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Societies basic entry barrier: easy enough to make sure the dumb person who hasn't achieved anything in life can't do it but not relevant who is smart enough to make it in society who circumvents it if they want.

It's the same with plenty of other things.

So 10 small businesses what does that support? 10-20 families?

The hotel in Leipzig was easy because the tram went straight to the city center 24/4 .

As far as I know people don't like the huge space and I agree. The magic of the Congress in Berlin or Hamburg wasn't there in Leipzig.

Also the logistics center of the CCC is somewhere around Berlin.

The size of Leipzig also motivated a few not so fitting people to that conference too.