the_wiz

As a german, working in the IT sector for a bit over 25 years I say: The alternatives are there, but the pain isn't hurting enough to finally force us out of the walled gardens.

It took me years to convince the company I work for to ditch big tech, and we are just a small (<50 employees) company.

At the moment i think China is the lesser of two evils. Yeah, its not a democracy and China does things that benefits China, but it has one thing that the OTHER evil has lost recently: Predictability.

Naja, ein Kollege von mir heißt Karlheinz und kommt aus Marokko... den Kindern "fremdländische" Namen zu geben ist wohl ein weltweites Phänomen.

Diese Zeitlinie schadet meiner Leber... nüchtern hält man den Scheiß doch nicht mehr aus...

I - as my personal opinion - think he is more a case for the 2nd amendment...

In the beginning, even after the "Machtergreifung", it was fairly ok to insult Hitler and make fun of the Nazis. They thought, its a form of venting for the population, preventing REAL resistance. Though, this changed later. There is a good ARTE documentary about this "Humor unterm Hakenkreuz".

So, regarding the US... just wait a while...

Wo siehst du bei der nächsten Bundestagswahl noch schwarz? Ich sehe da nur noch blau... * kotz *

Deshalb - und ich sage das jetzt völlig ohne Bewertung - kann der Sozialismus nur per Revolution und nicht über einen langsamen Wandel und Weg durch die bestehenden Institutionen eingeführt werden.

Why should Europe leave the influence of the US just to bow to another hegemon? Why shouldn't we do our own thing?

Of course he does.

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

Ich sehe es fatalistisch positiv: Eine kollabierende Weltwirtschaft und massenweise Verarmung ist eine Variabte von effektivem Klimaschutz.

Eine andere Variante mut Kooperation, Innovation und Solidarität wäre mir lieber gewesen... aber "so isset eben"

Well, perhaps something good comes out of this... a world where there is no hegemon, no tech-giants and way less populism... one may dream...