesses were some patron saints and beacons of legality and morality.

I was working for a big German scrap metal business a while back and during the Christmas party the CEO got so drunk he started bitching how much better it was in the past when he could engage in corruption and tax fraud to grow the business without being caught compared to today when this isn't possible anymore.

None of those companies you listed could have gotten remotely as wealthy in the legal and regulatory environment of today.


At least we still have inheritance tax, though it's somewhat broken for those you mentioned who are far too good at avoiding that tax.


Yeah the Lichtenstein based charities and trusts are very afraid of your inheritance tax.


I love countries that only exist as tax loopholes. Every time one disappears, another one pops up. Supply and demand.




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