There was a Cixin Liu shortstory about how someone privatized air so everyone had to live in phone booth sized things and if they went out they'd be in lifelong debt just for breathing.
As per a Junge Welt article on the same arrest warrant, the German prosecution called the accused and informed them of the impending arrest warrant. Not even the bumbling infamous Inspector Clouseau of Pink Panther fame would make such an asinine error, which leads one to conclude that German prosecutors have no intention of actually prosecuting this case. Since the call and the issue of the warrant, Polish authorities have not been able to locate the suspect (shocking /s).
https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/481606.nord-stream-untergetaucht.html
Worth noting that official inflation figures are based on a variable basket of goods, meaning that the inflation value can be very easily adjusted to whatever is politically expedient in the moment.
Capitalism cannot compete with socialism. But of course these Wall Street ghouls will never admit that this is yet another admission that their system only enriches them at the expense of everyone else and the planet.
The US has already demonstrated, by seizing Russian central bank assets denominated in USD, that the USD isn't worth the paper it's printed on and can't be trusted further than you can throw it.
The Euro is already getting hit hard by the growing trade and balance of payments deficit with regards to the USD, showing the world the Euro isn't a safe and trustworthy currency by unilaterally seizing the assets of a sovereign central bank would only make the problem worse and add longer term consequences.
I've had a Huawei for years and I love it. The only telemetry I've noticed is from Google services and other third party apps I've installed. I use a firewall to block network access to apps that don't need it.
It's neat how it's so easy for capitalist governments to authorize money for killing people, but when it comes to social spending there isn't even a penny to spare.
The German finance minister has been gleeful up on his high horse preventing additional spending on important things Germans need, but approved a €100B special fund for the military in 2022 outside of the bounds of the federal budget.
I think it's also worth mentioning that most of the US "aid" is actually loans. Even their food aid comes with real strong strings attached. The US owns Ukraine at this point. Although I'd don't know how German aid spending or military spending in support of Israel in general is structured.
Let's be real here, the Federal Republc of Germany has done nothing of importance since 1945 without at least consent, if not by the instruction, of the US empire. The post war industrialization was funded with US capital for the benefit of the US capitalist class, and now the deindustrialization is for the benefit (at least they perceive it this way) of the US capitalist class.
I think it would be more than embarrassing, it would be destabilizing to admit that the Federal Republic is ultimately little more than a US vassal.
Wasn't she just on Twitter calling for the genocide of Russian-heritage people? At least the greed makes sense.
It's really quite a terrible book, by quite a terrible man. Yet there are many reasons why it is so highly regarded in our culture, primarily pertaining to its propaganda value.
You don't have to believe it, it's true.
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-munitions-stockpile-low-weaponry-sent-ukraine-russia-war-2022-8
Not only that, US and NATO allies don't have the manufacturing capacity to replenish stockpiles as fast as they're being used.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/us/politics/pentagon-ukraine-ammunition.html NYT Archive link: https://archive.li/VftCp
https://www.euronews.com/2023/02/15/ukraine-war-how-can-nato-ramp-up-munitions-production
They'll just keep expecing you to pay US taxes on your non-US income and assets, but if it comes down to it withhold privileges only afforded to citizens.