Not exactly what you asked for but here's a very good summary on how democracy in the GDR worked. It was modeled after the Soviet system.
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The country’s energy-intensive businesses have suffered from the lingering impact of the energy crisis sparked by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Yeah, ofcourse, nothing else sparked an energy crisis. Russia put sanctions on itself and then blew up its own gas pipeline.
Important context that is missing from the article: The Maccabi fans were causing havoc in the city since the morning before the match was held. They were going around shouting anti-Palestine chants, climbing buildings to take down Palestinian flags from windows, burned down at least one Palestinian flag, attacked a taxi driver in his taxi with metal chains, and broke store and apartment windows. There's also numerous reports that they've been attacking people in the street who had attempted to stop their vandalism.
In traditional Israeli fashion, these goons are now trying to present themselves as the victims, after pissing off an entire city with their provocations and barbaric behavior.
Chang is Chinese-American (has a Chinese parent I think), so the author is saying Chang is selling off his people?
To me both comments sound ironic, though that may be because I'm still an optimist.
Of course, Jesus was an excellent capitalist. If he had 2 shirts, he sold one. One time at a wedding he took advantage of the huge demand for alcohol and sold watered-down wine for 10 times its price. It was a miracle! He made a killing providing quality healthcare at a premium price to the blind who needed eye correction surgery. He always preached about saving money and selling for a profit. And my favourite is when he visited the temple and congratulated all the merchants for their incredible business acumen.
Pentagon audit says Boeing cleaned up on Air Force parts, including soap dispensers marked up 8,000%
There were also reports that during covid, Boeing charged the Pentagon 600 000 to produce 15 trash cans. That's 40 000 dollars per trash can. Previously, the same trash cans cost the Pentagon 300 dollars per item.
Oh, you are right, I read that wrong. Apparently it started out at 100 000 rubles, and doubles every week. So yeah, we are getting there.
It might get there eventually. The fine increases by 100 000 rubles every day that Google keeps Russian media blocked. So in about 40-50 universe lifetimes, if Google doesn't reverse its decision, the fine will be approaching a googol dollars. Depending on inflation :P
The reason I liked Andor was that it portrays the revolutionaries (Luthen, his assistant, and later Andor himself) as understanding that they need to do the "bad stuff" to achieve results. They are not burdened by idealistic notions of a utopian and pure fight of good vs evil. There's a scene where Luthen monologues that he sacrificed his soul to the cause. That he is trying to bring about a sunrise he will never be able to enjoy.
Liberal media usually use the arc of the gruff vengeful revolutionary softening towards the end, as they are faced with fateful choices, and not having the courage to go through with it. Andor reverses this arc and I think it's better for it.
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To become a German citizen, you will now be forced to recognize the right of Israel to exist
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I have a 90-year old neighbour from Estonia who immigrated here, after he retired. The way he describes it, the youth in the Baltics in the late 70s and throughout the 80s were for some reason attracted a lot to Western culture (films, rock music, jeans, etc). Because many of those things were inaccessible or banned, they started feeling resentment towards the state. Now those people grew up and are running the countries.