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  • I’m aware of that - unfortunately.

    I meant that ironically, since Germany, of all countries, has a history marked by totalitarian surveillance and oppression due to its Nazi past.

    What is happening in the U.S. and what Palantir stands for bears a striking resemblance to the strategies of the Nazis during the Third Reich.

    This makes it all the more alarming that even the Germans have clearly learned nothing from history and now want to engage in baseless mass surveillance once again - and to do so, of all things, with Palantir, a dystopian tech giant owned by a self-confessed fascist and enemy of democracy.















  • Well, I’d welcome having the UK back, because we’re a geographical and cultural community.

    It’s great that the fascists in the US, with their narcissistic delusions of grandeur, are now making it so clear that this messed-up country will never be even a halfway reliable partner.

    It’s just a shame that this detour into an imaginary history, in which the UK is still a world-dominating power all on its own, was of course nothing but the same mindless illusion that is now hastening the end of the US as a superpower. That could easily have been predicted.

    But hey, at least it’s clear now that the Brexit was a very bad idea. Seriously, just think about the cost of this unnecessary escapade. So much good could have been done with those resources.

    I’m afraid the UK hasn’t done itself any favors with this, especially since all the special terms that were available within the EU at the time will likely never be offered again in that form.


  • Does it even matter what these people say? Apparently not, because none of them has ever said anything even remotely intelligent, let alone productive. Nothing but hate and lies for years - this latest embarrassment hardly seems worth reporting, given all the crimes the U.S. regime is committing.

    But hey, politics works through entertainment, which the clever people behind these people naturally know. That’s why they’ve chosen a cabinet of clowns as straw men - because they’re so embarrassing that the relevant news doesn’t stand a chance against their entertainment factor.

    That’s unfortunately how our world works, and that’s why the worst of them all always get off scot-free: their crimes are simply too complicated to generate any interest.


  • Unfortunately, it cannot be said often enough: none of the guilty parties will ever be held accountable unless U.S. citizens finally stand up for the victims and for themselves.

    The U.S. legal system is a farce, rotten to the core, as this particularly repugnant case - and many others - demonstrates.

    This system will never reform itself - not even under a Democratic administration, assuming elections are even held anymore.

    There is no alternative but to accept the hardships of resistance if justice and a halfway decent life are ever to be possible in the richest country in the world.


  • What’s with these headlines? This is already the third article pretending that something has changed: Live Nation still has a monopoly and, of course, isn’t going to change its business practices.

    This ruling doesn’t change a thing.

    The bottom line is this:

    … it could cost Live Nation hundreds of millions of dollars and perhaps force the company to sell some of its concert venues when the judge hands out penalties later.

    In a country like the U.S., where the legal system is rotten to the core, that will never happen. The behemoth won’t be taken down; instead, there will be a ridiculously small fine that bears no relation to the profits Live Nation makes by having no competition whatsoever.

    Even if the judge were brave enough to order the breakup of this cartel, a small “donation” to the criminals in the White House would be enough to sweep the matter under the rug.

    Headlines like these suggest that there is a chance for justice in the U.S. system - but that is simply not the case. It is always and exclusively the billionaires who win. That’s as sure as death and taxes.