Local security policies

“Security” – a word often used, to justify whichever means. For example, the holocaust, in the name of protecting the Aryan race (that doesn’t include Slaws by the way – which I am mentioning as a number of persons seems to be completely unaware of Generalplan Ost, and instead still believe what Nazis fed to other countries, such as about a like “European brotherhood”, while the actual intentions were multiple genocides).

But leaving aside the propaganda ministries, what does “security” actually mean?

To me personally, it is foremostly about protecting civilians from bodily harm. That includes protection against crime, but also pertains to issues about regulations, so that a chemical tank, like the one in California, doesn’t blow up into anyone’s face, nor cases like the Grenfell Tower fire, after the UK government relaxed all them ever so obnoxious rules, for sake of someone’s profit.

At this point, many readers may agree, that it sure is nice to be able to take a walk (or at least to imagine it), without being attacked by a predator, or nationalist seeking to ethnically cleanse the world, or a communist for daring to have the time to not be working a factory line, or by one of the ISIS recruits, who take revenge for the big ISIS lords not getting to live ever happily after with sex slaves, or simply by some drunkard or robbers.

Beyond this point, paths seem to diverge somewhat though. In example, China. Over there, it is a lot of cameras, even with a points system, when someone is recorded dropping litter, and so on – something I generally describe as “nanny state”.

Over here in Berlin, such an approach is usually frowned upon. In particular due to direct experiences with totalitarian regimes, such as the one by Nazis, and also the one by Stalinists, running an entire country like a military camp, such is considered to be contradicting ideas about especially civilians actually having human rights, such as not being tortured as i.e. Dilawar of Yakubi was.

Myself, I certainly agree that it is quite ridiculous, for a state to act as if big protector, but not even get the basics right, where the “big protector” is supposed to save people from torture, and not be the one doing it. In that context, I am a huge fan of them like “checks and balances”. Where I don’t agree with parts of the political spectrum though, is about taking a laid-back approach, nor to use serious matters as pretext for some political agenda, such as in Germany about deporting people in the name of crime fighting (with EU parliament even supporting camps like in Uganda, for apparently entire nationalities to be transferred to), and no word about the other around 90% of perpetrators with German citizenship.

And what I like instead is simply: professional. And that is not just about repression, such as catching perpetrators of politically motivated arson without relying on torture to gain supposed intel, but also about politics.


As example, see the protests with Palestinian flags, such as the one in the photo from Hamburg. These protests sometimes come with a scuffle, such as when someone is getting arrested for shouting “From the river to the sea…”, that is considered like a call sign with Hamas, even if the shouter may have wanted to finish the sentence, e.g. with “…is where also Prussia has an Existenzrecht at”. In Germany, police is not allowed to drop a case, only state prosecutors can do that, like dismiss a criminal charge, without bringing it to court.

In my view, that’s a waste of workhours, because if politics were to make an effort, then there’d be more likely talk at a table, instead of people shouting on the street. And just like that, police can do some actual policing, that isn’t about covering for some political agenda of not talking to some Stadtbild over there.

Similarly, theft of food items. One wouldn’t think it, considering Germany being such a huge economy. But some millionaires moving their money around, that doesn’t mean that everyone in Germany has a financial income, to pay for food with. About a third of all crime in Germany, is theft, and shop theft is about a fifth of that – so it does make up quite a number in the crime statistics, and often it is EU citizens who are doing it.

As is, that means a lot of workhours for police and courts, for something that should be covered by proper social politics. That may not be popular with them billionaires, because all that money spent on social security and stuff, it is not money that they get to hoard. But what use is it to all them nations, when their leaders spend in case of U.S. even hundreds of billions of money on weapons and stuff, in the name of protecting the nation, while a large part of the population doesn’t even have a proper roof over the head, and apparently just left to wither away.

Once again, with a bit care about these matters even on an EU level, a lot of workhours that can be put to use elsewhere. And already cut the crime rate by up to 10%. Which may be a bold claim, but quite logical.


