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t_mkdf

@t_mkdf@ruhr.social

Parenting and Pedaling
Rugby and Radicchio
Washing and Warmachines
Climate change and unclear exchange
Cold war kid
Giggling Cardbox
Master of pillow forts
Calculated mediocrity

Somewhere on the fringes of the lowlands and industrial wastes of western germany

IP law in automotive

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kravietz, to random
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The National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan constatation^1 on US loss of competitiveness self-inflicted by the neoliberal ideological bias that free market will always choose optimal path:

> The People’s Republic of continued to subsidize at a massive scale both traditional industrial sectors, like steel, as well as key industries of the future, like clean energy, digital infrastructure, and advanced biotechnologies. America didn’t just lose manufacturing—we eroded our competitiveness in critical technologies that would define the future.

Was there anything preventing US from " subsidize at a massive scale" these sectors, apart from ideological choice? No, just like there's no physical principles preventing UK from electrifying its trains fleet whene everyone did that 30 years ago, rather than run diesel trains (!) well into 2020's. Except for maximizing their return on investment, which hampers new investments even when they're desperately needed.

Soviet ideological obsession on criminalization of any private trade (literally, see article 154 of the criminal code of the ) led to shortages of everything, including toilet paper and eventually collapse of the regime. The system wasn't flexible, because ideology is by definition rigid.^2

Free market is on the opposite end of the scale, but it doesn't guarantee immunity to ideological rigidity on its own — a truly free market also includes freedom to use subsidies when they make sense, which neoliberal ideology prevents.

t_mkdf,
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@kravietz disclaimer: I am in the left "whatever works" corner of economics.

It is always funny and infuriating at the same time to see the "free market" approach fail (like the centralised "socialism" of the USSR (which in many ways copied state run capitalism of the German Empire of WWI)).

The simple point is always: what if there are "defectors" in the system? What if someone is gaining a "unfair"advantage? The answer should not be more of the same thing...

t_mkdf,
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@chowderman @osma @kravietz the US's heavily subsidising certain parts of the economy. Like aerospace industry, certain parts of the automotive industry (pick up trucks e.g.) and certain foods.

And I can only cry and laugh thinking about the fate of solar panels German producers. They were subsidized in order to become a strategic asset for the future... only to get their subsidies cut. And not be competitive anymore against the subsidized Chinese competitors.

t_mkdf,
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@osma @kravietz I am not critical about the free market per se. I am critical about the participants...

In the German domestic discussion there is kind of the ordo-liberal fallacy of "we just have to have the right rules in place and all will be fine".

Which in practice leads to a strict application of the rules. Even when they are clearly failing and contradicted by really (German discussion on the ordo-liberal debt ceiling is such a thing...).

t_mkdf,
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@chowderman @osma @kravietz

a) food like f o o d

https://youtu.be/xk9l6fyxcBE

b) 28 billion dollars in 2021. Primarily corn.

https://www.americanactionforum.org/research/primer-agriculture-subsidies-and-their-influence-on-the-composition-of-u-s-food-supply-and-consumption/#:~:text=Subsidies%20for%20corn%E2%80%94the%20most,billion%20over%20that%20same%20period.

https://usafacts.org/topics/agriculture/#:~:text=In%202021%2C%20the%20federal%20government,provides%20direct%20payments%20to%20farmers.

anderspuck, to random
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Some people say that if Ukraine's summer offensive is a failure, may have to settle for a peace deal even if it means giving up some territory. This is a problematic argument, because it implies that it is only up to Ukraine to make compromises. I think it's important to consider what 's demands might be for peace too. So here is a short 🧵 about what Russia's minimum demands must be expected to be. 1/6

t_mkdf,
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@anderspuck it is baffling to me that people frame the counteroffensive an-all-or-nothing moment.

Of course it will be best if Ukraine succeeds and takes back significant portions of territory (e.g. the South).

But the war will not end there. Putin doesn't want it to end in order to justify his regime.

Framing it as all-or-nothing only helps Putin IMO since if it is only partially successful: russia "wins". And if it is successful but russia doesn't acknowledge defeat: russia "wins" too.

t_mkdf,
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@chowderman @anderspuck true. But it is "just" a law.

