People in Nairobi complain about the rent and cost of living, just as people in Newcastle or Frankfurt.
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RE: https://mastodon.scot/@LaChasseuse/115941198098862825
People in Nairobi complain about the rent and cost of living, just as people in Newcastle or Frankfurt.
Yet, everybody thinks that this is somehow a local phenomenon: they think: my city isn't working, my country isn't working.
These aren't local issues. It's the same issue manifesting everywhere.
@ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski and #ukgreens is the right topic at the right time. Stop running and look, so hope becomes normal again.
@AwetTesfaiesus @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski I wish the german greens would take Polanski as an example. We need politicians that have the guts to speak things out, while being smart about it and not naive. The german population is older though, but the youth is needed in order to create a dynamic anyway and before all it's their future that's at stake.
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@AwetTesfaiesus @electricfusionQ
> "**DGAF**"
Might be worth a Merch Shirt?"DGAF" and, tiny font below, "(Don't give a Fuck)"
@coastgnu @electricfusionQ "Das Gut Awet Freut's"
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@coastgnu @electricfusionQ "Das Gut Awet Freut's"
@AwetTesfaiesus @electricfusionQ
Mit DER Übersetzung ist es gut für ein Wahlplakat!
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@AwetTesfaiesus @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski yeah it takes time. My home loan is about 30y, but the fact is in the end, that house will be paid off for my children. They can live in it or sell it and do as they please. I may be a janitor, but it is to my kids, not to the bank.
@PedroLeal_ @AwetTesfaiesus @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski
Buying a house in a municipality next to Frankfurt costs around 500k €. Mortgage payment over 30 years will be almost as much. That's like 2.5k a month.
That's unrealistic for most folk. Especially when they have kids. Heck, I know single parents who had to go into debt just because of a blow of fate.
I'm so fucking sick of rentier capitalism. And better alternatives with more common property are possible.
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@PedroLeal_ @AwetTesfaiesus @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski
Buying a house in a municipality next to Frankfurt costs around 500k €. Mortgage payment over 30 years will be almost as much. That's like 2.5k a month.
That's unrealistic for most folk. Especially when they have kids. Heck, I know single parents who had to go into debt just because of a blow of fate.
I'm so fucking sick of rentier capitalism. And better alternatives with more common property are possible.
@billiglarper @PedroLeal_ @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski
No intention to safe the reputation of capitalism, but I am pretty sure market capitalism died before 2010. It's over now and none of us won.
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RE: https://mastodon.scot/@LaChasseuse/115941198098862825
People in Nairobi complain about the rent and cost of living, just as people in Newcastle or Frankfurt.
Yet, everybody thinks that this is somehow a local phenomenon: they think: my city isn't working, my country isn't working.
These aren't local issues. It's the same issue manifesting everywhere.
@ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski and #ukgreens is the right topic at the right time. Stop running and look, so hope becomes normal again.
Haha!
Als ich den Clip gestern gesehen habe, habe schon ich überlegt, wie ich ihn den deutschen Grünen als Inspiration zukommen lasse.
Das hat sich jetzt wohl erledigt.
So viel besser als Hundeblick im Wollpulli auf Plakaten.
PS: Du hast mich neulich überzeugt. Ich bin eingetreten.
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Haha!
Als ich den Clip gestern gesehen habe, habe schon ich überlegt, wie ich ihn den deutschen Grünen als Inspiration zukommen lasse.
Das hat sich jetzt wohl erledigt.
So viel besser als Hundeblick im Wollpulli auf Plakaten.
PS: Du hast mich neulich überzeugt. Ich bin eingetreten.
@mina Das schonmal seeeeehr schön, entbindet aber absolut nicht davon, den Clip zu pushen und zu teilen.
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@mina Das schonmal seeeeehr schön, entbindet aber absolut nicht davon, den Clip zu pushen und zu teilen.
Natürlich nicht!
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@Hachka @wuppi @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski @LaChasseuse 'was government' might be a bit of a stretch to say th least.
Maybe even a malevolent misrepresentation.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_deutschen_Bundesregierungen
@AwetTesfaiesus @wuppi @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski @LaChasseuse I am almost 70 and have lieved through almost all governments that you are so kind to remind me of. I cheered when the first greens came into the bundestag, I elected them. Only to find out htat the green party was excellent for environment solutions, but the same old story for small people like me with their small lives: You up there -- us down here. At least they tried to preseve a world we can struggle in.
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@AwetTesfaiesus @wuppi @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski @LaChasseuse I am almost 70 and have lieved through almost all governments that you are so kind to remind me of. I cheered when the first greens came into the bundestag, I elected them. Only to find out htat the green party was excellent for environment solutions, but the same old story for small people like me with their small lives: You up there -- us down here. At least they tried to preseve a world we can struggle in.
@Hachka @wuppi @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski @LaChasseuse
* strive in, that's the objective.
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@AwetTesfaiesus @wuppi @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski @LaChasseuse I am almost 70 and have lieved through almost all governments that you are so kind to remind me of. I cheered when the first greens came into the bundestag, I elected them. Only to find out htat the green party was excellent for environment solutions, but the same old story for small people like me with their small lives: You up there -- us down here. At least they tried to preseve a world we can struggle in.
