German Wondering
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German fully aware of my people's history watches in awe how societies erode along established patterns. Trying to add literate and global perspectives. Yes, I said trying.
Previously @GermanWondering on X.
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Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban says he's ready to support anyone who can build a viable alternative to TikTok on the AT Protocol.
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Enhancing @bsky.app and building a decentralized version of TikTok may be foundational investments to preserve democracy.
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Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Jair Bolsonaro, former president, to begin serving his 27 year sentence at the Federal Police headquarters—
I find myself simultaneously envious & hopeful the #Trump regime will find a similar moment of accountability
I find myself simultaneously envious & hopeful the #Trump regime will find a similar moment of accountability
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Dan Wang: "... what we are getting here in the US is authoritarianism without the good stuff...".
Big Think Perspectives from a pretty brilliant mind on US vs. China 👇 (Spoiler: US [and Europe] don't fare well).
#Econsky #China #Tariff #Authoritarianism #Yale
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiO3...
Big Think Perspectives from a pretty brilliant mind on US vs. China 👇 (Spoiler: US [and Europe] don't fare well).
#Econsky #China #Tariff #Authoritarianism #Yale
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiO3...
How two superpowers built fundamentally different futures | Dan Wang and Kmele Foster
YouTube video by Big Think
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November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Dan Wang: "... what we are getting here in the US is authoritarianism without the good stuff...".
Big Think Perspectives from a pretty brilliant mind on US vs. China 👇 (Spoiler: US [and Europe] don't fare well).
#Econsky #China #Tariff #Authoritarianism #Yale
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiO3...
Big Think Perspectives from a pretty brilliant mind on US vs. China 👇 (Spoiler: US [and Europe] don't fare well).
#Econsky #China #Tariff #Authoritarianism #Yale
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiO3...
Thought:
💯. #Musk just another billionaire who bought himself a platform spreading his world views. Did a decent job to camouflage it as #1A platform, and I really hope he stops trying to give free speech lectures moving forward.
www.businessinsider.com/fake-twitter...
💯. #Musk just another billionaire who bought himself a platform spreading his world views. Did a decent job to camouflage it as #1A platform, and I really hope he stops trying to give free speech lectures moving forward.
www.businessinsider.com/fake-twitter...
Of course X is filled with fake overseas accounts. It's built for that.
That outrageous post that got you upset? That was the whole point.
www.businessinsider.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thought:
💯. #Musk just another billionaire who bought himself a platform spreading his world views. Did a decent job to camouflage it as #1A platform, and I really hope he stops trying to give free speech lectures moving forward.
www.businessinsider.com/fake-twitter...
💯. #Musk just another billionaire who bought himself a platform spreading his world views. Did a decent job to camouflage it as #1A platform, and I really hope he stops trying to give free speech lectures moving forward.
www.businessinsider.com/fake-twitter...
Thought:
It's not too late to turn this around. Else, this will be US's future.
It's not too late to turn this around. Else, this will be US's future.
"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Thought:
It's not too late to turn this around. Else, this will be US's future.
It's not too late to turn this around. Else, this will be US's future.
Also to mention:
... and the fastest #US Debt increase in history.
☝️👇 THIS will be #Musk 's legacy on humanity.
... and the fastest #US Debt increase in history.
☝️👇 THIS will be #Musk 's legacy on humanity.
DOGE is gone, leaving behind 300,000 fired federal workers, 600,000 USAID deaths, and more
www.advocate.com/politics/dog...
www.advocate.com/politics/dog...
DOGE is gone, leaving behind 300,000 fired federal workers, 600,000 USAID deaths, and more
Here's everything DOGE did that affected the LGBTQ+ community at home and abroad.
www.advocate.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The more important questions are:
When will the US #MAGA following realize that ALL Trump and his sycophants do is for the show?
And when will those sycophants in US Executive / Judicative be held accountable for the damage they do while orchestrating the show?
When will the US #MAGA following realize that ALL Trump and his sycophants do is for the show?
And when will those sycophants in US Executive / Judicative be held accountable for the damage they do while orchestrating the show?
