If somebody tells you that they are Persian (I have met a few), you know their opinion right away: they prefer to associate with millennia of Persian history, not the modern (religious) state of Iran.

In both countries, the educated population likes the religious leader less than the uneducated population. In Germany, most Turkish immigrants are from rather basic backgrounds and most Iranian immigrants are from intellectual backgrounds. It makes a huge difference. In both countries of origin, the population is split much more evenly than what you see abroad. AFAIK, about 50% support the religious strongman in both countries.

I don't live in Germany (nor am I a German national), but I have special cultural interest in the history of Turks immigrating to Germany. I agree: On the whole, overwhelming Turks that immigrate/d to Germany are not highly educated. They come to work in manual labor jobs, not as engineers or medical doctors.

> AFAIK, about 50% support the religious strongman in both countries.

Do you have any credible source for this?

For Turkey, election results. For Iran, no hard numbers, just fuzzy memory about articles I've read. What is clear is that the regime has supporters and not just those who benefit directly / materially.

Absolutely everyone who didn't stop Putin "allowed" him to wage his stupid war. So, everyone needs to resign now?

I have zero sympathy for von der Leyen, by the way. The only thing that she's good at is failing upwards.

Yes, a whole paradigma and the politicians who grew up on the failed soil of a "utopia" around the corner, ignoring all the signs, should step back into the void of history instead of rotting away in office, hopeing in every sentence that the "good times" will return any minute now. They are clearly unfit to handle reality or even percieve it.

Maybe there are ways to make that faster and cheaper now with more computers and automation.

I think we simply call them "Sechszylinder" - six cylinders. Non-inline engines are a small percentage of engines in Germany, so we don't usually call inlines anything. The term for an inline engine is Reihenmotor (I had to look that up!), "line" or "row" engine.

No kidding? Most of the reliable German gasoline engines I know of are "inline" engines, but I am based in the US.

I'm not sure if displacement taxes still exist, but direct car taxes are fairly low in any case (like 200€ per year or so for an average car in Germany?). Most of the tax is paid through the fuel. The actual reason for downsizing (small turbo engines) is that they consume less fuel under light load, which is where car engines spend most of their time. It's not great for longevity though. Car engines had become more and more reliable over time apart from a few teething troubles of occasional new technologies, now some people say it's trending down due to downsizing.

Step 1: Piss away soft power built over the last century or so

Step 2: Ask for favors

Step 3: Profit?

I think I have figured out the system. Literally any news about Tesla (only bad news recently) -> Tesla stock rises.

Which American rival would that be anyway? I have not heard of any.

xLight is the promising new US competitor to Cymer. Lots of funding from the US CHIPS And Science Act. Founded by Dept. of Energy engineers who formerly worked on large-scale X-Ray systems and particle accelerators.

Oh, alright. I was thinking of full lithography machines.

Not really. The foreign ABI requires a foreign API, which adds friction that you don't have with C exporting a C API / ABI. I've never tried, but I would guess that it adds a lot of friction.