Generally another Mittelstand family can provide funding, that's how it goes in Chile. It's not like they've never met in eg Swiss ski slopes, parties, that sort of thing. And they have capital, not only are they high net worth individuals, they are also high absolute worth individuals, because they don't really get into debt. The German economy is a macrocosm (you can think of it as a constellation if you don't like "macrocosm") of the Mittelstand, there's actual profits and defensible business, and the money piles up year after year, spending less, saving more, investing the savings, export the savings, repeat.
In fact generally Germany was the largest net exporter, up until not long ago, despite China being better known for its trade balance. Losing WW2 was in the purely economic aspect the best thing that ever happened to them, although it's seasonal because sometimes foreigners tell them they should be more into finance and insurance instead of manufacturing.
That makes Germans feel bad, they're really good at feeling bad, ie guilty, it's cultural, but they don't really do things differently. They just stick to analog tech and work like fuck, that's it. Just work, that's how they have fun. Socially? More awkward, much happier working. That's why they drink like they do.
Don't get bored that badly. And that's where the analog magic begins, in the subtle subtle subtleties, which are huge and obvious if you put in the time without getting bored, there's a whole world down there. The digital equivalent is this: What if I just leave this comment written without hitting reply? What if I bookmark it, will the text get saved? Is there a time limit to how soon I can reply, or how late? What if I do it right on a time limit? Where does one thing end and the other begin? In the analog realm: What if superstition is good? What is superstition, what is science? Science means cutting, where to draw the line? At what point do I call out a man in a lab coat as a bullshit artist, or do I let him tell me black is white, 7 equals 12, 60 equals 100? Do I draw a line, or do I use my spine to make decisions better, let my hands do the typing like right now, eye-hand spinal coordination, the spine as the second skull talking without the skull's thoughts?
The analog world is infinite. And there might be a Mittelstand for you too somewhere in that little world of subtleties.
In fact generally Germany was the largest net exporter, up until not long ago, despite China being better known for its trade balance. Losing WW2 was in the purely economic aspect the best thing that ever happened to them, although it's seasonal because sometimes foreigners tell them they should be more into finance and insurance instead of manufacturing.
That makes Germans feel bad, they're really good at feeling bad, ie guilty, it's cultural, but they don't really do things differently. They just stick to analog tech and work like fuck, that's it. Just work, that's how they have fun. Socially? More awkward, much happier working. That's why they drink like they do.
Don't get bored that badly. And that's where the analog magic begins, in the subtle subtle subtleties, which are huge and obvious if you put in the time without getting bored, there's a whole world down there. The digital equivalent is this: What if I just leave this comment written without hitting reply? What if I bookmark it, will the text get saved? Is there a time limit to how soon I can reply, or how late? What if I do it right on a time limit? Where does one thing end and the other begin? In the analog realm: What if superstition is good? What is superstition, what is science? Science means cutting, where to draw the line? At what point do I call out a man in a lab coat as a bullshit artist, or do I let him tell me black is white, 7 equals 12, 60 equals 100? Do I draw a line, or do I use my spine to make decisions better, let my hands do the typing like right now, eye-hand spinal coordination, the spine as the second skull talking without the skull's thoughts?
The analog world is infinite. And there might be a Mittelstand for you too somewhere in that little world of subtleties.