BREAKING: The indictment of Comey has been DISMISSED because Halligan was unlawfully appointed. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
#213 in United States v. Comey (E.D. Va., 1:25-cr-00272) – CourtListener.com
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows: (1) The appointment of Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney violated 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution. (2) All actions flowing fro...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The more important questions are:
When will the US #MAGA following realize that ALL Trump and his sycophants do is for the show?
And when will those sycophants in US Executive / Judicative be held accountable for the damage they do while orchestrating the show?
When will the US #MAGA following realize that ALL Trump and his sycophants do is for the show?
And when will those sycophants in US Executive / Judicative be held accountable for the damage they do while orchestrating the show?
German system for representatives in comparison:
Representatives receive 2.5% of their monthly salary as pension at age 67, starting after their first year of membership. Each subsequent year of being representative the pension is increased by 2.5% up to 65% (which is reached after 26 years).
#MTG
Representatives receive 2.5% of their monthly salary as pension at age 67, starting after their first year of membership. Each subsequent year of being representative the pension is increased by 2.5% up to 65% (which is reached after 26 years).
#MTG
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
German system for representatives in comparison:
Representatives receive 2.5% of their monthly salary as pension at age 67, starting after their first year of membership. Each subsequent year of being representative the pension is increased by 2.5% up to 65% (which is reached after 26 years).
#MTG
Representatives receive 2.5% of their monthly salary as pension at age 67, starting after their first year of membership. Each subsequent year of being representative the pension is increased by 2.5% up to 65% (which is reached after 26 years).
#MTG
Facts:
Migration has been happening for millennia. In fact, today's America is the result of migration too.
Only accelerated after the "Western" civilization has successfully wrecked native living environments of migrants both, environmentally and politically.
#Geopolitics
Migration has been happening for millennia. In fact, today's America is the result of migration too.
Only accelerated after the "Western" civilization has successfully wrecked native living environments of migrants both, environmentally and politically.
#Geopolitics
Elon Musk is not only an immigrant, his brother spilled the tea that Elon was in the US illegally.
And as this tweet shows, he is also a dipshit with absolutely no self-awareness.
And as this tweet shows, he is also a dipshit with absolutely no self-awareness.
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Facts:
Migration has been happening for millennia. In fact, today's America is the result of migration too.
Only accelerated after the "Western" civilization has successfully wrecked native living environments of migrants both, environmentally and politically.
#Geopolitics
Migration has been happening for millennia. In fact, today's America is the result of migration too.
Only accelerated after the "Western" civilization has successfully wrecked native living environments of migrants both, environmentally and politically.
#Geopolitics
Numbers cutting through banter: 👇
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Numbers cutting through banter: 👇
Thought:
Below the reason why #Socialism, in its real-life implementations, has failed. Every time. Only works in idealistic literature. "Social" Democracies (a.k.a. Nordic models) on the other hand have led to the best ranking nations in the world as measured by societal KPIs.
#Democracy
Below the reason why #Socialism, in its real-life implementations, has failed. Every time. Only works in idealistic literature. "Social" Democracies (a.k.a. Nordic models) on the other hand have led to the best ranking nations in the world as measured by societal KPIs.
#Democracy
Marxists miss that “class hierarchy” exists even in their ideal by a majority-minority in a Collectivist vote.
Which is, again, 1 group’s control over the means of production.
Which, again, results in power over others’ labor & life.
You never rid of “class hierarchy.” You minimize by Democracy.
Which is, again, 1 group’s control over the means of production.
Which, again, results in power over others’ labor & life.
You never rid of “class hierarchy.” You minimize by Democracy.
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Thought:
Below the reason why #Socialism, in its real-life implementations, has failed. Every time. Only works in idealistic literature. "Social" Democracies (a.k.a. Nordic models) on the other hand have led to the best ranking nations in the world as measured by societal KPIs.
#Democracy
Below the reason why #Socialism, in its real-life implementations, has failed. Every time. Only works in idealistic literature. "Social" Democracies (a.k.a. Nordic models) on the other hand have led to the best ranking nations in the world as measured by societal KPIs.
