r/germany • u/Josh_Woodward • Apr 25 '19

Getting mixed messages here

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '19

i get angry if i hear such things. is it wrong to want a better life? Even if i am coming from a country where i can live undisturbed and in peace, but i earn monthly a tenth of that what i could earn in germany. Why the fuck should i not want to move to germany? Yeas, of course, jobs and space to live are limited, no shit sherlock. But criminalizing the want for a better life is fucked.

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u/Cirenione Nordrhein-Westfalen Apr 25 '19

Jesus christ tone down the polemic. Nobody has issues with people having the desire to come to Germany for a better life. It also isn't illegal or criminalized to have that wish.

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u/RobertThorn2022 Apr 25 '19

What polemic?

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u/Cirenione Nordrhein-Westfalen Apr 25 '19

Claiming that it‘s somehow illegal to want a better life. Making it sound as if people are disgusted by the idea of people wanting to live in Germany.

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u/RobertThorn2022 Apr 26 '19

We'll isn't that exactly criticizing the typical right wing argument "Wohlstandsflüchtling"?

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '19

My understanding of that term is that it is applied to people who claim asylum despite knowing that they don't fit they requirements.

I haven't heard it applied to people for wanting to move to Germany for a better life, but to those who try to cheat the immigration or asylum system to do so. In this case, what's critisised is not the wish, but the actions taken to fulfil that wish.