German teenagers and young adults find themselves increasingly unsatisfied and likely to vote for the far right, according to a survey. Fears about prosperity are highlighted as a possible cause....
I am seeing a division of society, and it’s due to the likes of AFD + members of CSU & CDU pushing populist bullshit. People that fell for that likely also see a division of society, but they’re blaming “wokeism” for it.
Vienna is certainly a great example for public housing done right, but I don’t see how it’s relevant to the post. As far as I’m aware, Austria’s problem with right wing populism is even worse than in Germany.
From your link: “In Europe and North America, the establishment of social liberalism (often called simply liberalism in the United States) became a key component in expanding the welfare state.”
Idk, that seems compatible with most of the left-of-center spectrum, and certainly not something you would find a libertarian or conservative supporting. I can see how it’s not compatible with auth-left positions, though.
Perhaps you’re referring to neoliberalism, which, in my understanding, dropped all the social welfare stuff in favor of corporate welfare. In that case, I can understand how that term could be used as an insult.
In my eyes liberalism != neoliberalism. I consider myself liberal, and I despise neoliberal policies.
You posted an outdated picture without explanation, and now you changed your own description of what point you’re trying to make (“uniquely fertile ground” vs “uniquely far right”), and now you’re trying to turn this around on me.
No, I don’t see how an outdated picture that doesn’t reflect the current reality proves or refutes anything.
For the record, again, I don’t necessarily disagree with you, I don’t think Germany has unique circumstances or w/e that make it especially vulnerable to far right ideology. I just think you’re doing an awful job and bringing your point across.
And now I’ll stop replying with multiple paragraphs to your one-line comments, obviously you’re not putting much effort into them.
"China und Deutschland wollen Bemühungen um Frieden in der Ukraine unterstützen und ermutigen“, sagte Scholz laut Reuters am Dienstag nach einem mehr als dreistündigen Treffen mit Präsident Xi Jinping und einem anschließenden Gespräch mit Ministerpräsident Li Qiang....
Nun war Scholz aber in China, und deswegen geht’s in diesem Post eben auch um China. Das China sich als Hegemonialmacht etablieren möchte und mehr und mehr auf Konfrontation mit seinen Nachbarn geht, ist schwer zu leugnen.
I don’t think you’re missing anything. Just maybe you’re taking his tweet more serious or literal than he intended. To me, it’s just an interesting perspective to consider tweets that are meant to influence your opinion as malware. Sure, somebody aware of the types of “bad input” in the form of misinformation campaigns, propaganda or advertisement might not be (as) susceptible to that - but considering the average Twitter user, comparing this type of content to malware seems appropriate to me.
No, that is 100% whataboutism. It’s an attempt to deflect the discussion from the topic at hand. If you want to have a discussion about THING_THAT_YOU_CONSIDER_BAD_AND_ALSO_TRUE, you can make a new post just for that.
That can go both ways through. To some people, criticizing Hamas or saying that their attack warranted a reaction (which doesn’t mean I’m condoning what’s happening now in any way) means you’re actively calling for genocide.
Nuance is hard, people tend to prefer simple categorization into black and white, good and evil. The statement “Germany is going full fascist” is a perfect example of this.
Let me prefix this with saying that I’m sympathetic towards Varoufakis. I’ve been following him somewhat since his time at Valve.
He claims he is now subject to a “Betätigungsverbot” which is very different from being “banned from the country”. I tried to find any sort of official confirmation that he actually has “Betätigungsverbot” but I couldn’t, feel free to post a link if you can find it. I personally believe that what he wrote in this post doesn’t even come close to warranting a Betätigungsverbot - however, even assuming the Verbot is actually in place, claiming this means “Germany is going full fascism” is dishonest, exaggerated, and void of any nuance, which is my original point.
Reading the first sentence of the definition of fascism on Wikipedia should show you how ridiculous that statement is. Words have a meaning, and throwing around the word “fascism” for any measure you (potentially rightfully) don’t agree with just hurts your credibility and devalues the meaning of the word when it’s actually appropriate.
I’m fine with you attributing actions like this to historically motivated, misguided sense of “loyalty” (or however you want to call it) to Israel, or the Israeli government. Just keep the word fascist for actual fascists please.
Nuance exists, the world isn’t just black and white.
Blinken tells CNN the US has seen evidence of China attempting to influence upcoming US elections | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
US accuses China of backing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (www.politico.eu)
Beijing is “picking a side” and can’t claim to be neutral any more, the US ambassador to NATO tells POLITICO....
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Pessimistic young Germans turning to far right, says study (www.dw.com)
German teenagers and young adults find themselves increasingly unsatisfied and likely to vote for the far right, according to a survey. Fears about prosperity are highlighted as a possible cause....
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Gentoo bans AI-created contributions (lwn.net)
No gods matter (i.imgur.com)
Chinas Xi Jinping will laut dem deutschen Kanzler Olaf Scholz eine Ukraine-Friedenskonferenz unterstützen. Chinaexperte Bütikofer warnt vor einer „Verzwergung“. (taz.de) German
"China und Deutschland wollen Bemühungen um Frieden in der Ukraine unterstützen und ermutigen“, sagte Scholz laut Reuters am Dienstag nach einem mehr als dreistündigen Treffen mit Präsident Xi Jinping und einem anschließenden Gespräch mit Ministerpräsident Li Qiang....
Reading raw comments is like executing malware on your brain (slrpnk.net)
I found that idea interesting. Will we consider it the norm in the future to have a “firewall” layer between news and ourselves?...
Ghassan Abu Sittah accuses Germany of 'genocide complicity' after being refused entry (www.middleeasteye.net)
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Ukraine war: Russian double-tap strikes hit civilians then rescuers too (www.bbc.com)
The country’s second-largest city has been targeted almost incessantly since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion....
Germany bans Yanis Varoufakis from entering the country - DiEM25 Communications (diem25.org)
German police shut down pro-Palestinian conference - DW
My Berlin speech on Palestine that German police entered the venue to ban - and whose publication here led to my being banned from Germany! - Yanis Varoufakis (www.yanisvaroufakis.eu)