And so the next pig is driven through the village. Never mind that we don't hold the supposed top spot within Europe for low weekly working hours. Regardless of the fact that we're not the leaders in public holidays or vacation days. Even the Institute of the German Economy sees Germany only in 4th place - with very small gaps to places 5-10 for vacation days. And for working hours, the Hans-Böckler Foundation sees Germany only in the good middle field. The politicians arrange their world to suit them just as they need it for their purely populist and completely fact-free ideas. And when politicians repeat the nonsense often enough, eventually even the last person believes it - because someone only contradicted it somewhere and all the politicians say the same thing, so it must be true, right?
And so eventually Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, society is aging because suddenly all people will live to be 150, crime is rising out of control, nuclear power is harmless, and the SPD is a left-wing party.
At tagesschau.de - The News from ARD you can find the original article.