Politics
“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
― Harlan Ellison
🌻 CIA Combat Flower 🇺🇦twitter.comJede Einzelperson, aber auch jede Firma möge ihren Laden in Ordnung halten, dafür werde sie entlastet: durch weniger Anträge, weniger Formulare, gewissermaßen eine Umkehr der Beweislast. Stattdessen soll der Staat durch Stichproben kontrollieren, ob dieses Vertrauen missbraucht wird, und falls ja, härter als bisher sanktionieren.
Steinbrück, Voßkuhle, de Maizière: Was ein „handlungsfähiger Staat“ nun braucht
„Ein starker Staat begegnet Bürgerinnen und Bürgern und Unternehmen mit einem Vertrauensvorschuss“, heißt es da, und: „Reformen werden transparent erklärt und tragen dem Gerechtigkeitsempfinden der Bürgerinnen und Bürger Rechnung.“
Steinbrück, Voßkuhle, de Maizière: Was ein „handlungsfähiger Staat“ nun braucht
Manpower without unity is not a strength unless it is harmonized and united properly, then it becomes a spiritual power. Vallabhbhai Patel
the shrouded costs will not be apparent to consumers. It is easier to compare fuel prices than mortgage costs.
Richard H. Thaler • Nudge: The Final Edition
We’ve reached what Tocqueville described: downright egotism. It’s the ideological wall I find impossible to scale: I don’t know how to make you care about other people.
The Dark Heart of Individualism
People aren’t really looking to be economically stable before they start families; they’re looking to be existentially stable. They will opt-out of important life decisions altogether because they are waiting for the day when they will feel like more of a confident person with a firmer sense of self before making a commitment—not knowing that it’s
... See moreWe’re all scared, aren’t we? Scared of the unknown, of how we’re perceived, of the climate crisis, of raising children, of being judged for not wanting children, of putting ourselves out there, of failure, of death, of being totally honest, of trying new things, I could go on. I wonder what would happen if we were all allowed to just name how... See more