Alex Staenke
8.2K posts
@good_thinking
Bluesky only, gleicher Username. Leave this place! Now!
@andreasklinger @Pv okay how do you change the system then? literally one of the hardest things in the world. i'm all in for shaking stuff up. not exactly clear though what needs to happen for that. usually it's a result of a shock, like a huge recession or similar - but shocks can go both ways.
Ruth Jackson, Eberswalde, early 1930s: "One thing stands out in my mind. I went shopping with my mother & saw a man in front of me with a swastika burnt into his skull. It made a terrible impression on me & I asked my mother why had he done that, it seemed a bit stupid…" 1/18
Das beste Mittel gegen teure Mieten ist Wohneigentum! Dieses Jahr sind die Mieten im Schnitt um 16 % gestiegen. Das spüren weite Teile der Bevölkerung, denn in kaum einem anderen EU-Land besitzen so wenige Menschen #Eigentum wie in Österreich. Damit sich wieder mehr Menschen den Traum vom Eigenheim erfüllen können, muss der Staat finanzielle Spielräume schaffen, beispielsweise durch eine Entlastung des Faktors Arbeit
What an Austrian restaurant taught me about European degrowth: In the time I've stood in line, >40 people left the restaurant. Not a single person in line (now ~25) has been able to talk to a host. The waiters are going about their business. It's not full, actually looking empty. It has very good reviews! People are starting to get antsy, but not me, because I saw an opportunity for some economic anthropology. A line outside an empty restaurant is the perfect metaphor for why some societies grow and some do not, with many other things being equal (sound institutions, the gas in the kitchen works). Do you let the people in who are practically begging to give you money? Or do ignore and abuse them so long that they just leave? Letting the customers in is like finding hundred dollar bills on the sidewalk. This is Europe. They're lethargic and tired. There's no hustle, because there's no merit. A waiter that gets 10x the tables of the next guy is getting the exact same wage. Equity! American waitstaff would NEVER allow this to happen. They'd be apoplectic. It's a pattern throughout the European economies. You want to do a startup? Wait. Pay us. Go through regulation forever. At a certain point people go to the more energetic restaurant across the street: America.
Brennender Dornenbusch in der Nähe!
