Berlin has always been a stronghold of leftists, even in Weimar times
In the only free elections of the German democratic republic, this region around Berlin voted left, for the SPD.
You would think that coming out of decades of a socialist dictatorship would make people avoid left wing parties, but in this case it didn't.
How to explain that? Was this region inhabited by the elite of the German democratic republic and a class of artists and intellectuals that believed in democratic socialism?
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Right/left thinking is of little use here.
Traditionally SPD was always pretty strong in the eact. However, the wectern leader of the SPD was sceptic towards a fast unification while CDU was full on fast unification.
So at the end if you full on supported unification your voted for CDU. Presumably the wectern part of eact germany was naturallly more inclined to have unification that the eactern part.
I don't want to give exact explanation to that particular case but consider this:
The regime changes in the ex-commie countries did not bring instant paradise so many, especially the older generation, have this nostalgia.
Beyond this the youngest generation today never experienced anything from communism, and some/many of them has this sensitivity to social injustice, they see how the poor and the weak is exploited by the rich and strong, and - them being naive - they think communism would be awesome to solve the problems.
>social democracy which is not socialism but gabitalismus with welfare and public services
Lolno.
It goes like this:
from pink to red, from red to crimson, from crimson to red, from red to pink...
from social democrat to socialist, from socialist to communist, from communist to socialist, from socialist to social democrat...
This is the transformation of the communists, depending on how strong the counterbalance. They all sing proudly The Internationale. See recent French elections how the "centrists" has no problem to ally with commies against the "fascists".
So:
- Ukraine is cooked
- We're back to speaking "diplomatically" with North Asian war criminals
- Bibi has a carte blanche to end Palis in Gaza and West Bank alike (I don't care about muzzie fuckers, just for the optics)
- Two years maximum before chinks invade Taiwan
- The "multipolar" world wins, enjoy cat-eaing niggers (I don't mean Haitians) in your hometown, this time for real, betcha rightoids didn't prepare you for the actual encounter with the turd world
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Wtf happened to Kohl recently? I have been avoiding chans for a couple of years because I got fed up with the pedoshit on Kohl and 4chan turning to /pol/ circlejerk. Now I visit Kohl and there is capatcha, i need to solve some bypass to post and unlock some fucking thing with CF?
Tried to go trough google and /admin/, but was there really a plot from some other pedosite to store cp on kohl? Thank god I left that place before it went completely bonkers. I'd like to find a new refuge, but I can't stand UI of this place. I'm just here for answers.
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I‘m on my way to the cinema to watch Anora. What are your plans for tonight, if you have any?
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Veilguard undermines the entire legacy of the series. the ending rewrites the story by introducing a shadowy organization that, apparently, was behind all major events since Origins. this one group is now suddenly responsible for everything, from Loghain's decision at Ostagar to the chaos in Kirkwall. even Corypheus (who was lame to begin with, but still had agency) is diminished as a villain because he's portrayed as a mere puppet of this organization. it's like they took all the complexity and personal motivations of these characters and tossed them out the window.
the twist about Varric being dead the entire time? it makes no sense. there's a scene where Harding walks in on Rook "talking" to Varric and doesn't even comment on it. she just watches Rook talk to empty air and thinks that's fine. also, none of Varric's friends (Isabela, Morrigan, Dorian) mention it? there's no funeral, no grief, nothing. and if Solas is able to manipulate Rook's mind to hide Varric's death, why wouldn't he just use that power to stop Rook from going after him altogether? it's as if the writers didn't bother to make it make sense.
it also doesn't help that they've completely wiped out or annihilated most of the main settings and characters players have come to care about over the years. Denerim and Redcliffe are gone, Orlais is decimated, and Ferelden is practically razed. major characters like Alistair, Anora, and the Warden? their fates are vague at best. it's like nothing we did in previous games matters. even with all our choices and the alliances we forged, the story plows through everything as if it's all meaningless. it's like the writers are wiping the slate clean for the next game.
and don't get me started on companions. they have almost zero chemistry with Rook. it's ironic that Rook seems to have the most connection with Solas, who's one of the antagonists. there's no real depth in Rook's relationship with the others, and it feels forced, like the game is struggling to build the same bonds we saw with Inquisitor, Hawke or Warden.
then there's the character of Taash, who's supposed to represent the game's trans storyline, but it's handled so clumsily. Taash is incredibly frustrating, acting more like an angsty caricature than a fully developed character, and it just feels like they're using trans issues as a box to check off. I hate it because DAI handled representation well; we had trans and gay characters, but their whole identity wasn't reduced to their sexuality or gender. they were complex individuals with unique stories. Taash, on the other hand, feels like a stereotype, and it's disappointing and harmful.
it's not a bad game, but it's a bad Dragon Age game. just like Andromeda was a bad Mass Effect game.
It has been 10 years since BioWare made a game that is universally considered as great. Anthem bombed pretty hard, and apparently now Veilguard bombed as well.
If the new mass effect game won't be a success, BioWare will be in real trouble if they are not already.
But I doubt that the people that were responsible for the great games of the past work there anymore.
thoughts?
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Look at this shit
>BWAAA BWAAA you made black woman sad
fuck black women, they are ugly disgusting and i don't care what they think. Whole fucking society revolves around pleasing these ugly sheeboons. Fucking media writes about their feelings, like its the most important thing and people should pamper them and treat them as if they are center of the world. Like every time you do something, you should think " What would black women think of me? Would they approve?"
fuck black women in a figurative sense, because i wouldn't even rape them literally, since they are ugly creatures
What do you think about bald and bankrupt? I watched his latest China video and he sounded like a spokesperson for the CCP rambling about how much greater China is than the West.
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China is going to become the top pet country in the world. They have urban environment and growing middle class who have no kids, they already have almost as many cats than USA
but this is just the begining. Fucking Chinese are going to become so obsessed with their cats, its going to be CHINESE who are going to police and punish you all indiscriminatelly because some of your neighbours hurt a cat. So imagine some guy you never know about from your country who lives 300 km from you hurt a cat - but Chinese are going to punish ALL OF YOU. Fucking drone strike and gas you for one of you hurting a cat. You are going to get it faggots, because the same error of thinking that infects your brain - it will infect Chinese brains also, but they have more power.
Opinions about this?
Can someone please explain if monopolies are natural without government interference. I've been reading different people's arguments for and against. Most economists seem to believe that monopolies are at worst very unlikely in a free market with competition.
I havent found a satisfying explanation for how ridiculously high start up costs for an industry/product wouldnt prevent competition. E.g 'natural' monopolies (if they exist)
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I don't know a single thing about economies or monopolies or oligopolies it is a bunch of niggerbabble shit for jewish people to talk about on and on in their universities while thinking they are above the rest of the plebeians
A nation is either controlled by a government or by corporations. Let monopolies run rampant and the companies have a stake in the government. It's that simple
Government interference is required to prevent a dominant business from leveraging its economic power into political power in the first place. The free market requires government in order to function, otherwise a businessman is a mobster is a warlord is the leader of a new state or statelike structure.
Without some arbitration, competitions end in one competitor defeating all the others, it takes some legislative power to reset things when one dog is coming out too strong