Not everything can be solved by politics though, and in such cases it comes to repression, in terms of catching an arsonist, to prevent further arsons, and so on. And in that regard, while it may not be popular with part of the political spectrum, I am a fan of a few cameras at some of the street intersections. To me it is like, just putting someone there to stand watch, but with technology made easier. And such watch, with certain regulations about it, such as that recorded footage can be accessed only by persons involved with the specific investigation, respectively the persons coordinating the catching of the suspect. By that, it would help to solve criminal cases quite some, and ideally even lead to another reduction of cases in the future.

Emergency calls and languages

Already many years ago, I perceived statehood to be a lot about service – and that not per se as “service of a person for their country, such as with military service”, but rather in terms of a “service provider”. And in such context, instead of all them depressing notions, such as: “Every visitor to Germany has to speak German! And now excuse us, while we to go to live in Brussels, without learning any local language.” – my thoughts were more in the lines of things, such as providing Polish truck drivers local traffic news in Polish, and emergency call numbers based on language.

I then went to work for Bosch, in a department handling i.e. eCalls from cars. It was quite interesting how they set it up – as in, when e.g. a German-speaking driver has an accident in France, that the driver talks to someone speaking German, while someone from the company speaking French talks to emergency services in France. But I didn’t find that they were handling it with much care, turning the department into one of them usual call centres, where every agent is covering lines for different companies – let alone develop more. With issues ranging from management pocketing the full Inflationsausgleichsprämie (a payment, that was intended to help low income household during inflation), while us at the bottom of the salary ladder received just a third – and manager snooping on private social media profiles, to look for a reason to retaliate, for having escalated to management outside the department, that over weeks there were instances of wait time for up to half an hour, before calls from Autobahn emergency call boxes were picked up (due to only one person planned for the night shifts, to handle that, and also eCalls from cars – and once they went on break, no one in line). All the way to technical issues, such as that that the position shown for crashed vehicle, was by hundreds of kilometres off. Like, several instances, where rural emergency services e.g. in Bavaria were activated (in Germany that usually mean that a lot of volunteers come in, from the “Freiwillige Feuerwehr), who then went looking for that vehicle, reported to be near some forest or such, while the crash actually happened in Belgium – and a lot of work time in operational roles, spent with making tickets for IT, and months later, still pretty much the usual issues, and even something new inbetween.

So, I then left the company, as the private sector in general seemed to lack finesse in such regards, while lobbying for funds. E.g. all them wrist armbands, that trigger an eCall (to a private company) when detecting that the wearer may fallen down – at least the early generations don’t tell 3D coordinates, meaning that all one gets are geocoordinates to a location that may be a flat in a high-rise house – and if there is no response, totally unclear, what floor the eCall is actually from. And then you have companies calling emergency services, to pretty much just offload this setup, the companies make profit from and even get money via “Pflegeversicherung”, and the emergency services, that are often run by volunteers, are then supposed to handle that case somehow.

But the basic idea still stands, about in particular EU citizen e.g. from France and Poland, not facing a total language barrier, when they are for a short or extended period e.g. in Berlin, and so on.


Thus, eventually also needing to pretty much re-do software used in call-centers of rescue services, what I am on about, is a set of international emergency call numbers.

That is talking within Europe, phone number e.g. 505 for English-speaking operator in case of an emergency. And 506 for German, 507 for French, 508 for Spanish, and so on.

In example, Mr Macron may be privately for a visit in Berlin and suffer a medical emergency, such as from food poisoning (with these days, not many hygiene inspections going on). And calling 507, he gets someone speaking French, he can describe the symptoms to in his native tongue. This operator may sit themselves in Berlin, or possibly even in France – and in either case, the operator can stay in line, so that when local rescue services arrive, the operator can help with translation if need be.

Similarly, when it is not an SOS call, but still some help needed, one set of numbers that also has a multi-language support. In example, in Berlin a secondary emergency number these days, is 116117, to make an appointment with a doctor. And in such set, that could be 605 for English, 606 for German, 607 for French, 608 for Spanish, and so on.

