EUROPEAN POLITICAL BIOTOPE
EUROPEAN POLITICAL BIOTOPE
Our Motto: Transparency and logic
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Hej Stefan Löfven,
I am so sad when looking at the picture of you in Vienna. I would also like to travel to Vienna take care of the rest of my botanical garden www.gardenius.com but due to intimidations and threat by the representatives of the Austrian legal system I am not able to do it. Stefan, I would muc  h appreciate
if you could ask the new Austrian government if I can freely enter
Austria, you may
consult our landlords Wurst and Ströck
www.autrialaw.at
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discuss the issue and if the Austria Law is really what the EU
recommends.
kolla www.oureu.org , Hör av dig, Richard,
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(Reading Peter Hndkes “Eine winterliche Reise zu den Flüssen Donau,
Save, Morawa und Drina oder Gerechtigkeit für Serbien “ I realized how
easy is to be misunderstood. I Just ask questions like Peter Handke,
philosophically my epistemology is based on deconstructivism, i.e. one
assumes the opposite and tries to find the truth somewhere between.) It is clear that from your upper class upbringing (As I understand
you are born in Switzerland and want mostly to the international
schools) you, like many others who in one or another way belong to the
minority have to find the way to relate to the majority. The main
objective is to fake “being equal”, represent the populus and still
maintain superiority. The majority, i.e. populus are described by Plato
as people living “unexamined life” or so called unsophisticated life. I
guess you consider yourself belonging to the class of sophisticated. Belonging to the minority, being outsider, there are basically three
ways to cope with the system ruled by the populus. First, if you are born into the upper-class, you can be trained to
identify yourself with the elected, selected and chosen upper class. It
the family is aware of a special status, then they make sure that a
child gets a good education and then plays the by the rules of the
populus. Second if you have a talent you can be an artist like conductor count
Nikolaus Harnoncourt , the first option did not attract him. In this
category you are left in peace either as “strange” artist, like Van
Gogh or/and enjoy popularity because others want to see, hear
you. As an artist you are granted considerable degree of freedom not
available to the average citizen. Third strategy is to be useful in practical terms, technician,
engineer etc. My family pushed me to select the third option, they
suggested to be mathematician, “if you make the studies then you can do
something with the mathematics in the worst case you can be a teacher.” I do not have a social background and capacity to be in the first
group. Carl Bildt, the Swedish ex Prime minister and Foreign minister is
the most prominent example how a member of the aristocratic strata is
able to play the game of being part of the mainstream society.. You are from the upper class, well-educated and playing a role,
playing it very cleverly. If you want to learn how to do it, it is best
to study his tweets. |
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We are prosecuted for the opinions we have expressed in Sweden. Yes,
the freedom of speech is so much more developed in UK and in the
Scandinavian counties. We all in Europe live partially in the past.
Travelling in the Europe we can still observe the past. Austria is still
in the socio-psychological shadow of the Nazi dictatorship with past of
the Metternich embrace, see publication by Wolfgang Aschauer. Salzburg
University. In Sweden all is transparent, all data can obtained, all court
proceeding are public (with some exception) video coverage of
proceedings can be requested. The communication to the authorities is
stored and is available to everyone. |
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| I understand that you Mr .Schallenberg feel embarrassed but it would be not good for your career to take a clear moral stand. I assume you doesn’t want to get into the conflict with the populus. As far as I know upper class preparation for the dealing with the populus includes such as advices as, keep away from populus, (your father was and an Ambassador and you kept away from Austria) “do not get involved, stay detached, don’t get into conflict between different populus groups, and don’t express any moral opinions” as the populus is in essence amoral (Plato, Cicero, Rousseau, Nietzsche, Heidegger,) and if you take a stand you may be prosecuted. | |
| Professor Wunderer told us about his life telling how his wife, owning washing establishment, for many years supported his studies and research. It was after the war and the times were difficult. The stress of the work and lack of time resulted in the insufficient attention to their daughter’s emotional needs. The daughter died of the drugs overdose. It was a huge impact on his life and he felt responsible for the failures and the death of his daughter. Therefore he planned that after passing of the adopted and handicapped daughter Claudia the money will go to funds benefiting the Children. | |
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Then someone would ask me why I stayed in Austria after my
retirement. It is a valid question which requires some background
description. Being from the start eager supporter of the EU I assumed
the new EU values will change the culture in the many old patriarchal
