"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! —
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) —
“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?
Deepfake Vitali Klitschko
Report in the “Guardian”. —
Stop the war in Ukraine!
“War - this is first the hope that one will be better off, then the expectation that the other will be feeling worse, afterwards the satisfaction that the other isn't feeling better either, and finally the surprise that it got worse for both”. (Karl Kraus, Austrian Author, 1909) — In June 1987, two and a … Continue reading Stop the war in Ukraine!
Putin against Nawalny
Picture: Austrian Broadcast ORF Uvazhayemyy Gospodin Prezident Putin! “Two souls live, oh, in my chest,” Johann Goethe's Doctor Faust sighs when he is faced with a dilemma. This dilemma is later described as the struggle between the “id” and the “superego” by Sigmund Freud. This quote comes to my mind when I look at Russia … Continue reading Putin against Nawalny
Vienna Calling 