#Democracy
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Democracy lets citizens mold
Property rights:
what is owned, how protected & where needs limits/commons
Profit rules:
taxes, competition policy, safety nets & abuse guardrails
Power:
Stop the State from being “other” that monopolizes influence
Redistribution:
Address market failures
#Econsky
Property rights:
what is owned, how protected & where needs limits/commons
Profit rules:
taxes, competition policy, safety nets & abuse guardrails
Power:
Stop the State from being “other” that monopolizes influence
Redistribution:
Address market failures
#Econsky
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Democracy lets citizens mold
Property rights:
what is owned, how protected & where needs limits/commons
Profit rules:
taxes, competition policy, safety nets & abuse guardrails
Power:
Stop the State from being “other” that monopolizes influence
Redistribution:
Address market failures
#Econsky
Property rights:
what is owned, how protected & where needs limits/commons
Profit rules:
taxes, competition policy, safety nets & abuse guardrails
Power:
Stop the State from being “other” that monopolizes influence
Redistribution:
Address market failures
#Econsky
Thought:
"America First" outsourced to cheap foreign Bot actors. Hired to spread #Musk's world view propaganda on #X.
#X = propaganda platform, camouflaged by #Musk as #1A.
"America First" outsourced to cheap foreign Bot actors. Hired to spread #Musk's world view propaganda on #X.
#X = propaganda platform, camouflaged by #Musk as #1A.
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Thought:
In a cult you are either in, or out. This is how a cult member termination looks like, MAGA style.
#MTG
In a cult you are either in, or out. This is how a cult member termination looks like, MAGA style.
#MTG
Trump continues to attack one of his most fiercest, long term supporters, Marjorie Taylor Greene
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Thought:
In a cult you are either in, or out. This is how a cult member termination looks like, MAGA style.
#MTG
In a cult you are either in, or out. This is how a cult member termination looks like, MAGA style.
#MTG
Thought:
#TPUSA leader committing election fraud. Despicable alt-right societal fringe scum. Lock them away. For good.
#AustinSmith
#TPUSA leader committing election fraud. Despicable alt-right societal fringe scum. Lock them away. For good.
#AustinSmith
November 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Thought:
#TPUSA leader committing election fraud. Despicable alt-right societal fringe scum. Lock them away. For good.
#AustinSmith
#TPUSA leader committing election fraud. Despicable alt-right societal fringe scum. Lock them away. For good.
#AustinSmith
Thought:
Is anyone still out there who believes Trump operates on "America's interests"?
Looking at the cast of characters on the negotiation table, it's all about how Trump and his oligarch bros can make most money from the reconstruction deals.
Is anyone still out there who believes Trump operates on "America's interests"?
Looking at the cast of characters on the negotiation table, it's all about how Trump and his oligarch bros can make most money from the reconstruction deals.
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Thought:
Is anyone still out there who believes Trump operates on "America's interests"?
Looking at the cast of characters on the negotiation table, it's all about how Trump and his oligarch bros can make most money from the reconstruction deals.
Is anyone still out there who believes Trump operates on "America's interests"?
Looking at the cast of characters on the negotiation table, it's all about how Trump and his oligarch bros can make most money from the reconstruction deals.
Thought:
The biggest power in the world run by complete amateurs. Best of it, they even set an ultimatum for Zelensky to accept the Russian document.
Why does America put up with this? The US administration belongs in some closed institution, where they can't do harm to self and others.
The biggest power in the world run by complete amateurs. Best of it, they even set an ultimatum for Zelensky to accept the Russian document.
Why does America put up with this? The US administration belongs in some closed institution, where they can't do harm to self and others.
So the US was aware that the world thought the document was US endorsed, yet waited until now to clarify that it wasn't?
How could the US have communicated to Ukraine that they had to accept the proposal or lose US support without clarifying that the Russian proposal wasn't actually their proposal?
How could the US have communicated to Ukraine that they had to accept the proposal or lose US support without clarifying that the Russian proposal wasn't actually their proposal?