and authoritarian countries, one of them is Austria. Ursula von der
Leyen tries again to propagate the EU values, but as we can see very
difficult to adopt in Austria. Austrians still long for strong leaders
„43 Prozent der Österreicher wünschen sich einen ‚starken Mann‘ an der
Staatsspitze“ Wolgang Aschauer. Salzburg University. Maybe people would
like to change but the emotions do not follow. As long as I had CD sign on my car I was incorporated in the
stratified Austrian social structure, the perceived reality was pleasant
and easy, not after retirement. At that point I dived deeply into the
social reality, my eyes got opened, I started in much deeper sense to
understand such writers like Elias Canetti, Thomas Bernhard, Elfriede
Jelinek and Peter Handke. After 20 years at the UN I realised that the basic Austrian character
shows authoritarian approach to people, attachment to titles, lack of
openness, secrecy has not changed much. See research of Wolfgang
Aschauer, University of Salzburg, and “the Austrian show authoritarian
aggression” and long for a strong leader. |
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Ö1 Mittagsjournal,
16.11..12:26
Österreicher für Verschwörungstheorien anfällig
Die Österreicherinnen und Österreicher sind sehr anfällig für
Verschwörungstheorien, autoritäre Aggression und sind
zukunftspessimistisch. Das zeigt eine Studie der Universität Salzburg
und der Statistik Austria. Studienautor Wolfgang Aschauer hat ein Modul
entwickelt, um vielschichtige autoritäre Einstellungen zu messen, und
das dann bei einer repräsentativen Erhebung unter 693 Personen
umgesetzt. |
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in the head of the liberal democrat
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2. You talk about the role of elite. It is a paramount dialectic area of tension. Is it possible to define the role of elite apriori. Is elite created by masses or is the elite usurping its role in the masses. The game is never played according to this scenario "you (masses) are not very wise, you are irrational you are danger one to another - if you elect us we will ensure that you can live good life" 3. You actually make an
assumption about what a society should be. You say, and I understand
that in some mystical way we conjure a set of values which are not
subjected to the influence of the voters even if they are in majority -
this is crucial difference to the populism. For example, in
liberal democracy it will not be allowed to change minority rights whatever electorate wants.
(Otherwise it would mean populism) You say, liberal democracy is
defined by the set of basic undisputable values. (Philosophical
discussion what and how we construct values goes for thousands of years) 4. I understand from your lecture that the populists are the people plus elite who are ready to question the fundaments of the liberal democracy including the basic human right and the right of minorities. |
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The trouble emerges if you question some of your basic
assumption. You do not explicitly state on what “ideological” assumption
you lean on. I assume you promote and express the set of values and
analysis based on the liberal model. I understand that you are paid for
your opinions if expressed within well-defined borders. I do not think
that you can reveal underlying reason and fears (on which your social
fictions are constructed J-J Rouseau) as you may lose your position,
identity and life subsistence.
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| tariffs | Trumps tariffs adjustment and the EU |
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| prop | EU's propaganda |
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| Brexit - who's position is stronger - EU or UK? |
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The Brexit negotiations
simplifies view UK is not leaving the negotiating table because it needs (wants) acceptable tariff agreements. As regards the trade, UK is
more dependent on the EU than vice versa. |
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UK is able to leaves the EU
on its own terms. There is not much in the EU treaties what is
biding UK to the EU so UK can do it one-sided. Just say good buy. Consequences; The only big problem is the
future custom tariff and UK doesn’t want to lose the EU market. If the EU doesn’t
accommodate UK wishes Consequences; UK will be forced to withdraw
from the negotiations and adjust to live without preferential custom
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| Where do the current values of the EU come from |
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Short, generalized, “emotional” view of the
Europe seen from the Nordic perspective - after living 40 years in
the Central and South Europe. (UK, Netherlands, Denmark and Easter
Europe are in a separate category) · Authoritarian mentality, especially Germany,
Austria, Spain · Contemptuous approach to women i.e. sex
workers at home and on the street · Poor inter-human communication · Fear of Authorities, privacy-paranoia especially
in the Central Europe |
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| young | Young EU paramenterians talk about the european issues and we analyse their views |
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An article in the German version of HUFFPOST |
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junge Europa-Abgeordnete erklären, wie sie sich die Zukunft der
EU vorstellen Are we confident that we are in good hands? |
