I live in an 18 sq meters Appartment and its totally livable for me. It is also cheap and Not those extremely expensive gentrifying Appartment complexes for “Young professionals”.
As soon as you’re Not single or have a Hobby that needs a little Bit of space you are fucked Tho.
Thats gotta be a Bit. Thats Just way too specific and fitting
Its the Classic Neoliberalism. Yeah we’ve been Bad, yeah we acknowledge it, yeah we didnt apologize, make up for it or Took accountability but we bettered ourselves and wont do it again.
What? You’re calling me a hypocrite because we are doing it again? No, you See this time its legitimate. And we Said that Back then as well but this time we’re Not lying, Pinky promise.
On a real Note - i actually get disgusted at how fast neolibs, who are acting Like pacifists, get to Peak Western Chauvinism with the Classic “i Just Wonder how algeria would have been as a french Department”
As If Not everyone could See their implicit Claim that those unruly savages should better be ruled from Europe. And in the next sentence they’ll say how horrible colonialism was and how it somehow Ended before the First ww because their Mind has to rearrange History so their ideology still makes sense.
I cant speak for OP but my Parents are also German boomers and a very rampant Part of Most boomers is the Attitude that If Others have it worse than you then it cant be that Bad for you.
You cant blame them all for it because some use it as a coping mechanism trying to be more content with what they have. For me that coping mechanism never worked because i never got how that should be making me feel better.
Then i got it. This only makes you feel better If you place your own wellbeing above others. This way you also trick yourself into accepting one of Capitalism oldest lies, the implicit scarcity of the world. Meaning If Others have it worse you implicitly have to be better Off because Theres Not enough for everyone.
Ofc in this system everyone has to Look for their own wellbeing. But i wont be Feeling better because Others have it worse. In fact in my Mind human suffering IS human suffering and Others having it worse Just makes me feel worse.
When you say liberal i at least assume democrat. Which democrat thinks about volunteering for Vietnam, thats insane.
There are even republicans who are against that war since the only “reedeming Quality” of that war makes sense If you are a rabid dog that still believes the Red scare.
Idk im european so maybe im overreacting but isnt the Vietnam unpopular for the majority in the US?
The only Person who finds this desirable is a Person who thinks wealth will Transfer over from our current system to that one and they will Just be their own little Duke in their area because they own the protection Agency.
Most of them arent Used anymore and are in the south. I dont know the exact Locations but i think Arizona was one, new Mexico, california Had one as well.
They were mostly Used in the 60s and 70s i think.
I mean There were and still are multiple Gas Chambers all around the US that we’re Used for executions. So the US is advocating for Gas Chambers.
Yeah but Fentanyl od would probably be good for the executed Person but jarring for the executioner and their families. And over time we learned that execution methods only need to Look good to the executioner so they can do it indefinitely instead of abolishing the death Penalty
Tbh Most germans i know and who were alive during Gorbachev only Like him because he’s Seen as the one who “allowed” the reunification of Germany.
His Politics are vastly unknown besides people spouting the Classic glasnost and Perestroika.
On the topic of the Party: i think they themselves dont really know what their direction is yet.
Look at the Formation of the AFD early on. The racist sentiments were apparent but There were still lots of confuses economists in There that genuinely believed that the Former neonazi in His Party was Just magically deradicalized by libertarian thought.
And those Nazis became the thought Leaders over time.
Essentially im saying that while the AFD was far-right from the beginning they didnt know exactly where they are going.
I Hope the Same is true for Wagenknechts Party.
We have room for a more traditional socialist Party. They may have some weird views and If they’re successful they will have lots of infighting.
Maybe that leads to those weird views Like the anti-immigration View disappearing.
The left Party is positioning themselves to be a modern socdem Party (hopefully without the Freikorps), even a somewhat problematic socialist Party could be helpful.
If not and they will Just become Like they appear currently Then they will Just BE another right wing party using left-speak to attract voters.
The only difference between the Cocktail is Most likely that its more refined and with modern drugs so that There arent any as visible Side effects as There were for Hitler.