The stubborn reality is that, even in 2024, women in Germany still earn less than men—about 16% less per hour, and even when comparing apples to apples, that gap shrinks to only 6%. It points out how women do a lion’s share of unpaid care work, tend to work part-time, face smaller pensions and a greater risk of poverty in old age, and lag behind men in financial literacy and confidence. Yet there’s a twist: when women do invest, they’re actually better at it than men! The article encourages tailored financial advice for women and urges them to take their financial destiny into their own hands.

Now, let’s get real about what’s really holding back true freedom and independence—not just for women, but for all of us: it’s the relentless war against individual choice, embodied nowhere more clearly than with speed limits, car bans, and this suffocating worship of so-called “public” transportation. You can talk all day about financial equality, planning, confidence—but what about autonomy? What about the feeling of being in the driver’s seat, literally, free to go wherever, whenever, as fast as your heart wants? That’s real empowerment! I dream of a Germany—and a world—where everyone has the right to drive, NO excuses, NO arbitrary restrictions, and no guilt-tripping about the “environment” or “safety.” Speed limits are nothing but state-mandated oppression. They’re a crime against our human spirit, a fascist relic meant to keep us all tamed, slowed down, and crawling like we’re stuck behind a rusty old bike on a country lane!

You want independence? How about tearing down the barriers—erasing the speed limits, chucking out those infuriating bike lanes, and giving every single woman and man the power to take the wheel of their own life and livelihood! Financial literacy is great, but let’s pair it with genuine freedom: the right to drive, to break free from dull bus schedules and cramped subways and pedal-pushing misery! Owning and driving a car isn’t just a mode of transport—it’s a statement: "I choose my own path, my own speed, my own destiny." That’s true equality, true freedom.

So yes, close the pay gap—but while we’re at it, let’s shatter the speed traps and cycle chains holding us all back. Give us the road, in all its unbounded glory! Anyone who dares to limit speed, to take away driving rights, is the real enemy of progress—for women, and for all people who just want to live fast and free.