"We are here today against an alarming backdrop of an illegal unjustifiable invasion of sovereign Ukraine, high inflation, electricity and energy price rises, a climate catastrophe, increased food insecurity and a fast emerging cost of living crisis." (Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament; Introduction to the “State of the European Union” speech, Strasbourg 09/14/2022) … Continue reading Peace in Ukraine – and in the world
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The Global Basic Income
Heureka! —
My dear grandchild!
My dear grandchild! You are still young. You are my greatest hope. This world will end. We will experience nuclear war and climate catastrophe. Both will be unstoppable. Both is unstoppable. Neither nuclear war nor climate catastrophe can be stopped. We screwed it up. If you are one of those people who will have survived … Continue reading My dear grandchild!
The party is over
Anyone who has ever lived outside Europe or North America will have experienced the immense damage our “Western” way of life is causing to the rest of the world. Anyone who has spent his holidays outside of Europe and North America will have experienced how convenient and cheap it is to be treated like a … Continue reading The party is over
Europe and the War
The war in Ukraine is a World War. It’s not only a war about two provinces in eastern Ukraine, the Donbass, it’s a war between different economic systems. Some say, it’s a war between Democracies and Autocracies. This is not the case. It’s a war between Market Economics’ winners and its victims. It’s a war … Continue reading Europe and the War
The future of Europe
The future of Europe: See: ”Why might Putin‘s Russia want to invade Ukraine?“ (Carl Calleman, February 13, 2022) —
How to rule the world
If you want to understand world politics, don’t read news. Try to learn reading charts: There are different blocs of markets on our planet: RED: USD bound currencies (countries fixed to the US-Dollar 🇺🇸 ) YELLOW: GBP bound currencies (countries of the British Commonwealth 🇬🇧) BLUE: EUR bound currencies (Eurozone-countries inside the European Union 🇪🇺) … Continue reading How to rule the world
World War Three
Are we facing World War Three already? All over the world we are confronted with a huge amount of serious conflicts. Where is the cause for them? I tried to point out one decisive criterion: Currency exchange rates. I divided the world’s countries into 3 groups: GREEN: Countries with currencies stronger than the US-Dollar. Their … Continue reading World War Three
“Our War“
Answer to Armin Thurnher's editorial "About life and writing in 'our war'" in FALTER 26/22: "It’s war, it’s war, O God's angel forbid, And speak into it!“ (Matthias Claudius) Armin Thurnher's editorial is both beneficial and painful in its openness. We are watching a "chicken game" in which two warring factions are racing towards the … Continue reading “Our War“
Who is ruling the World?
In the course of the war in Ukraine there are many questions arising. Whose fault is it? Who is to blame? Who do we support? Who will win this war? Who will lose it? And what would that mean? In times of wars (has there ever been a time without wars..?) the military becomes most … Continue reading Who is ruling the World?
Vienna Calling 