“Da der Griff der Axt aus Holz war, stimmte der Wald für die Axt.” Sprichwort “Freiheit” kann sowohl “Marktfreiheit” (dh Deregulierung) als auch “Bürgerfreiheit” (welche durch Regulierung und Gesetze geschützt werden muss) bedeuten. Neoliberale Kräfte verwenden die Doppeldeutigkeit dieses Begriffs, um Deregulierung als “Bürgerfreiheit” zu framen und politisch durchzusetzen. Deregulierung bedeutet jedoch, dass in Abwesenheit…
Internationally known enviromental lawyer Stephen Donziger won a legal trial against oil company Chevron in 2018. Chevron was condemned to pay 9.5 billion USD as reparations to 30,000 farmers and indigenous people who suffered enviromental damage and health problems because of oil drilling in Ecuador. As a consequence, Chevron prosecuted Donziger for corruption leading to…
Although any political discussion should not only analyze a problem, but also try to find solutions, I think discussions around climate “hope” (aka “hopium”) are dangerous. First, it frames the climate crisis as something beyond one’s agency. For example, I do not “hope” that I will go for a jog tomorrow morning, because it is…
The following services allow (bi-directional) cross-posting between Mastodon (ActivityPub) and other social media platforms, esp Twitter: https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br (tested and works!) https://moa.party (tested and works!) https://beta.birdsite.live/ https://dlvrit.com https://ifttt.com References [¹] https://medium.com/@__fsnk/crossposting-selected-posts-from-mastodon-to-twitter-via-dlvr-it-23325c7f6286 [²] https://medium.com/@pimterry/sync-your-mastodon-back-to-twitter-3c72f2bc8626
A recent article [1] which presented “Extinction Rebellion” in Sweden, claimed that the Roger Hallam’s statement that 6 billion people will die this century was unscientific based on assessments by a various scientists [2]. According to my information, there is no scientific evidence based on complex simulations, however, there are at least two leading climate…
Der Vorstoß von Friedrich Merz als Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender von Blackrock Deutschland private Altervorsorge einzuführen [1], dh Pensionsgelder in Aktien zu investieren, ist lediglich ein Versuch von Blackrock an die gewaltigen Gelder der staatlichen Pensionskassen zu gelangen. Wie Heike Buchter (2015) [2] in ihrem Buch beschrieben hat, hat Blackrock den gleichen Versuch in den USA (Präsident Clinton)…
Disclaimer: Ich habe keine juristische Qualifikation. Der folgende Blog stellt eine subjektive Zusammenstellung zum Thema dar, welche in Zukunft auf Grund von Rückmeldungen aktualisiert werden wird. 1. Einleitung Aktivisten, welche sich für Schutz des Klimas und Artenvielfalt einsetzen, werden zunehmend von der Polizei in Deutschland härter behandelt, wobei auch Nervendrucktechniken, sogenannte “Schmerzgriffe”, eingesetzt werden, um…
1. Summary On Oct 14, 2022, “Just Stop Oil! ” activists threw tomato soup on van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting in the National Gallery in London. They used art as a focal point of attention in human society to illustrate the impact of the climate emergency (“No art on a dead planet!”). By this highly controversial…
1. Introduction The following text describes a universal moral-legal strategy to enforce climate action via international and national legal systems. Thereby, general legal principles which can be found across jurisdictions and general moral principles are applied combining conventional (consensus-based) and post-conventional (absolute) moral principles. This text is a synthesis of previous blogs discussing legal means…
1. Background After the richest man alive Elon Musk [1] bought Twitter on 2022-10-28, the climate for freedom of speech has drastically changed, making Twitter users look for alternative social media, which are not under the control of super-rich individuals. Among the most mentioned alternatives is the federated social media MASTODON, which is based on…
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