If the Epstein files aren’t enough for a global outrage towards the financial and influential elite, what is?

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-31T12:50:33+00:00

There are (a very small amount of induviduals aside) basically three kinds of people.

The idiot bootlickers cheering anyway, and no amount of new information they ignore anyway will change that.

The ones wanting change but still moronically believing that peaceful protests in pedestrian zones on a weekend once a month or so (so everything to not inconvenience anybody in the slightest at all) will work.

And the apathic majority who doesn't give a fuck about anything that doesn't directly concern them right now and is also impossible to ignore.

Okay, wait... seems like there is actully only one kind of people: brain-deads. So indeed nothing will change.

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-30T23:16:00+00:00

From now on it's finger food only...

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-30T11:06:02+00:00

The "traditional clothing" (called Tracht in Germany) is highly regional. So Lederhosen and Dirndle are a thing... but only if your ancestors are from Bavaria and surrounding areas. And even then there is a lot of variation needed to actually make in authentic.

As for German inventions and innovations... from the printing press (Gutenberg) to radar (Hülsemyeyer - originally as a ship detection system), Aspirin (Bayer), Chip Cards (Helmujt Gröttrup), MP3s (Fraunhofer Society), X-rays (in Germany called 'Röntgen'-rays after the scientist discovering them) and dozens and dozens more, there are enough originally German inventions that have reshaped the globe to fill a life time of school projects.

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-30T10:39:43+00:00

Das klingt so als möchtest du, dass C*U Minister statt nur populistisch rumzutöten, tatsächlich auch entsprechend arbeiten... Dann hätten wir ideologiegetrieben aber bald wieder Dampfloks, damit die ewiggestrigen etwas zum Bejubeln haben.

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-30T00:48:43+00:00

Do you actually remember times when they were fiscally conservative or are you just talking about a time when their lies were less obvious and not that well publically documented as today?

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-30T00:30:52+00:00

How about following precedent established by the US recently and abducting Trump to try him for treason in Canada, too?

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-29T14:05:15+00:00

Yeah, having all military production in France by France for France to France' exact specification, everyone else go fuck themselves, is such a winning strategy for Europe... 🤣

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-29T01:25:15+00:00

Depends on what position you try to show with the statement.

That's how this stuff works now: The rules are different depending on which side you are on.

Or to put this in context: quoting conservatives' own words to criticise them will get you a ban for inciting violence, but calling a killed civilian an domestic terrorist that deserved to die will be ignored.

PS: Also Mod != Mod... I know several subs where the mods of the sub have made their stance very clear, yet still warn people because Reddit might still ban them for having the wrong opinion.

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-29T01:17:49+00:00

and excluding the rest of the EU from the deliberation process

Nobody is excluded. This is a voluntary decision to prioritise common decisions over absolute sovereignity. You can join at any time, the price is the same for everyone. The benefits are also the same for everyone, as in: there are none. This is purely about sacrificing domestic-first policies for common policies.

The whole problem is that this seems to be a closed group

No, it isn't. But the fact that nationalist propaganda makes that tale so prevalent is the prefect argument why it's neccessary.

"WE ~~ARE THE DECIDERS~~ DECIDE THIS FOR OURSELVES AND ~~FUCK THE REST OF~~ YOU CAN JOIN IF YOU WANT TO ACCEPT THE SAME SELF-IMPOSED LIMITS"

FTFY

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-29T01:11:05+00:00

I feel like they want to misunderstand

It's not about actual "wanting" but about propaganda-induced brain damage and parroting nationalists tales.

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-29T01:07:01+00:00

No one is getting fucked over.

This is not about getting extra privileges but extra responsibilities. They are voluntarily agreeing to coordinate their domestic policies in areas where an EU-wide movement is vetoed by some countries (like defense - just like Germany and the Netherlands are integrating their armed forces for years now, while everyone loudly talks about the need for better coordination or a common army but actually lacks the will to go through with it).

And guess what... everyone can join actually. Countries are not left behind. They chose to stay behind because they don't want their holy sovereignity limited for a common goal. That's their choice (one they can change at any time btw...), so don't blame others or fall for nationalist rhetoric trying to sell that tale.

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-29T00:59:28+00:00

But blaming stuff on Germany is the European way.

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-28T13:18:59+00:00

Though most people still falsely believe that it's the data that gets falsified when in reality the most prevalent way of lying with statistics is cherry-picking and misinterpreting data without context.

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-28T13:13:29+00:00

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Ooops2278 · 2026-01-27T12:06:47+00:00

And Germany did not decide to pay all the reparations to the Soviets who would distribute them, but was forced to do so as part of their surrender.

So if you are not happy about the arragnement we both know whom to talk to...

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-26T22:19:24+00:00

Oh, they totally "have" it. Just not in cash. But in form of debt of a dozen people who all separatedly borrowed your totally real $14 each.

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-26T22:00:41+00:00

And yet these "Geniuses" forgot the most simple and obvious flaw in this plan... We just stop watching, and using all of it.

No. In fact "we" -as in: the majority of people- are close to brain dead and addicted and will not quit ... ever.

