Doesnt mean they think life there is bad. Theres nothing wrong with having curiosity about how life is around the world and wanting to try it.
this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2026
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I imagine it‘s mostly the usual complains about kebab prices and right wing topics. They‘re not actually serious about leaving. It‘s your usual all talk no bite.
Another thing are some people who migrated perhaps. Germany has become a much less welcoming, open and progressive country as of late. Some of them could leave and contribute to society somewhere else if the radical right keeps being normalized here.
As an emigrant from a G7 country, I understand! Life is getting more difficult, more expensive, and more offending, and more dangerous in western countries. I believe it is already is all those things in other countries.
I think Germans who complain a lot about Germany lately do this either out of habit at this point or they really have no idea about the economic situation on a global scale. Things aren‘t going much better anywhere else. At least not for people like me and you.
As someone who emigrated within the EU, I thought the same. The article does not say where people in Germany intend to go.
And we must not forget that if you live in Germany or in another democratic country, you are free to emigrate if you want to, while in many states like China or Russia leaving the country is highly restricted. Many of people there, if they can, flee to Europe, Australia, and other Western democracies.
Can I ask what you mean with "highly restricted”? I don't know about China, but Russia doesn't have any harsh restrictions in place I have heard of. You got the problem that you cannot fly to many countries directly anymore and of course you need money to make it happen comfortably, but the money part is true for leaving any country. The bigger issue is as a Russian to get any sort of Visa for staying, which of course indirectly is caused by the Russian government itself. But I wouldn't see that as restriction imposed by the government.