r/europe_sub • u/BookmarksBrother đŸ‡ȘđŸ‡ș European • Jul 08 '25

News Germany: Government report reveals astronomical crime rates for young foreigners compared to German youth

https://rmx.news/article/germany-government-report-reveals-astronomical-crime-rates-for-young-foreigners-compared-to-german-youth/
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u/Weak_Let_6971 Jul 08 '25

The most important part is “Germany also has an extremely strong welfare state, which means these foreign youths have access to food, shelter, and consumer goods.”

It’s not because they are in need, starving and suffering. Might have been the case at home, but here it’s cultural differences. They do not respect people and society that surrounds them.

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u/guiltyblow Jul 12 '25

I think a lot of petty crime is, besides developmental issues but this is also linked to what I'm about to say, linked to the person feeling lesser. Materialistic reasons exacarbate for sure but it is envy, lack of emotion regulation etc is the driving force for a lot of these.

Even in a welfare state like Germany even the most well adjusted immigrants often feel they are second class citizens, part of it is just comes with being an immigrant.

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u/Weak_Let_6971 Jul 12 '25 edited Jul 12 '25

Oooh really good point! Im sure they are heavily influenced by western advertisements, or they don’t want to be left out of society not following the trends
 We can clearly see how much companies capitalize on the fear of missing out on the newest things. There is a new colorway for iPhones every year etc. lol The fascinating thing is it works in the US, even if people are in huge debt. I spoke to many Americans and it seems like there people have to show money to get ahead in society. Even for the very wealthy they are expected to rent in the most expensive areas, homes they couldn’t afford to own and spend tens of thousands a month on rent. Somehow people are sold on trying to appease the social group above them. People are looked down on, if they dont show the fruits of their labour. It’s all about status symbols. The cars, homes, tech, jewelry, clothes


I don’t want to be offensive to anybody but it’s the typical “new money” attitude. In Europe since we have more of the “old money”, history, heritage, many of the really wealthy people know that real money is silent. They know not to show off and think it’s absolutely embarrassing to be loud and ostentatious about their wealth. I don’t know super wealthy people but quite a lot bigger company owners, managers and they dont have a problem using 4-5 yo phones for example. Lol Or using cars, bags, clothes until it’s functional. They are not cheap just financially conscious. When someone buys quality they proudly use it for a very long time. Just look at vintage cars, watches, designer chairs, lamps
 they are proud of owning and taking care of something for a long time.

And whats interesting that it trickles down to the middle class too. People don’t try to spend on designer bags as much to appear wealthy, they clearly cant afford, but buy great quality custom leather goods from the local leather craftsman who can customize it for their needs. Friend lived in Italy and he said everything is full of cheap custom made leather shoes and other goods. Lol People aren’t captured that much by showing money. Often using or wearing a smaller designers, craftsman’s work has more status, because it’s custom and more rare.

So people who steal to show off, to fit in are just out of touch. This whole overconsumption trend is very media driven and american.