I agree that things in Germany are, by and large, far saner and far better than the US or the UK. The conditions of the market, the news media and government institutions is better, which allows the liberal dogma to work better. But it’s far from good enough.
And yes I’m a doomer lol. It’s simply a question of numbers: billions vs millions.
I’m not an ideologue and think a mix of ideologies is important, but the fundamental problem is the vast accumulation of wealth (=economic power) that brings unstoppable degeneration and collapse. Especially with social media being completely corrupt, and mainstream news media even in Germany only spouting misinformation and imperialist war propaganda and a pro genocide stance, things will deteriorate to the state of the US.
…and Axel Springer blasting anti-Green propaganda because the neolibs understand perfectly well how dangerous soclibs are for their programme. Neolibs rely on the narrative of “small businesspeople getting shafted”, soclibs can solve the same issue for the same clientele, but by shafting the bourgeois instead of the proletariat.
Small private businesses are not a systemic problem. Sure there’s capital accumulation going on but the “vast” is missing. The accumulation curve is exponential, at the lower end where those small businesses are it basically looks flat.
Care still has to be taken when it comes to lobbying etc, there small business interests don’t necessarily align with soclib programmes. Ironically, currently SMEs are lobbying the EU to dilute the supply chain act requiring companies to monitor human rights in their supply chain, while Nestle and other big fish lobby for it to not be diluted. But so far from what I see the soclib parties here are firm on these issues.
I agree that things in Germany are, by and large, far saner and far better than the US or the UK. The conditions of the market, the news media and government institutions is better, which allows the liberal dogma to work better. But it’s far from good enough.
And yes I’m a doomer lol. It’s simply a question of numbers: billions vs millions.
I’m not an ideologue and think a mix of ideologies is important, but the fundamental problem is the vast accumulation of wealth (=economic power) that brings unstoppable degeneration and collapse. Especially with social media being completely corrupt, and mainstream news media even in Germany only spouting misinformation and imperialist war propaganda and a pro genocide stance, things will deteriorate to the state of the US.
…and Axel Springer blasting anti-Green propaganda because the neolibs understand perfectly well how dangerous soclibs are for their programme. Neolibs rely on the narrative of “small businesspeople getting shafted”, soclibs can solve the same issue for the same clientele, but by shafting the bourgeois instead of the proletariat.
Small private businesses are not a systemic problem. Sure there’s capital accumulation going on but the “vast” is missing. The accumulation curve is exponential, at the lower end where those small businesses are it basically looks flat.
Care still has to be taken when it comes to lobbying etc, there small business interests don’t necessarily align with soclib programmes. Ironically, currently SMEs are lobbying the EU to dilute the supply chain act requiring companies to monitor human rights in their supply chain, while Nestle and other big fish lobby for it to not be diluted. But so far from what I see the soclib parties here are firm on these issues.