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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Weil nach rechter Erzählung die UN von Arabern/Muslimen unterwandert ist (siehe Gaza).

The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Germany has joint filling which leads to horrendous incentives because the "second" partner's job often feels less worthwhile due to the way this is made apparent to all people even those who know nothing else about the tax system.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Es tut weh, aber man muss ihn wirklich ganz bewusst erleben diesen Moment, in dem die angebliche Mitte, die über Jahre den neuen Rechtsextremismus normalisiert hat, nun in einen hysterischen Fiebertraum verfällt, weil von links die zarten Anfänge eines Angriffs auf ihre Diskurshoheit zu sehen sind.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If there are no coalition talks with Die Linke in Berlin, the SPD and Green will accelerate their losses to them in the big cities.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The key (West German) leadership always had that same racism in them. They were just cloaking it in economic terms in the typical (libertarian-)econ way.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My ignorant American impression is that the balance of power in Saxony-Anhalt is now basically in the hands of the Tulsi Gabbard party.

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👹woke 2.0 gremlin👻 @fabius.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Finanzminister Wolfgang "schwarze Null" Schäuble als der Staat sich für 0% Zinsen Geld hätte leihen können, Finanzminister Lindner als der Ukrainekrieg Geld erfordert hätte, Kanzler Merz wenn die transatlantische Allianz nicht mehr existiert. Immer die richtige Regierung zur richtigen Zeit :)))

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Baron von Agitpop @agitpopblog.eurosky.social · 06/09/2026

Es sind faktisch Neonazis, die da an die Macht kommen und das Korsett ist so, dass es selbst an diesem Abend die "Parteien der Mitte" nicht ansprechen können, der öffentlich-rechtliche Rundfunk nicht ansprechen kann, die sehr ernsten Herrschaften nicht ansprechen können. Es gibt mir weiter den Rest.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I have many hypothesises but it is all speculation, in general: In small town Germany it has been possible to pretend (to oneself) for much longer than, let's say, in the UK (let alone US or Canada) that Germany is not a "country of immigrants". So this is the last generation that grew up that way.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

In the narrow sense, maybe. In general, the older cohort votes GOP in larger % numbers than 30-50 year olds (in contrast to AfD).

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A big issue is the non-transfer of formerly collective housing into individual private hands as was done in most other states. So there was no housing wealth to start with.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

One of my pet issues: Germany is an outlier internationally because the highest AfD support is not among retirees but among prime working age people from outside the big/university cities. That is missing from the discussion and it is even underanalysed.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state elections are in two weeks. In general state elections are every 5 years but at different times for each state.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Nobody is sure, especially given Wagenknecht's statements. Nothing will happen in German politics until the other state elections are over. Then the chaos could really start.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

With BSW fewer seats, see: bsky.app/profile/wahl...

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Germany is a big outlier internationally because the highest AfD support is not among retirees but among prime working age people from outside the big/university cities. That is vastly underdiscussed. (Although East Germany may be different).

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It also is a lot more attractive in a society with an ever increasing wealth inequality.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

On the particular: The Rhodesia, etc. propaganda was already big on YouTube 15 years ago, then in its more libertarian disguise.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I first realized the importance of the offspring of colonial elites in driving rightwing movements during the Brexit campaign. There must be something so fundamental about this experience while growing up that makes it very hard to adjust when returning "home".

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The importance of how our new robber barons acquired their wealth is completely underestimated: In many cases the core products (and the first billion in wealth) were build with a hundred (in SV) or a dozen employees (in PE,HF). This is totally different than in the first gilded age.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If the "reasonable" centre chooses to ignore policy options because it might go wrong, it is no wonder the crazies will use it.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Funded pension systems in general create pools of capital that will be used against the very people for whom the pension systems have been created in the first place: employees. (See all the investment of public pension systems into PE). It also leads to horrible insider/outsider dynamics.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Das Problem ist das Clarks Narrative von deutschen Eliten häufig so aufgenommen werden als wäre er ein deutschnationaler Typ. Insofern passt die Auszeichnung.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

All true. I actually think your comparison to the airline industry is a rather good argument rather than the vague "it strikes me as more complicated".

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

No lessons, just what I would wanted to know if I was on a party committee that would formulate policy on this.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

It is that much easier to expand existing b2b compensatory platforms between railway companies than database access to train times?

