There is very useful literature available about what to expect from the Trump administration next.
Unluckily Frank Bajohr’s “Parvenüs und Profiteure. Korruption in der NS-Zeit” from 2001 is only available in German.
The title translates to “Parvenues and Profiteers: Corruption in the Third Reich”.
It shows how after taking power, the latter was quickly used to accommodate supporters with plum jobs and booty (stolen from Jews and other countries).
The jobs were handed out ignoring qualifications or competence. Something that current news readers can observe in realtime (Hello Matt!). Loyalty and devotion to the leader were the sole criteria.
This was justified as corrective measures to “previous injustices due to political convictions”.
But it turned out that free riders from the party became more successful than the “old fighters”. They used their allegiance to secure most of the jobs. Decision makers tasked to implement the measures took bribes from day 1.
The national socialists, who claimed to replace the corrupt democracy, easily surpassed it in all forms of corruption.
The state looted billions from its victims but only pennies ended up in the treasury. The corruption significantly furthered the ineffectiveness of the economy.
Bribes were also used to bind the generals to the systems. Practically every famous military received estates and manors.
We are deep into the German winter. The sun is up for less than 8 hours during the day. Nevertheless we export electricity to Europe thanks to renewable wind energy.
Be aware: we export because we produce cheaper than the coal/gas/nuclear plants in other countries.
If not for the fuckup in Bavaria (the right wing state government there prevents the installation of wind turbine), we would export even more.
Nachdem ich meine Festplatten aufgeräumt hatte, erwähnte ich auf meinem Discord-Server, dass ich das jetzt noch für die ganzen USB-Sticks machen müsste. Daraufhin kam die Frage hoch, warum ich die nicht einfach vernichten würde.
Parallel diskutierten wir dort aber über den Vulkanausbruch auf Island, der nur 12km von einem Rechenzentrum entfernt stattfindet.
Unweigerlich lief die Diskussion daher darauf hinaus, die USB-Sticks in "Mount Doom" zu entsorgen.
@isotopp hat dann Dall-E mit der Diskussion gefüttert:
Kein Arsch interessiert sich dafür, wenn der Radweg alle 50m von parkenden Autos blockiert werden und Fußgänger keinen Platz mehr auf dem Fußweg haben. Aber wehe jemand fährt in der Einbahnstraße 2m rückwärts. Da muss sofort der BGH eingreifen...
Zu verschenken: Toaster und Wasserkocher von Siemens (Porsche-Design)
Hat jemand Interesse an einem Siemens-Toaster und einem -Wasserkocher (Design by FA Porsche)? Beide Dinger sind Jahre alt, waren zuletzt aber noch gut funktionsfähig.
Das "gebürstete Aluminium"-Design wurde damals lange vor Apple von denen verwendet.
Freunde von mir waren schon Stunden verspätet, bevor die ersten Meldungen auftauchten.
Nach meinen Infos hat der RE die Haltelinie überfahren und ist damit in das Lichtraumprofil des ICE geraten. Zum Glück gab es keine verletzten. Wäre er nur 2-3m weiter vorne gewesen, dann hätte das sehr, sehr übel geendet.
@jwz I am a number person. The question I ask: would it have been better if the car had been driven by a person?
This needs to be answered in two contexts:
In this specific scenario: As daily participant in the traffic wars as bicyclist, I have a very low opinion of human drivers. But it is realistically possible a human driver would have reacted better. That creates a liability for Cruise, but has absolutely no impact on whether they should be allowed on the streets or not.
In general: if self-driven cars generate less accidents with injuries, I would rather argue for a ban of human drivers (and accept incidents like this one). If self-driven cars generate more accidents with injuries, they must not be allowed on the streets at all.
As I read it: not the accident caused the ban but the attempted coverup.
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