It is surprising how weak Russia actually is. At this point just about any other nation could come in and wipe out the Russian government.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a last ditch effort to recapture former Soviet territory before its oil and gas resources lose economic value.

We are entering a major transition period, with many technological changes happening to disrupt the existing economy. One of the most important is the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

For hundreds of years, the energy economy has been a system where certain countries and companies controlled the locations on earth where fossil fuels are located, and had the technology to process the fuels. Fossil fuels by their nature require the user to buy “feedstock” as they go. The countries and companies that control fossil fuel production profit from this system and are some of the wealthiest groups in the world.

Renewable energy systems, such as solar, wind and batteries, require an upfront payment for the equipment. The cost of equipment for renewable energy is dropping every year. They can be located almost everywhere. There is no ongoing feedstock payment. Renewables break the fossil fuel industry model, and some of the wealthiest people in the world are scrambling to control governments to somehow retain their income flow. Currently their strategy is to delay implementation of renewables, but eventually they will try to create monopolies where they control the source of power and charge the customer about the same as they are paying now, with the utilities benefitting from the low cost of renewable power.

This is only one of the transitions happening at this time. There are many major disruptions coming from implementing AI in the economy, from electric vehicles and self-driving vehicles. There are probably many more transitions that no one is predicting or even imagining at this time. You can expect things to be crazy for a decade or more as these technologies change the way our economy, infrastructure and society is shaped.

His reward was imprisonment and a bullet to the head.

It is a shame that SPD and Union did not work together in the last government to try to resolve some of the problems that cause the voters to move to the right.

Another analog is that eastern Germany voted very differently than western and southern Germany.

One major difference, in 1930 the far right was anti-Russia, and today they are pro-Russia.

My theory is that we are experiencing a worldwide socio-psychological disorder that is a communicable disease, which was spread through information exchange on the internet.

Socio-psychological disorder is a sort of mass hysteria, evident in witch hunts, demon possession, persecution of various groups of people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_panic_cases

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contagion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_hunt

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Are there any scrapers who repost Marketplace ads?

Germans talk funny too.

1. Tariff-taxes increase inflation.
2. Declining supply of cheap foreign goods cause consumer price index increases.
3. Federal Reserve Board increases federal fund rate to try to decrease inflation.
4. Stock market bubble collapses.
5. Real estate market declines as owners try to get out of “investment property”.
6. Banks start foreclosure on many no-pay mortgages.
7. Without mortgage payments coming in, banks become insolvent.
8. A few weak banks go bankrupt, leading to a massive run on all banks.

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9. Profit.

The value of Grayjay and other similar apps (Freetube, Newpipe) is based on their ability to continue to show Youtube video. If Youtube finds a way to block these apps, they will not be popular.

Thats good for about 5 minutes

What does buying a license get you?

Facebook Marketplace is probably the most popular, although I personally don’t facebook. Craigslist is the next best choice.

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