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Thought:
The biggest power in the world run by complete amateurs. Best of it, they even set an ultimatum for Zelensky to accept the Russian document.
Why does America put up with this? The US administration belongs in some closed institution, where they can't do harm to self and others.
The biggest power in the world run by complete amateurs. Best of it, they even set an ultimatum for Zelensky to accept the Russian document.
Why does America put up with this? The US administration belongs in some closed institution, where they can't do harm to self and others.
Numbers on "We the People":
US Citizens:
White: ~60%
Hispanic: ~20%
African American: ~13%
www.worldatlas.com/articles/lar...
White Trump appointees: 91% 👇
US Citizens:
White: ~60%
Hispanic: ~20%
African American: ~13%
www.worldatlas.com/articles/lar...
White Trump appointees: 91% 👇
91% of Trump's administration is white.
With Biden it was 61%.
With Biden it was 61%.
November 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Numbers on "We the People":
US Citizens:
White: ~60%
Hispanic: ~20%
African American: ~13%
www.worldatlas.com/articles/lar...
White Trump appointees: 91% 👇
US Citizens:
White: ~60%
Hispanic: ~20%
African American: ~13%
www.worldatlas.com/articles/lar...
White Trump appointees: 91% 👇
Thought:
Once brilliant entrepreneur turned fascist leaning oligarch. Will go into history as one of the most detrimental people to humanity.
Shame on #TSLA board for keeping him on. For money, of course.
Once brilliant entrepreneur turned fascist leaning oligarch. Will go into history as one of the most detrimental people to humanity.
Shame on #TSLA board for keeping him on. For money, of course.
November 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Thought:
Once brilliant entrepreneur turned fascist leaning oligarch. Will go into history as one of the most detrimental people to humanity.
Shame on #TSLA board for keeping him on. For money, of course.
Once brilliant entrepreneur turned fascist leaning oligarch. Will go into history as one of the most detrimental people to humanity.
Shame on #TSLA board for keeping him on. For money, of course.
Thought:
Immigrant giving US President a history lesson.
Immigrant giving US President a history lesson.
This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Thought:
Immigrant giving US President a history lesson.
Immigrant giving US President a history lesson.
US Nostalgia:
Once upon time there was a principle in the US that no one is above the law.
Once upon time there was a principle in the US that no one is above the law.
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 AM
US Nostalgia:
Once upon time there was a principle in the US that no one is above the law.
Once upon time there was a principle in the US that no one is above the law.
Fact on all voids left by the US in the world:
Either China or ISIS swoop in.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/21/a...
Either China or ISIS swoop in.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/21/a...
In Mozambique, an ISIS insurgency is newly energized as US cuts impact aid programs | CNN
Musty salt air crept at dusk over northern Mozambique’s coast as seven armed and uniformed men marched into the fishing community last month, demanding the keys to the mosque.
edition.cnn.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Fact on all voids left by the US in the world:
Either China or ISIS swoop in.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/21/a...
Either China or ISIS swoop in.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/21/a...
Nice song!!!
Stated before: Historic parallel to NAZI Germany:
When NAZI Germany recruited for the SS and SA it specifically recruited the uneducated and unemployed. Bitter rejected people, easy to indoctrinate and ready to rough up others.
#Fascism #ICE #SS #SA #JesseWelles
Stated before: Historic parallel to NAZI Germany:
When NAZI Germany recruited for the SS and SA it specifically recruited the uneducated and unemployed. Bitter rejected people, easy to indoctrinate and ready to rough up others.
#Fascism #ICE #SS #SA #JesseWelles
November 23, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Nice song!!!
Stated before: Historic parallel to NAZI Germany:
When NAZI Germany recruited for the SS and SA it specifically recruited the uneducated and unemployed. Bitter rejected people, easy to indoctrinate and ready to rough up others.
#Fascism #ICE #SS #SA #JesseWelles
Stated before: Historic parallel to NAZI Germany:
When NAZI Germany recruited for the SS and SA it specifically recruited the uneducated and unemployed. Bitter rejected people, easy to indoctrinate and ready to rough up others.
#Fascism #ICE #SS #SA #JesseWelles