@Hachka @wuppi @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski @LaChasseuse
I know exactly what live at the bottom end of society feels like. From a decade as a lawyer Social Law, and from very, very personal experience.
Change comes around, if people get together, form broad coalitions, demand change and refuse to give in.
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@billiglarper @PedroLeal_ @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski
No intention to safe the reputation of capitalism, but I am pretty sure market capitalism died before 2010. It's over now and none of us won.
@AwetTesfaiesus @PedroLeal_ @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski
I think I see where you are coming from. But it's still the same system, isn't it?
The slant of the system isn't towards competition, but the opposite. Towards cartels, monopolies and concentration of power. Get rid of competition, then squeeze.
The 90s and 00s saw a lot of privatization, often at the municipal level. Like hospitals or housing. By now, this has condensed into a few big players.
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@PedroLeal_ @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski happy to hear this
@AwetTesfaiesus @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski it's pretty much around the story of the man who plants carob trees, knowing he'll never eat their fruit. We enjoy what was left by the ones who came before and leave more for the ones who come after us.
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@PedroLeal_ @AwetTesfaiesus @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski
Buying a house in a municipality next to Frankfurt costs around 500k €. Mortgage payment over 30 years will be almost as much. That's like 2.5k a month.
That's unrealistic for most folk. Especially when they have kids. Heck, I know single parents who had to go into debt just because of a blow of fate.
I'm so fucking sick of rentier capitalism. And better alternatives with more common property are possible.
@billiglarper @AwetTesfaiesus @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski unfortunately many people have forgotten that life doesn't happen only around major cities. I live in a formerly rural area which sits around 40km from a major city. It is today a small town and while I can't walk or take a bus/subway to the mall, I can enjoy spending time with my family on the yard and garden, where they can play while I spend my weekends mending fences, mowing lawn, etc. It's a lifestyle choice.
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@AwetTesfaiesus @PedroLeal_ @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski
I think I see where you are coming from. But it's still the same system, isn't it?
The slant of the system isn't towards competition, but the opposite. Towards cartels, monopolies and concentration of power. Get rid of competition, then squeeze.
The 90s and 00s saw a lot of privatization, often at the municipal level. Like hospitals or housing. By now, this has condensed into a few big players.
@AwetTesfaiesus @PedroLeal_ @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski
And they squeeze for all they got. They have the capital to snatch up any asset that becomes available. Coops and private folks can't compete on new plots when they become available. The smaller players have little incentive to challenge them - they can simply follow the price trend.
Landlords in Frankfurt don't charge what it costs to run a flat plus some interest. It's no competition. They charge what others are charging.
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@AwetTesfaiesus @PedroLeal_ @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski
And they squeeze for all they got. They have the capital to snatch up any asset that becomes available. Coops and private folks can't compete on new plots when they become available. The smaller players have little incentive to challenge them - they can simply follow the price trend.
Landlords in Frankfurt don't charge what it costs to run a flat plus some interest. It's no competition. They charge what others are charging.
@billiglarper @PedroLeal_ @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski
Couldn't agree more!
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@billiglarper @AwetTesfaiesus @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski unfortunately many people have forgotten that life doesn't happen only around major cities. I live in a formerly rural area which sits around 40km from a major city. It is today a small town and while I can't walk or take a bus/subway to the mall, I can enjoy spending time with my family on the yard and garden, where they can play while I spend my weekends mending fences, mowing lawn, etc. It's a lifestyle choice.
@PedroLeal_ @billiglarper @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski
For so many, this is by no means a "choice" in the sense, that it was made free of need nor coercion.
But you are right in principle. I advocate for 'rural living' as often as I can.
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@Hachka @wuppi @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski @LaChasseuse
I know exactly what live at the bottom end of society feels like. From a decade as a lawyer Social Law, and from very, very personal experience.
Change comes around, if people get together, form broad coalitions, demand change and refuse to give in.
@AwetTesfaiesus @wuppi @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski @LaChasseuse Yes, go ahead.
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@PedroLeal_ @billiglarper @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski
For so many, this is by no means a "choice" in the sense, that it was made free of need nor coercion.
But you are right in principle. I advocate for 'rural living' as often as I can.
@AwetTesfaiesus @billiglarper @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski a choice is always subject to it's constraints and consequences. You cannot choose not to make a sacrifice, but you can choose which sacrifice you want to make and live with.
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@billiglarper @AwetTesfaiesus @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski unfortunately many people have forgotten that life doesn't happen only around major cities. I live in a formerly rural area which sits around 40km from a major city. It is today a small town and while I can't walk or take a bus/subway to the mall, I can enjoy spending time with my family on the yard and garden, where they can play while I spend my weekends mending fences, mowing lawn, etc. It's a lifestyle choice.
@PedroLeal_ @AwetTesfaiesus @die_Leo @ScottishGreens @ZackPolanski
Nice for you. No irony.
I grew up in a village in a structurally struggling region. I didn't leave the state for some big city dream, but simply because I wanted a decent income. And even that's a very relative thing with how cost of living has been rising for decades while wages are shrinking.