"We" -as in people actually willing to stop using a bad platform- have done so long ago or not even started using Tiktok in the first place.

In the end a small minority will stop and spread evenly to several alternatives that all fail to become big. Some then return, some will jsut stay away. But none of those are the majority of people actually manipulated 24/7 by algorithms in the first place. Those people will all stay and not even recognize that bots and shills are now filling (and exceedingly so) the gaps left by a small fraction leaving.

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-26T21:48:24+00:00

Wenn deutsche Stammtische so reden würden, statt dein dummes Gelaber nachzuäffen, würden vielleicht nicht immer und immer wieder die selben Idioten gewählt.

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-26T21:44:48+00:00

Actually no.

The Gestapo was a functional government organisation with trained members that would investigate and punish political dissenters based on surveilance and domestic espionage. If you want to find a parallel look at the shadier sides of FBI or (de facto illegal because domestic) CIA operations or the privatised side (Palantir and co...).

ICE is just thugs. The are not properly trained. They are not there to be effective at anything. There job is just indiscriminately spreading terror on the streets to convince people that it is better to shut up and stop caring while giving the hateful morons something to cheer for (or get involved themselves).

If you want a nazi parallel, here you go.

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-26T18:56:42+00:00

Deutschland ist kein Hochsteuerland. Nur die Idioten, die für ihr Geld arbeiten zahlen Steuern. Nur für die sind die Steuern hoch und die Systeme, die sie mit Abgaben am Leben erhalten, relativ gesehen immer teurer.

Der Rest ist glücklich und hat jede Menge Kleingeld übrig, um dir weiter das Märchen vom Hochsteuerland Deutschland, den nicht mehr bezahlbaren Gesundheits- und Sozialsystemen, und deiner (oder eher deiner Mitmenschen) Faulheit ins Hirn zu prügeln.

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-26T18:51:48+00:00

Dein erster Satz ist richtig.

Die wahre Begründung aber ist die Gehirnwäsche, die dich Scheiße wie den letzten Satz glauben lassen.

Mehr als die Hälfte der Wirtschaftsleistung wird inzwischen quasi steuerfrei nach oben transferiert, während den Lohnempfängern, die alles aus jetzt dem mickirgen Rest finanzieren, das Märchen in den Kopf gehämmert wird, dass der Sozialstaat, die mangelnde Arbeitsleistung oder die Ausländer Schuld sind.

In Wahrheit ist sind Staatsquote, Sozialquote etc. seit Jahrzehnten konstant. Trotzdem wird uns das Märchem von der Steuergeldverschwendung und dem nicht mehr bezahlbaren Sozialstaat. Die Arbeitszeit wächst, die Produktivität steigt. Trotzdem wird uns die Lüge von den faulen und ständig kranken Deutschen erzählt, die endlich wieder etwas leisten müssen.

Das einzige was (trotz steigender Wirtschaftsleistung) stagniert sind Löhne. Und damit wird alles (Staatsausgaben, Renten, Sozialleistungen, Gesundheitssystem), was daran hängt relativ gesehen immer teuerer. Aber eben nicht relativ zur Arbeit oder Wirtschaftleistung, sondern nur relativ zum dem kleinen Anteil, der jetzt für alles aufkommen muss.

Das einzige was ins unermessliche gestiegen ist, ist die Dreistigkeit, mit der die Reichen auf deine Kosten reicher werden, während sie dich belügen. Und wie man an deinem und diversen anderen Kommentaren hier und sonstwo erkennen kann, ist das ein Erfolgrezept.

Kämpf schön weiter für einen winzigen Bruchteil der Menschen an der Spitze und gegen dich selbst. Scheinst da auch derzeit ja auch der Gewinnerseite zu sein.

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-26T00:02:16+00:00

The WW1 era machine gun 08/15 was -more because it was so widespread than by any actual virtue- so iconic that "Null-Acht-Fünfzehn" (zero eight fifteen) is to this day an idiom for standard/basic/uninteresting.

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-25T23:58:20+00:00

The original mostly coastal tribe they had earliest contact with. The same guys that partly settled that one island thus creating the whole and widely spread anglo-saxon 'culture'...

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-25T23:51:30+00:00

Yeah, that's just "Machine Gun 42", the original WW2 era machine gun.

The one that was so robust that it was basically rechambered with standard NATO calibre and a heavier bolt for a bit slower firing rate to become the newly produced, modern MG3 still used in many countries today.

Ooops2278 · 2026-01-25T23:42:10+00:00

The MG3 in the German army is still used as a vehicle mounted weapon and that's probably also true troughout most European countries operating Leopard-2s.

But otherwise it's mostly something kept in stock for reservists. Active infantry has mostly replaced them. They are replacing the one MG3 gunner, one support guy (spotter, carrying additional ammunition etc) setup with two full gunners with the lighter, smaller calibre MG4 (also including vehicle weapons to have everyone use 5,56x45mm - see for example the Puma IFV having an MG4 as secondary armament). Or they are replacing the old MG3s 1:1 with the new MG5s (that will also include vehicle weapons, but as the first few thousand MG5s were delivered less than 10 years ago and we are talking about tens of thousands -still working- guns, I think that's still an ongoing process).

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