And laws can be changed. If there's the political will that is...

t_mkdf,
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@AndersGottlieb @anderspuck @Loukas @kallekn

The channels he uses for information are definitely limited. And he doesn't trust the internet, since he thinks it is not real. Which is kind of funny, because his rambling sounds like a 70-year old in a conservative echo-chamber...

https://youtu.be/beoePV5F7dE

osma, to random
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I'm not super excited about sharing Twitter threads, but.. Minna Ålander:

"The recent series of leaked Russian strategy documents regarding political manipulation of Germany, destabilising the Baltic States, and using climate cooperation/ academia as tools of Russian interests are all well-known parts of Kremlin’s playbook for psychological and info ops"

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1651620902629507072.html

t_mkdf,
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@osma I still hope @minna_alander will post more here in the future.

jon, to random
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3 round of voting in the Abegordnetenhaus

FOR Wegener 86
AGAINST 70
Abstains 3

Wegener is in

But presumably only with some AfD support?

t_mkdf,
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@Loukas @jon nope. "grand coalition" of CDU and SPD...

t_mkdf,
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@Loukas @jon only 54% of SPD members in Berlin voted in favour of the coalition agreement... He probably only got elected now through votes of the extreme-right AfD.

t_mkdf,
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@jon @Loukas if they only ever get the votes for anything meaningful from the AfD this coalition is already finished. And the SPD in Berlin together with it.

osma, to random
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I don't know why anyone would expect today's verification shambles to cause any kind of migration off the birdsite. Verified or not, the people still there have already made up their mind to stay there. I even know of people whose profile names advertise their Mastodon addresses, yet they're dormant here and constantly posting there. Write them off as a loss.

t_mkdf,
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@osma they are still hooked. Also some are delusional that they might change something over there (it is not a public forum but a business!).

Twitter really drives engagement and IMO inject itself quickly and easily into one's brain's reward system (like most social media does. But I am not photogenic and to lazy for Instagram or Ticktock).

Mastodon was my Methadone.

chowderman, to random

Sky News are reporting that all NATO members have agreed that Ukraine will become a member.

Great news. 👍

One year ago I would have never of believed this. (Nor did it occur to me that Sweden would be excluded because they are sponsors of terrorism.)

https://news.sky.com/story/nato-allies-agree-ukraine-will-become-member-12862389

t_mkdf,
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@osma @chowderman Crimea in Ukrainian hands would be great.

But Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts are probably more important and actually attainable.

IF Ukraine could push the russians roughly back to the pre-2022 borders and get a peace deal, that would also be a major win. If they have to choose between NATO/EU and the hope for Crimea, they should choose NATO/EU.

t_mkdf,
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@chowderman @osma in the end it is always their decision. And if they decide to part from land for peace they should receive something in return. And NATO/EU membership should be it.

t_mkdf,
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@osma @chowderman threatening Crimea is also the most plausible scenario for russia being interested in real negotiations at this stage.

We will see how it plays out.

I am not a big fan of "Ukraine needs to win back this and that; the next few weeks will decide to he future of Europe" and such.

It ain't over 'till it's over.

t_mkdf,
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@osma @kravietz @chowderman of course they will. russia will try to to use any hesitation or ambiguities against the other parties.

There are a lot of uncertainties ahead.

When will russia start negotiating in earnest? What are acceptable terms for Ukraine?

Will it be a negotiation with Putin? The pro-war faction? Will there be anybody to negotiate with in the first place, since there might be a three-way-civil-war?

osma, to random
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I would like to understand what kind of an emergency justifies the Russian Air Force to bomb a Russian city. Wait, no, I don't care. Better they do it to themselves than to Ukraine.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/20/europe/russia-belgorod-accidental-bombing-intl-hnk/index.html

t_mkdf,
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@osma probably some malfunction of the aircraft. Landing gear problems. Maybe the pilot thought he needed to ditch the airframe. Don't think you want to do that with bombs still under the fuselage...

t_mkdf,
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@osma i doubt he spend any thoughts on this and probably just wanted to get rid of it really quick.

t_mkdf,
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@osma it might be even part of the training to get rid of the payload whenever a situation arises where the pilot has to choose between himself and the airframe, or the life of civilians.

Accidents happen. But pilots and airframes cost real money.

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