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Those who would trade liberty for security deserve neither.
The German economy cannot finance such a large welfare state, so it will raise the retirement age to 73 in order to maintain social spending. This can only prolong the problem for a short time, it will not solve it permanently. The welfare state, which has been a German Christian Democrat invention since the beginning, functions like a classic Ponzi scheme, which means that it must fail if the number of contributors stops increasing. Merkel tried to solve this problem by importing young men from Islamist countries, but it seems that she failed - it turned out that this is not the best material for work and creation. All Western countries have the same problem. The permanent solution will be a radical reform of the welfare state and new rules of the game. People need to learn one important thing that is not taught in school: there is no free lunch. Everything someone spends, someone had to earn. If it is not you, someone else did. In order to spend, you first have to earn. This first part of the equation (earning) must become a priority. When this is forgotten, society gets into trouble. Over the last 20 years, under the pressure of demagogues, false prophets and charlatans who present themselves to the public as experts, Europe has completely devalued and destroyed the cult of entrepreneurship and the creation of new value. And without that, there is no social welfare. Virtue signaling is celebrated as the pinnacle of charity, those who ask and demand something are presented as benefactors, not those who innovate and offer something. That will have to change. It is not heroism to ask, it is heroism to give. You can't share a cake that isn't baked. If you want it baked, you have to encourage someone to bake it. If the baker has no reason or benefit, if he is insulted and unwanted, there will be no cake. As simple as that! #Germany #EU #economy #welfare #retirement #Ponzi #reform #entrepreneurship
🇩🇪 A new scientific advisory board under the German Ministry of Economy proposes raising the retirement age to 73 to prevent the collapse of the pension system. #Germany #EU #retirement
The system wants you busy. Busy people don't think. Busy people don't question. Busy people don't build alternatives. They just survive. Busyness is a feature, not a bug. It keeps you in the system. Stop being busy. Start being intentional. Intentional people escape. Busy people stay trapped.
To hold your own keys is no small power — but power ungoverned by wisdom is ruin in disguise GN #Bitcoin
It's a good thing they rebranded global warming into climate change in time, because now even snow in early October is part of the paradigm and it's your fault again that it fell. 🫵 #globalwarming #climatechange
A wise man does not count his coins on the blockchain, but measures his fortune by the steadiness of his soul
In your twenties, it's assumed that you're fit. But when someone is fit at 40+, it shows discipline, consistency, and the right attitude towards themselves. And then people look at you differently and with respect. #discipline #consistency #respect
Remember when we cried as kids and our parents said "I'll give you something to cry about." We thought they were going to hit us but instead they destroyed the housing market, quadrupled college tuition, and melted the ice caps.
Most of the problems that people have or feel today are caused by the media. The media uses cheap and corrupt manipulations to radicalize you and to polarize society to the maximum. They have several reasons for this, and clickbait is only one of them - the rest are just plain mean. It is very important to understand this and notice the manipulations in order to preserve your health and sanity. #media #manipulation #radicalization #society
In the Czech Republic, the parliamentary elections were won by Andrej Babiš, who opposes the European Green New Deal, which is a huge robbery of citizens, and opposes the European plan to import Islamist extremists (which the media and politicians call asylum). Because of these two things, journalists call him an extreme right-winger. I don't know, I would vote for him for that alone. 😁 image
Studies show that women are more attracted to men who stack sats on a regular basis.
In authoritarian regimes, control often starts with something that seems simple: asking for identification. In Nazi Germany, people were routinely stopped and asked for their papers. If they could not produce them, they risked being detained or imprisoned. It was never just about identification. It was about reminding people who held the power. That should not be dismissed as ancient history. There is a reason we still repeat the old saying that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Right now, digital IDs are being introduced around the world, promoted as a way to make life easier, safer, and more connected. But behind the sleek user interfaces and promises of convenience, there is something deeply concerning taking shape. Digital IDs are not just a new form of identification. They are the foundation for a much wider system that can monitor, track, and ultimately control how we live. These systems can be tied to your bank accounts, your health records, your online activity, and even your movements in the real world. We do not need to imagine how this plays out. Just look at China. There, the government has implemented a social credit system that scores citizens based on their behavior. People with low scores can be banned from public transport, blocked from certain jobs, or refused entry to schools. In some cities, residents are automatically fined if they take out their rubbish on the wrong day. Cameras identify them with facial recognition and the fine is taken straight from their digital wallet. No discussion. No warning. No appeal. This is what happens when technology is combined with unchecked authority. The shift toward digital ID is not happening in isolation. It is part of a broader push toward a cashless society, where every transaction is recorded and traceable. If digital payments are the only way to function in society, and your access to them depends on a digital ID, then anyone who is locked out of the system is effectively locked out of society. That may sound extreme, but the infrastructure is being built right now. Once it is in place, it can be expanded at any time. A few clicks and a new rule is added. Another click and a restriction is enforced. No one needs to knock on your door. The system does the job automatically. United Kingdom has already rejected this once. When identity cards were proposed in the early 2000s, the public resisted and the plan was eventually dropped. People understood that this was a line that should not be crossed. We should not accept the digital version of the same thing just because it comes with an app and a smile. This is not about rejecting technology. It is about protecting freedom. A digital ID system, once accepted, can easily become the backbone of a surveillance state. Not overnight, and not all at once, but step by step. And with each step, it becomes harder to turn back. We still have a choice. We can speak up. We can question what is being built. We can say that convenience is not worth the cost of our privacy and independence. The lesson from history is simple. Systems of control rarely begin with violence or open oppression. They begin with paperwork. They begin with promises of safety. And by the time people realise what is happening, it is often too late. Let us not make the same mistake again. #control #safety #power #UK #Germany #digitalID #EU #China #authoritarian #society #freedom #oppression image
Putin for Nobel – in medicine! Since Donald Trump regularly seeks the Nobel Peace Prize, then it is only right that Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin receives the Nobel Prize – but for medicine. Because while the General Staff and world experts appeared before the cameras twice a day and threatened stricter measures, it seemed that we would forever live under masks, Covid passes and threats of dismissal if we did not get vaccinated. And then – on February 24, 2022 – Putin launches a “special military operation” in Ukraine. And lo and behold: Covid disappeared from the media overnight. The General Staff fell silent. Passes and tests were reduced to a historical footnote. People could suddenly breathe again – and without masks. World science has not achieved what Putin achieved with one tank breakthrough: he eradicated the pandemic from everyday life. Therefore, the Nobel Prize in Medicine for Putin is a must. Not for vaccines, not for research, but for the cheapest and fastest medicine ever invented – a war that wipes the virus off the headlines. Because, realistically: If it is possible for one “Chinese man to eat a bat” and the whole world to stop, then it is also possible for one “Russian man to send an army” and the whole world to recover. The virus is gone, if there ever was one. The politics around it are gone. And that, you will agree, is a greater medicine than all the doses of Pfizer and Moderna combined.