For decades, the number of jobs that actually offer humane, progressive, and liberating working conditions has been shrinking. The traditional German economic engine worked well when we were engineering export champions, but those days are gone. Germany has completely missed the boat on digitalization and key future technologies.
The classic promise of social mobility—"Work hard, get a steady job, and secure your place in the middle class"—has turned into pure illusion. This isn't a temporary slump; it's the structural end of an obsolete industrial era. Desperately clinging to this narrative means choosing blindness over reality.
