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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
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช 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 โ€” 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. ๐Ÿซต #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 Babiลก, 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. ๐Ÿ˜ image
You know who created this kind of society, you don't need me to tell you image
A currency powered by energy must honor energy โ€” not squander it. The future belongs to those who convert power into purpose. #Bitcoin
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