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Skybird · 07-28-23, 04:59 PM

From Tichys Einblicke:

Some texts present an editorial team with unanswered questions. For example, this article about the next initiative from Robert Habeck's (Greens) Ministry of Economics. Actually, what is happening is so absurd that it can only be adequately presented in a gloss. On the other hand, the absurdity in Habeck's ministry is reality. So TE decided against the gloss. This time. Every word of it reflects reality - the reality of a green-led country, though.

The Ministry of Economics wants to remeasure the country's prosperity. Habeck's office doesn't know exactly how to do that either. That's why it has launched an online survey on the question of what that might look like. The only thing Habeck's people are sure of is that GDP does not adequately represent prosperity.

This is a relief for the Ministry of Economics. After all, since it has been led by a Green, the gross domestic product has not been doing so well. In the last quarter, the national wealth did not grow despite record immigration. Which is good news. Because in the two quarters before that, it declined. High time, then, to redefine wealth.

So until September 6, users are now to vote on what the new wealth looks like. Quite openly, quite impartially. But to ensure that it goes in the right direction, State Secretary Sven Giegold has already set a few guidelines in the Tagesspiegel. Wealth must not be left to the citizens, left-wing parties have always agreed on that.
"Gross domestic product only shows economic performance," says Giegold in the Tagesspiegel. Climate protection and social justice should be included in the recording of prosperity, Giegold gives the respondents what they should please answer. So far, not everyone has benefited equally from the growing wealth, writes the Tagesspiegel. Conversely, this means:
If everyone has nothing, no one is considered poor. Workers' paradises somehow always work the same way.

Now one could increase Giegold and Tagesspiegel into the absurd. Joke: Whoever has nothing to eat, but carries Robert Habeck in his heart, will be considered infinitely rich in the future. And those who starve would reduce CO2 emissions to such an extent that they would be so rich that the SPD, FDP and Left would demand additional taxes from the corpse. But we will refrain from these jokes. After all, the text should not become a gloss simply because a poorer country wants to redefine wealth.

The Ministry of Economics has announced that the online survey will be included in the 2024 Annual Economic Report. The stupid gross domestic product can then decline as much as it wants - no one would simply report on it anymore. Except the OECD or the International Monetary Fund would inform the Germans about it. But that could then also be prevented by law. But to mention this option would turn the text into a gloss. Or a conspiracy theory. Or perhaps soon a description of reality in a green-led country.

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Orwellian NewSpeak plus DoubleThink to deconstruct reality. It all gets more and more an open nightmare.

07-28-23, 04:59 PM	#2025
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,553 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	From Tichys Einblicke: Some texts present an editorial team with unanswered questions. For example, this article about the next initiative from Robert Habeck's (Greens) Ministry of Economics. Actually, what is happening is so absurd that it can only be adequately presented in a gloss. On the other hand, the absurdity in Habeck's ministry is reality. So TE decided against the gloss. This time. Every word of it reflects reality - the reality of a green-led country, though. The Ministry of Economics wants to remeasure the country's prosperity. Habeck's office doesn't know exactly how to do that either. That's why it has launched an online survey on the question of what that might look like. The only thing Habeck's people are sure of is that GDP does not adequately represent prosperity. This is a relief for the Ministry of Economics. After all, since it has been led by a Green, the gross domestic product has not been doing so well. In the last quarter, the national wealth did not grow despite record immigration. Which is good news. Because in the two quarters before that, it declined. High time, then, to redefine wealth. So until September 6, users are now to vote on what the new wealth looks like. Quite openly, quite impartially. But to ensure that it goes in the right direction, State Secretary Sven Giegold has already set a few guidelines in the Tagesspiegel. Wealth must not be left to the citizens, left-wing parties have always agreed on that. "Gross domestic product only shows economic performance," says Giegold in the Tagesspiegel. Climate protection and social justice should be included in the recording of prosperity, Giegold gives the respondents what they should please answer. So far, not everyone has benefited equally from the growing wealth, writes the Tagesspiegel. Conversely, this means: If everyone has nothing, no one is considered poor. Workers' paradises somehow always work the same way. Now one could increase Giegold and Tagesspiegel into the absurd. Joke: Whoever has nothing to eat, but carries Robert Habeck in his heart, will be considered infinitely rich in the future. And those who starve would reduce CO2 emissions to such an extent that they would be so rich that the SPD, FDP and Left would demand additional taxes from the corpse. But we will refrain from these jokes. After all, the text should not become a gloss simply because a poorer country wants to redefine wealth. The Ministry of Economics has announced that the online survey will be included in the 2024 Annual Economic Report. The stupid gross domestic product can then decline as much as it wants - no one would simply report on it anymore. Except the OECD or the International Monetary Fund would inform the Germans about it. But that could then also be prevented by law. But to mention this option would turn the text into a gloss. Or a conspiracy theory. Or perhaps soon a description of reality in a green-led country. ----------------------- Orwellian NewSpeak plus DoubleThink to deconstruct reality. It all gets more and more an open nightmare. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.