And while at it, now when the patient sees the doctor, but there may happen to be a language barrier, it would seem quite practical, if the doctor could just call a number, that provides a translation service. And since the call-center of emergency services would already be staffed with persons handling two-language emergency calls, the staff could also provide translations in these cases.


Additionally, it would be nice, if every smartphone were capable to automatically transmit their location in case of an SOS call, as in simply sending an SMS to a number. Some smartphone may not have a built-in GPS receiver. But most do, and therefore the smartphone knows the exact location, which helps to cut response time quite some, and also helps to streamline the emergency response.

Specifically, instead of having to ask where the accident happened, that may sometimes result in a inaccurate description, the talk is directly about what happened. And, if there are several callers from the same place, it shows directly on a map in the call-center of the emergency services.

And as a technical expansion to that, it would be nice if there were a start-up app, that activates when an emergency call is made, to be able to transmit a picture or even video feed (with internet connectivity). Meaning that the emergency operator can ask the caller to hold their phone-camera towards a car crash, and the operator can see the scene of the accident, without the caller needing to push any button.


All in all, with just a number of operators more, and proper technical and operational setup, a multi-language support can easily run integrated within rescue services. And by that, a better service in general, while improving efficiency in response handling.

EU, EFTA, and Prussia

As you may be aware, before Nazis raped the state of Prussia, and the military council of the Allies said that Prussia was to blame for the war, despite Prussia’s military having been dissolved more than a decade prior – before all of that, there was no European Union.

Then later, the EU was founded. In itself, I like the premise very much. For those of you, who don’t know the history in Europe, there were many wars in Europe, such as the Great Northern War 1700-1721, with the image showing a painting by Pierre-Denis Martin, depicting the Battle of Poltava (1709). This war in particular had more than a million deaths – and it arguably was part of what forged Prussia’s military at that time, to not be like a constant toy of the rulers all around in the neighbourhood.

And instead of such ‘politics’, by rulers barely anyone remembers their name already, the EU aims for a way more civilized approach. And that’s something I can easily support. Therefore, for an independent Prussia, to become member of the EU, that would seem a natural fit.

But, did the founders of the EU actually study issues, such as the Preußenschlag 1932, when the German federal government unlawfully removed Otto Braun as Prime Minister of Prussia? (A federal court of law agreed with Otto Braun, that it was unlawful, but that court decision had been ignored by the Reichstag and President – Otto Braun wrote about it in his memoires.) And was it really made that clear, that the EU is not to abuse its sort of higher standing, to the disadvantage of member/s in a number of aspects?

Personally, I am not convinced about that. As example, the issue about import duties. Prussia is no stranger to them, historically having levied duty on goods entering Berlin by boat, and so on, with then in 1833 the Zollverein, as customs union of German-speaking regions, and more focus on VAT for taxation. The topic isn’t really like some smartphone-app-game though.


Specifically in the EU these days, there are quite some differences about average income, when the members are compared. And generally, the EU may see import duties as a way to “protect domestic industry”. The issue though is, that many of that industry sits in the wealthier countries, while folks in the poorer countries are asked, to pay a surcharge in the name of those with way higher incomes. Meaning, someone with like 500 Euro monthly income in the east, goes to the market, and has a choice of a product e.g. from Germany or France, or one that comes with import duty from elsewhere in the world. And that’s not nice for these households, is it?

Then there is also the topic about inflation, where pushing prices up by import duties, means to push up inflation, doesn’t it? And once again, the poorer households are way more affected by this issue, especially when governments try to keep the expenses for social security at a barely liveable level, while billions get spent on weapons and hoarded in some bank accounts, and so on.


So, it doesn’t seem to me that the EU is being governed at a high standard. And that’s not even going into issues, such as that majority of EU parliament wants to deport entire nationalities into some camps in countries like Uganda. That is, when an EU member says that e.g. Afghanistan is a safe country, but a judge may not allow deportation thereto, that the EU solved “this issue” by just deporting them all to Uganda etc., in the name of alleged crime fighting. Or the issue about that economical interests stand above everything else – such as that ‘Hegseth’s racially pure U.S. military’ spends money on stuff and destroys school buildings, and EU yuppies are like: “Uhh, what companies are involved? I want to buy their stock, to make big profit of dead children.”