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

You really need to make clear(er) why it is easier to build a centralised/p2p claims platform than a centralised/p2p ticket platform to be convincing. And I welcome the Green's EU platform. They won't have any power anyway so they should make maximalist demands.

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Volker Weiss @volkerweiss-author.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Das bpb-Projekt »Deutschlands Radikale Rechte 1945-2025« wagt einen lange fälligen Überblick der verschiedenen Entwicklungen am rechten Rand und ist mit einer Menge Material angereichert. Es kostet trotz Coffee Table Format nur 7,50 €. Martin Langebach und sein Team haben hervorragend gearbeitet!

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

You probably need some limits. I already know enough cases where two people in their 30s have quasi-identical careers but their lifestyles are vastly different. Why? One worries about his inherited property portfolio, the other how she can afford the carehome for her parents.

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Grodaeu @groda.eu · 06/05/2026

Pessimistic.Martin Wolf column. He argues that "Big economies like China and the EU need to generate enough domestic demand" and stop relying on the US. He does not think Europeans are capable of consuming goods and services and we will thus inevitably have a crisis www.ft.com/content/72ab...

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Imbalances are back on the global agenda

Policymakers must overcome the mercantilist fallacy that the way to get rich is by running surpluses forever

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I think a lot of it is downstream from the age structure of the societies. You either have to get old people to consume more or transfer more money to young and middle age people who have a higher MPC.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

If you believe in the "vibecession" narrative in the stronger sense, you are a deeply antidemocratic technocrat. If you believe in it in the weaker sense, I hope that you have made (social) media reform your core issue.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

There are five big countries in the EU. The rest are small.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Wenn es denn "nur" die Bundesregierung wäre, wäre es ja fast ein Fortschritt. Von Grünen und Linken kommt zu dem Thema quasi nichts: bsky.app/profile/ther...

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Not even die Linke is out there arguing for the end of Ramstein, Spangdahlem, Wiesbaden etc. It is completely pathetic.

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Started so well, to finish with 'investible energy' - European elites again structurally unable to understand that we cannot survive in the brave new world with green dersiking

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Most people will follow the default settings everywhere. That is the thing that matters and which is always the (political) decision of the company and should be treated as such.

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 30/03/2026

Private equity is currently imploding. A historical accident, produced by low rates & tax subsidies. Meanwhile, the European Commission? Is consulting "to explore ways to make it easier for investors in private companies to sell on their stakes." EU financial policymaking is so depressing.

Screenshot from EU Commission website: "Targeted consultation on private equity exits

This consultation intends to explore ways to make it easier for investors in private companies to sell on their stakes."

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Max Krahé @maxkrahe.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Wohnen ist teuer. Die Wohnungspolitik auch: ca 30 Mrd € jährlich kostet sie den Staat. Trotzdem verpasst sie es, dauerhaft bezahlbaren Wohnraum zu schaffen. Wie kam es dazu? In unserem neuen Papier geben @sara-schulte.bsky.social und ich eine Antwort:

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I dunno I think neoliberalism’s grand plan of dismantling the welfare state and the social contract and replacing them, respectively, with nothing and nothing created a pretty fertile breeding ground for fascism and this isn’t even particularly controversial anymore.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Und es gilt sogar nicht nur auf der Konzernebene sondern beginnt bei den (größeren) Stadtwerken (gerade im Ruhrgebiet) und der Lokalpolitik. Bei der SPD ist vermutlich nur der Komplex der Wohnungsbaugesellschaften mit einer ähnlichen Anzahl von Versorgungsposten vergleichbar (hier auch mehr Grüne)

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I'm very excited that my report on housing affordability for @groundwork.bsky.social, coauthored with @mikefellman.bsky.social, is finally out. Today is a full teaching today for me, but I will try to put a post up about it tomorrow. groundworkcollaborative.org/work/fixing-...

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Fixing Housing Means Fixing Finance: Why We Can’t Deregulate Our Way to Affordability - Groundwork Collaborative

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

This is a good piece, especially if you approach it as a study of the political economy of fundraising in a world where wealth is increasingly concentrated.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

AfD support is probably strongest among the mentioned age group in areas with are either really old or have disproportionately many kids.

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The Red Count @theredcount.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I looked at municipality level data for NRW at the European elections and their correlation with AfD support. This and other data suggests that the phenomenon is particular bad in more rural areas and that there is a spatial split in the age groups between voting intentions: bsky.app/profile/ther...

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