by omnibrain on 12/22/24, 8:00 AM with 5 comments
by jasdi on 12/22/24, 10:31 AM
These complex problems and how society reacts are not new, if you know some history. They just look different today through the lens of info overload, and the engagement driven Attention capture economics.
There is this weird dynamic, attention economics produces, were the number of people talking about a complex problem, vastly outstrips the carrying capacity of society for number of people who can work on a complex problem.
by gnabgib on 12/22/24, 8:32 AM
by GuestFAUniverse on 12/22/24, 11:58 AM
I learn a bit Arabic myself (I'm polyglot). That doesn't mean I'm indifferent to how the culture around me evolves. It's good here _because we're not_ in the Middle East. I stopped counting how often my daughter has been told by male Syrian refugees she shouldn't play soccer, because she should learn to live in the kitchen. F* them!
Same for Ukrainian refugees. The Ukrainian kids in the elementary school of my son are utterly respectless, joking during lessons and climbing on the tables (and German schools aren't that strict anyway -- maybe that has become a problem). Most of them are very aggressive and showing violence towards their peacefully classmates. I wouldn't want them to grow up in a warzone, but that doesn't mean they're free to do whatever they want here.
Problem is: as soon as you make a point as a German you are labeled a racist, Nazi and intolerant.
More and more are fed up with that. Like the "solidarity" with Israel -- I'm capable to distinguish between a Jewish individual in Germany (don't care) and the _current_ Israeli government (don't like); I don't need unreflective yes-sayers as my government to claim solidarity with Israel, thank you!
This head-and-the-sand mentality is the main culprit from my POV. It doesn't solve problems. It _enables_ populism and right-wing hardliners. E.g. most people don't care about religion (life and let life), but if you notice Islamists openly recruiting esp. in big cities (Hamburg, Cologne!)... refugees giving a F* about local culture and language. (70% of Syrian refugees aren't working after 13y of conflict?) I mean WTF!... a democracy with a social security net cannot exist of you tolerate all that combined!
by noFaceDiscoG668 on 12/22/24, 9:44 AM