lordkekz

Weil die anderen Parteien die Schuldenbremse spezifisch aussetzen wollen, um damit Ausrüstung für die Bundeswehr zu kaufen. Die Linke will aber eigentlich nur in zivile und soziale Bereiche investieren, also in Infrastruktur, Wohnungsbau, soziale Sicherheit und die sozial-ökologische Transformation der Wirtschaft.

Aus Sicht der Linkspartei ist die Zustimmung zu einer Änderung der Schuldenbremse womöglich das einzige Druckmittel, mit dem sie in der kommenden Legislaturperiode Zugeständnisse von den Regierungsparteien erstreiten kann. Insofern ist es völlig legitim zu fordern, dass sie bei dem Deal mitverhandeln dürfen. Die Linke wird sicherlich keiner Grundgesetzänderung zustimmen, die Geld nur für Aufrüstung bereitstellt, ohne linke Themen zu berücksichtigen.

Ein groß angelegtes Investitionsprogramm für Infrastruktur, Wohnungsbau und die sozial-ökologische Transformation der Wirtschaft; das passt zum Thema Staatsschulden und Entspricht der jüngsten Äußerung von Heidi Reichinnek bei der PK zur Fraktionsgründung.

Kann mir aber auch vorstellen, dass sie das nicht ganz bekommen und es "nur" sowas wie 15€-Mindestlohn oder Mietendeckel wird. Ich fände aber einen Mietendeckel ohne sozialen Wohnungsbau falsch, insofern sollten sie sich da nicht so sehr runterhandeln lassen, dass der Mietendeckel zur Baubremse wird.

There is no inherent goal or point in life. You get to decide. You get to give your life meaning.

It can be hard. Sometimes, material conditions like poverty, working conditions or social pressure make it hard to find meaning. Sometimes, you can loose the meaning, like when you loose a loved one. A good society should help empower all people to give themselves meaning. Sadly this is not the direction many countries are taking nowadays.

But despite everything: You are ultimately empowered to create meaning for yourself. Nobody can truly take that away from you.

Yeah, I agree with you. Banning ads is a good thing. I just wanted to point out that Valve isn't doing this purely for our benefit. Valve also does some anti-competitive or anti-consumer stuff to keep their near-monopolistic status.

Realistically they're probably doing this mostly because they don't get the 30% cut on ad revenue. They want to force publishers to actually charge money through Steam.

Mal egal, was man von der Organisation hält: das ist doch ein friedlicher Protest? Warum heult die Union da gleich wieder rum, die Protestierenden würden den demokratischen Diskurs verlassen?? Aber bei den Rechten - von denen faktisch eine viel größere Gefahr ausgeht - alles verharmlosen... absolut doppelbödig!

I also work in IT and I've had decent experiences with wearing noise cancelling headphones. Not only blocks noise but also people are less likely to interrupt you while wearing headphones. I have a whole work playlist of to get me in a focused mood.

I think this happens in other countries too. It's a result of neoliberalism:

• They cut spending on education, social security and publix infrastructure. That makes it harder for the youth to get started.
• They also cut taxes on the wealthy - meaning a lot of the wealth remains with older generations and especially the richest 5%.
• And finally, they pursue union busting, deregulation and globalization. By playing out the interests of workers in different countries (or different ethnicities in the same country) they're making it harder to collectively bargain for good wages and good working conditions.

Now, I think the US is having it especially bad. In Germany they do regularly cut social security but we have public health insurance (though the rich get to opt out instead of paying their share) and overall a wealth distribution which is not good but also not quite as bad as the US. We also have a very different job market: Due to lack of highly educated workers, it's easy to get a job and good conditions if you have a good education (which is basically free if you can afford to take the time). And they can't fire you willy-nilly, this is hugely important for becoming financially stable and feeling safe.

Our main problem economically is the "Debt Brake" - a rule that limits government debt (and thus spending) without accounting for the required infrastructure investments. That doesn't make any economic sense - anyone would loan money to make an investment if that facilitates economic growth!