‘Silicon Saxony’ aims to be EU chipmaking hub
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East Germany is still suffering from the economic damage of the cold war. The political challenge of funneling money from the west to the east is the same dynamic in the US that didn’t support the losers of globalization.
This had led to the rise of the far right et al.
Fun trivia: Early in Putin’s career, he was a spy in Dresden trying to learn about technology development.
Here are two short documentaries about two separate instances of this (German):
https://www.brandeins.de/magazine/brand-eins-wirtschaftsmaga...
East Germany doesn’t exist anymore, it’s just Germany. Why should we pay reparation tax in 2021?
If this were the case you'd see a correlation of poverty with rw attitudes in East Germany. There is no such correlation.
I have been to the city multiple times on business trips, and witnessed the PEGIDA demos, and the counter-demos. The latter were bigger, and, obviously, more fun to witness as a foreigner.
Another episode: I was walking to my stay through Dresden at night, i crossed on red. A yound girl in police uniform addressed me in English and asked me to please wait for green next time. It was late, the streets empty, she was half my size, unarmed and out of duty. She was probably not even a real officer, rather an Azubi. I'was big, bearded, tactical style clothing, obviously foreign. I was shocked.
This is why: https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2021-09/ergebnisse-b...
Blue is the party AfD, which is under surveillance by our (historically, rightwing extremism ignorant) inland intelligence agency,... for their extreme right, anti-constitutional and antisemitic views.
Many places there are basically a "no-go area" for PoC. Not even Leipzig and Dresden are really safe. The police continuously makes headlines for right wind sympathies/connections. Btw. it's one of the least culturally diverse places in Germany.
Oh it's also a hot spot for antivax folks and their numbers are insane.
Saxony deserves every bit of disdain it can get.
it will result in a growth of the far right in Saxony, because people who are not far right will either move away, or end up in a far right bubble because everyone else is bashing them
Saxony needs help and not disdain
The reason I ask is that I have had European friends tell me that Bernie Sanders would be considered as a right-leaning centrist in their country. So clearly the frames of reference are different...
Straight anti-semitism, holocaust denial, NWO conspiracy theorists, neonazi hooligans, violence, militias, murder, right-wing terrorism (far bigger than left-wing activities, including the RAF). Saxony has places considered "no-go" areas for PoC.
It's just your left isn't very leftist. Baseline solidarity and collectivism is different here (foundation for universal health dates back to 1845), and we didn't have the "red scare" oppression and persecution time you got - our "leftist" and leftist structures are older and established, not a moral panic. Btw. you also see that in our hacking scene, which is predominantly leftist/anarchist leaning (tough for state recruiting, as capable folks are generally not patriotic enough for that shitty pay). The biggest hacking conference in Europe, the CCC congress, is a little leftist, self-organized utopia, and very different from events like defcon. Some nazi web structures preemptively go offline around that time, as congress always gets a very good, unregulated uplink deal and spontaneous synchronization of efforts and enemies in extensive bring-your-own-servers networks. The event is strictly non-commercial - no sponsors, no ads, no company booths - and completely run by volunteers, for several decades now :) https://media.ccc.de/v/all_creatures_welcome
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The region has been burnt by politicians’ fading interest before. While Taiwan was shoring up the semiconductor sector with nine-figure subsidies at the turn of the century, European support for the capital intensive industry remained modest.
As recently as 2009, Dresden-based memory chipmaker Qimonda — one of the world’s largest — filed for bankruptcy after struggling to compete with Asian rivals despite appeals to the European Commission for support.
“Qimonda wasn’t saved, [carmaker] Opel was saved,” said Frank Bösenberg, managing director of Silicon Saxony’s representative body, which lobbies on behalf of 370 institutions. “Whose belts are standing still right now due to the lack of semiconductors?” he said, referring to Opel’s production lines.
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What's the plan to bring-in world class caliber talent and investors this time?
If we all got together and founded a serious company in Europe, we could work for a company grounded in our community.
I would have thought that while government input and infrastructure help is useful, attempts at driving something at a high level in imitation of something else misses the point of low-level evolutionary growth, invention and originality.
I don't know how much the government helped with this, but the UK has one of the largest software industries in the world, right after the US and China. It's hard to argue it hasn't worked, even if were unclear as to what "it" is
Another definition is "Famous for producing notable companies."
Recently a friend moved from India to Dresden to work for a company in the "silicon" ecosystem. For some reason his name on the postal box where he and family lives temporarily, was tore off multiple times. Missed a few urgent letters.
You know how it is in Germany, if you miss a letter from the Government office.
Actually, you're wrong. Nazism in Eastern Germany has been pointed out to drastically reduce the attractivity for foreigners.
Been that way ever since the 2015 anti-refugee riots and the rise of Pegida: https://www.br.de/nachricht/pegida-schadet-dresden-100.html
The fact that people of color regularly get beaten up in public transport over there only strengthens the problem. The Nazi terrorism is winning.
That number does notably not include non-violent attacks like threats, derogatory comments or slurs, as well as the ever-present discrimination against non-Germans.
1) Because of foreigners with no work, they are thought of to 'cost money'
2) Because of foreigners with (good) work, because they are 'stealing' their jobs or have a better life
You can't win.
Why on Earth is it a requirement to have your name on the postal box (or the mailman won’t put it in)? You are registered to the flat number, this information exists with all possible level of fidelity.
I don't think so. The Czech population registry works with addresses, but does not contain the exact apartment you live in. In case of blocks of flats, there might be ~ 100 apartments with the same address.
It is different if you are the owner. The land registry does contain finer ownership data up to the level of the apartment.
But as a renting person, while your contract will contain the apartment number, the authorities won't be registering that. You may actually go completely officially unregistered for years if you never visit the town hall and ask for a registration. It is not a hard requirement to get registered as a renter.
But post will be delivered to you nonetheless if your post box is labeled with your name and someone knows your address.