It seems we might have all been a bit wrong about Germany willingly turning itself over to the colonists. They might not have built walls or sent in the troops… but they sent in the bureaucrats, and that seems to be getting the job done.

Refugees buying one-way tickets home after finding Germany intolerable

Seems a lot of them were sold a bill of goods by the people they paid to transport them to Germany. Many seemed to believe that in Germany they’d live a carefree, easy life, filled with free houses and free everything else. Which is never going to happen *anywhere,* no matter how  vast the welfare state.

Now, here’s the thing. The article, by the quotes it includes, is generally of the “aw, isn’t this sad for these poor folks” type. But… these people left war zones, supposedly as refugees. Because their homes were just so dangerous they just couldn’t stay there. But many are going back because Germany didn’t make with the freebies like they were expecting. This indicates that these folks *weren’t* actually war refugees, but just mooches looking to score free stuff. Consider: if a bunch of Eastern European Jews showed up in NYC in 1944 and found that the US would let them in, but would provide *nothing* for them… how many do you think would say “screw it” and hop the next boat back to Warsaw?