Quite a phenomenal campaign ad from the Greens down in England.
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And Germany is different how?
@billiglarper @LaChasseuse
In Germany IMHO:
I do not see a lot of people working two jobs. You can easily spend time with your children. Work life balancy is (still) normal for an average worker.
Of course we have environmental problems but we improved a lot over the last decades and hopefully will improve further. E.g. it"s widely possible to swim in our canals and rivers including the biggest ones.
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@LaChasseuse Sorry I was answering @darkpixel 's question about running and remembering his lines at the same time.
@steely_glint My apologies. Sometimes one gets lost in the threads! @darkpixel
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@billiglarper @LaChasseuse
In Germany IMHO:
I do not see a lot of people working two jobs. You can easily spend time with your children. Work life balancy is (still) normal for an average worker.
Of course we have environmental problems but we improved a lot over the last decades and hopefully will improve further. E.g. it"s widely possible to swim in our canals and rivers including the biggest ones.
The picture drawn in the spot is much more dystopian.You might want to check your privilege.
Perhaps talk to some freelancers or minimum wage folks.
Sorry, don't have the time for a more detailed answer.
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Quite a phenomenal campaign ad from the Greens down in England. Strong. I firmly believe that any political party not running this same message will fail.
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@Sfwmson @OhWeh @LaChasseuse I disagree. Newly inaugurated NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani ran on much of that platform. He promised a rent freeze, free buses, and free childcare. He’s already gotten the childcare part done! (in his first 2 weeks…)
I believe younger candidates and younger voters are going to change the political landscape pretty much everywhere.
@grammasaurus @OhWeh @LaChasseuse
I really really hope so.
I'm 65 and back in the day I figured the hippie generation would change the world... But they didn't.
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If any party tailored that to run in the US, what kind of traction do you think it'd have?
My guess is, it would be laughed at and roundly ignored.
And THAT'S a damn shame.
@Sfwmson The culture segment in the US that has historically, and also now, made statements about the grind Polanski is detailing has been musicians. Of all colours. An unfortunate aspect of the American mind, however, is to see being 'down and out' as something temporary, missing that it is in fact a feature of the economic and social structures of that country.
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You might want to check your privilege.
Perhaps talk to some freelancers or minimum wage folks.
Sorry, don't have the time for a more detailed answer.
@billiglarper @LaChasseuse
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@grammasaurus @OhWeh @LaChasseuse
I really really hope so.
I'm 65 and back in the day I figured the hippie generation would change the world... But they didn't.
@Sfwmson The hippies got usurped by the disco/yuppie culture. That's really the time point when every normal person started getting poorer as money was funnelled upwards.
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Quite a phenomenal campaign ad from the Greens down in England. Strong. I firmly believe that any political party not running this same message will fail.
@LaChasseuse Having seen almost all of Zohran's campaign ads this one feels very familiar. Well done.
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@frlan @flohlaus @lobingera @holger
Frei nach Horkheimer: aus der Betrachtung der Zustände, folgen Analyse, Erkenntnis und dann Praxis.
BTW: Sitze gerade in Addis Abeba und schreibe mit Euch über Horkheimer. Hätte er sich vermutlich so auch nicht gedacht.
@AwetTesfaiesus @frlan @flohlaus @holger ich bin verwirrt - möchtest du deinen Kommentar, das die uk Kampagne nicht wirtschaftskritsch ist aufrecht erhalten?
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@AwetTesfaiesus @frlan @flohlaus @holger ich bin verwirrt - möchtest du deinen Kommentar, das die uk Kampagne nicht wirtschaftskritsch ist aufrecht erhalten?
@lobingera @frlan @flohlaus @holger ja.
Vielleicht haben wir unterschiedliche Vorstellungen von Wirtschaft.
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Quite a phenomenal campaign ad from the Greens down in England. Strong. I firmly believe that any political party not running this same message will fail.
@LaChasseuse impressive
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@AwetTesfaiesus @frlan @flohlaus @holger ich bin verwirrt - möchtest du deinen Kommentar, das die uk Kampagne nicht wirtschaftskritsch ist aufrecht erhalten?
@lobingera @frlan @flohlaus @holger für mich ist Wirtschaft: Bäckerin, Bäuerin, Coderin, Anwältin, Krankenpflegerin, Windmüllerin. Von denen kenne ich einige. Keine von denen hat ein globales Portfolio an Mietwohnungen und 'Family Office' ist das Arbeitszimmer unterm Dach, wo die Steuern gemacht werden und wo der Heimtrainer / das Schlagzeug der Kinder steht.
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Quite a phenomenal campaign ad from the Greens down in England. Strong. I firmly believe that any political party not running this same message will fail.
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The civil service aren't puppet-masters, they're administrators and workers who try to implement whatever policy, good or bad, the government dictates. They will advise about difficulties, but they are definitely not calling the shots; their advice is frequently ignored.
You can choose politicians who aren't puppets of the rich; that's the point of voting. Most people may not see that choice clearly, but that's the point of campaigning. Hence the video.
@petealexharris yeah, "politicians are being controlled by the civil service" is a fucking take
It's like UK politicians have somehow managed to convince everyone that they're the ones with their hands tied, rather than the ones sitting on them.
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@lobingera @frlan @flohlaus @holger für mich ist Wirtschaft: Bäckerin, Bäuerin, Coderin, Anwältin, Krankenpflegerin, Windmüllerin. Von denen kenne ich einige. Keine von denen hat ein globales Portfolio an Mietwohnungen und 'Family Office' ist das Arbeitszimmer unterm Dach, wo die Steuern gemacht werden und wo der Heimtrainer / das Schlagzeug der Kinder steht.
@AwetTesfaiesus @frlan @flohlaus @holger
„this isn’t just an economic failure, it’s a failure of leadership.“ ist für mich wirtschaftskritisch, aber vielen Dank für die Einordnung.
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Quite a phenomenal campaign ad from the Greens down in England. Strong. I firmly believe that any political party not running this same message will fail.
@LaChasseuse I used to think that it's easy for minor parties to make claims. They don't have the experienced MPs or the economics to implement those changes. Now, it seems the major, old guard parties don't know what they're doing either. Is that because I'm getting older and more cynical? Or are they really getting worse?
Either way, I'm willing to try something new.
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@AwetTesfaiesus @frlan @flohlaus @holger
„this isn’t just an economic failure, it’s a failure of leadership.“ ist für mich wirtschaftskritisch, aber vielen Dank für die Einordnung.
@lobingera @frlan @flohlaus @holger das war für mich der systemkritische Teil
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@LaChasseuse problem is the politicians are puppets of the civil service and the rich. Labour promised a lot and have delivered the opposite.
@EF @LaChasseuse I agree that politicians are overly influenced by big corps.
But the civil service are subject matter experts at a level beyond any MP that gets randomly dropped in a post. It's not surprising when MPs demand irrational measures, or stupid or illegal things and the civil servants say no.
As for Labour promising a lot... did they? I thought they mainly said "we aren't those guys" while the Tories death spiralled. So Labour haven't delivered much at all.
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Quite a phenomenal campaign ad from the Greens down in England. Strong. I firmly believe that any political party not running this same message will fail.
