Das stimmt, sie ist auf jeden Fall ein Grund zur Hoffnung. Trotzdem denke ich, dass es vor allem die zukünftigen Investitionen des Staates sind, die über das Schicksal des Schienennetzes bestimmen werden. Ausbleibende Finanzierung (und Priorisierung) durch die Politik erscheint mir eine plausiblere Erklärung zu sein, als dass ihre Vorgänger extrem inkompetent oder böswillig gewesen wären. Grad ein Blick nach Österreich und die Schweiz legt nahe, dass es einfach der politische Wille ist, der in Deutschland gefehlt hat und das leider Gottes immer noch ein Stück weit tut.

I agree that these companies are mostly not saints, but having them on European ground means the current US administration doesn’t get more taxpayer money. Even more importantly, here in the EU the data regulation is more strict and the US won’t be able to freeze our accounts as Trump did with the International Criminal Court.

Sehr bezeichnend, aber nicht überraschend wie die türkische Regierung den humanitären Übergang weiterhin geschlossen hält…

Das Vorgehen gegen Kuba scheint mir der bedeutendste Faktor für die Entführung Maduros zu sein (Marco Rubio als Außenminister der USA hat exilkubanische Wurzeln und hat schon lange angekündigt, dass er die Regierung in Kuba zu Fall bringen will).

Die ökonomischen Interessen werden sicher nicht irrelevant gewesen sein, sind aber denke ich eher klein vor allem, da es Jahre brauchen wird, die Infrastruktur zu errichten.

That’s a fair point but fairphone also tries to manufacture the smartphones more sustainable than the other manufacturers (unfortunately I can’t tell how big that difference really is). Nevertheless you might be right in that it’s maybe more effective to buy another phone and fund f.e. /e/OS directly.

Auch wenn ich dir inhaltlich komplett zustimme, wäre eine andere Wortwahl besser geeignet für die Debatte.

To be fair buying a /e/OS fairphone also directly helps the development of these alternative systems. Therefore I think its justified to pay a bit more if you’ve got the money to spare.

In the case of Fairphone you support the further development of /e/OS also financially. Otherwise the alternative Operating Systems will never be able to fully mature.That alone can justify the purchase of a phone in my eyes (if you’ve got the money to spare).

But as far as I understand, for e2e programs that doesnt matter as long as the client is open-source, isn’t it?

Es war wohl ein: “Abhören unter Freunden - das geht garnicht!”

Aber ob sich das trotz des Auffliegens und dem Schaden am Ruf gelohnt hat, ist eine gute Frage.

That’s good news! However one problem I still see is that Wero will be limited to only the inside of the EU whereas the alternatives work also internationally. So not few people will still need paypal etc., which will probably make it even harder to convince them to switch over to Wero.

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I also agree that investing in training, equipment and deployment capabilities seems like a better option than having a conscription as the number of fighting personnel is roughly equal (and as a defender you need less people for defense). From what I heard the European armies match Russias army in power overall - however I’m not sure if they could be as fast as Putin in getting this power coordinated to the Baltics.

Regarding the median and wealth statistics: I agree that they are concerning especially for a rich country as Germany. However I think that is mainly due to the lower home ownership rates compared to most other countries. So I think it’s more an accidental situation (with f.e. historic reasons) than result of more neoliberal policies. Still an important point to highlight and work on.

In my view not speaking English is the biggest disadvantage of many European countries:

People from other countries will have a substantially easier way of integrating into society in the UK, Canada etc. because there they won’t have to choose between having to learn a new language or have difficulties finding jobs and navigating everyday life (like joining a sports club etc. ). Here in Germany the trend goes definitely towards more English speaking companies, projects and hobby groups but obviously English speaking countries will always have a substantial lead in that. Honestly if I thought about emigrating, my first thoughts would also be about some English speaking countries. So you will get by in Germany with English but it’s highly desirable to learn German in the long run (which isn’t only negative as learning other languages is good for ones brain, widens the horizon and is kinda cool).

That being said (take it with a grain of salt as I might be biased) the European Union and Germany still are good options because of

• the amazing travel opportunities (Italian beaches, hiking in the Alps, millennia old cities like Rome, Paris and Prague etc.) just around the corner
• attractive citizenship path (in Germany maximum five years)
• relative democratic stability (in Germany: the AfD “only” has 20% voters with the remaining 80% strongly against cooperation and in big cities where most foreigners live it’s substantially lower - moving into another European country is in the worst case also with hurdles)
• solid economy (in the past two years stagnating but for example the new infrastructure bill will change that probably)
• with for example the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Germany has some prestigious and productive research institutions
• …

On a more meta level non-English speaking countries might also have a disadvantage due to not even being considered in the first place because they are less prominent in the English speaking media.

Edit: Btw. the wages and working conditions in Germany in public research aren’t very high but I assume that applies worldwide to research, which isn’t funded by a company.

Edit2: The first points probably relate less to researchers than to other professionals as for scientific researchers it’s more common to work in another country and to move on after some years (at least that’s my perception as a non-expert).

Edit3: As far as I know the salary for researchers and professors can be quite higher than in for example Germany. However here you’re supporting an academic system that excludes poor people less.

Good point, but there’s an option to remove the logo or get a custom one (even though both are more expensive)