by Leonhard Landes |
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| We see the following problems in the EU |
1. Deficiency in the democractic procedures and the EU political structure 2. Within the framework of the EU structure some countries were brought to the verge of economic disaster like Greece 3. Authoritarian and patriarchal social features especially gender relation predominate in the majority of the EU countries. Except UK and Sweden not much is done within METOO movement. 4. BREXIT - The advanced country with the exceptionally well-developed Rule of Law, transparency, tolerance is leaving the EU 5. Member States ignore EU laws taking to too long exceptions from the Schengen free movement. |
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| Nice young people, avoiding to mention the major problems of the EU | Lets see what our young EU MP's think or avoid to think about | ||
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| Interviewees | name | interview answer | our comments below |
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Jan Philipp Albrecht (Deutschland, 35 Jahre) Fraktion der Grünen / Freie Europäische Allianz @JanAlbrecht |
“Nicht nur das Logo der nationalen, sondern auch der europäischen Partei sollte auf den Stimmzettel der Europawahl stehen” |
Bizarre understanding - why to make it difficult for the new
parties. It is a conservative, authoritarian approach Still it is not clear if it will be allowed to vote for the same party from all member states. i.e. transnational electorate. Albrecht represents Environmental progressive party. Knowing national past he doesn't trust authorities, and is against transparency as he confuses it with privacy. He keeps distance to Metoo movement. (check Twitter) It is not strange as he comes from a nation with patriarchal and authoritarian past. The position of women ouside of Scandinavia is very week |
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Ska Keller (Deutschland, 36 Jahre) Fraktion der Grünen / Freie Europäische Allianz @SkaKeller |
Allerdings haben die CDU und CSU im Europäischen Parlament “dafür gesorgt, dass es keine transnationalen Listen von Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten bei der kommenden Europawahl geben wird” | Keller tells almost nothing about metoo. In Sweden thousands of actors, doctors witnessed about sexual harassment. Strange that in the German patriarchal society all is almost quiet. |
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Elly Schlein (Italien, 32 Jahre) Progressive Allianz der Sozialdemokraten @ellyesse |
“eine Gemeinschaft der Offenheit, der Solidarität und der Möglichkeiten für unsere und die nächste Generation | Nice approach not to have ideas, no details on what to do. With this approach there is no much future for the EU. |
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Nadja Hirsch (Deutschland, 39 Jahre) Allianz der Liberalen und Demokraten @nadjahirsch |
“Ohne beherzte Investitionen in digitale Infrastruktur, barrierefreien Zugang zu Produkten und Dienstleistungen, praktikablen Datenschutz, drastisch bessere Bedingungen für Start-Ups und digitale Innovationen werden wir Arbeitsplätze, Wohlstand und globalen Einfluss verlieren.” |
Why not to copy digital infrastructure of Sweden. In Sweden and Estonia
all can be accomplished on-line
except passport It works very well.. Why to reinvent things. Germany and Austria are the largest obstacles for transparent, open societies due to the past experience of dictatorship and the lingering fear of Authorities. Digitalization assumes transparency and openness. Comparing to UK Denmark and Sweden - the citizens in Germany and Austria are very "fearful" and understandably suspicious vis-a-vis the state. Even Street View is not fully implemented. The issues of digitalization is not the primarily the EU issue, it is internal issue. Sweden has done it alone without much problems. |
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Eva Kaili (Griechenland, 31 Jahre) Progressive Allianz der Sozialdemokraten Chair Scientific Foresight Unit #STOA @EvaKailiMEP |
“Wir müssen Wege finden, wie wir die Länder an Bord holen
können, die nicht die Geschwindigkeit der restlichen Länder
haben” Länder, die das nicht wollten, sollten nicht dieselben Freiheiten haben, in der EU Entscheidungen zu treffen. |
It would mean that the Greece could be excluded from the EU elite. I heard discussion in the finance circles where Greece is called Auction State. How could the EU allow such econnomic disaster like in Greece |
After
listening to you, intelligent, well-read (including social
philosophy) liberal democrat, I was inspired to address a few issues which have
deeper philosophical, ontological basis
You
are always free to lean outside the social corridor if only for the
purpose of the experiment. The social corridor is much narrower than the
“law” allows as the masses have to be kept in insecurity and under
constant coercion in order to prevent them developing strange ideas. But
if you are educated to “love” the “law” (Plato) you are living in a
perfect society as the “education” prevents you doing things outside of
the social contract. This self-contained life,
“I-stay-within-the-borders” and therfore all is perfect, is reserved for the
elite.
bahaviour
was tolerated as it was assumed that I have the power to prove that i
behave with the letter of law. After retirement some aspects of the the same behaviour was treated by the masses
as trespasses.