In such context, I find it quite hard, to be governed by such an order. And instead, leaving Prussian parliament aside for a moment, I would go with membership in the European Free Trade Association, or EFTA for short. As I understand it, that would make Prussia an economical-zone member in Europe, but without having to be subject to political agendas, such as the one about “white Europeans and Americans, need all the Lebensraum for themselves, as they feel threatened even by the wind blowing, for some dudes to then run it all like their personal fiefdom” (which was apparently the last thing they heard in school about these things, before they left to have a big party and party and party, to be never seen again in school).

And from the position of a like political outsider, I perceive it to be easier to properly talk about certain issues. Specifically, social security in the EU – the laws do differ, such as in regard to when an eviction is allowed – with a number of families then turning up homeless in a different member state, with usually not full access as residents have, sometimes accompanied by crime, such as stealing food in supermarkets – and EU members are each like: “Look at all these crimes by foreigners.” to then band together in EU parliament to punish some Afghans for all that mess.

In that sense, I see Prussia as an EFTA member, and clearly promoting humanist standards.

About an humanist approach

Humanism, a word the specific understanding of which, differs among people, and also among countries.

Generally speaking, one could describe humanism as pretty much everything the modern states in Europe are made of, as humanism started centuries ago in the days, when humans were told, to toil for their lords, in the name of possibly entering heaven one day – with humanism instead emphasizing human agency about their destinies, and modern political philosophies, they share humanism like an ancestor basically.

Or specifically, one could describe humanism as a philosophical stance, that sort of replaces a religious morale compass. Meaning, that when running a secular state, there arguably should be some solid guiding principles, instead of treating it all like: “Let’s see what we can get away with, while we fill our pockets.” – And while i.e. Christianity arguably still can provide such, it quickly gets into about which denomination’s interpretation actually. Like, I don’t read in the Bible, that Jesus was on about making a racially pure military, and yet, the U.S. Secretary of “Defense” is on about that, and then goes on to lead some prayer. And in such context, sounds a quite weird interpretation of it all.

Personally, I would describe humanism as a world-view. That is, when looking at the world, that it is a world of billions of individual beings, who are biologically nearly 100% identical, with soul and feelings and needs very much alike. In example, if a special commando were to jump into Mr Dobrindt’s bedroom at night (as police did in Germany even to minors to deport them), naturally he’d be likely scared, even though he is the big minister of interior of Germany. He might even have a panic attack, once he realizes, that because politicians can’t be bothered to do some proper work and instead opt like EU parliament to just deport entire nationalities into some “return hubs” in third countries – that such policy means he might end up in some camp in Uganda. And just because he has like a big bank account, doesn’t really make him a different type of human than other humans are.

In that regard, I am on about a humanist approach. In particular, an assembly of representatives of all nationalities living in the country, as a neighbourhood gathering. Sub-part of it, a refugee council, where nationalities affected by broad events are sitting, to streamline support i.e. for journalists living in exile, for them to be able to run their language news medium from local offices. But also concerning all countries, looking together at a world map, to see which countries would benefit in particular from scholarships, such as for medical professions. And to generally help those nationalities, who are in need of assistance in regard to some modern civil state structure.

And basic premise of it all is, that every human, and also group of humans in terms of nationality, deserves to be recognized as such, instead of being swept under a carpet just because some white dudes want to score in some elections.

Prussian Council Tax

In German-language posts, I mentioned the British Council Tax a few times. The reason I talk about it is, because I think it would be nice to introduce something similar over here, albeit a bit differently.

As you may be aware, during the Thatcher-government, the UK had a number of privatisations. Over here, there were some privatisations as well, but e.g. in Berlin, the waterworks went back into communal hands in 2013, and there are also other utilities in communal hands – specifically in Berlin, public transportation, municipal heating, trash service, and the electricity infrastructure.

I worked in a number of jobs, such as in customer service, among other for utilities. And that made me think, that it seems rather inefficient, that a city such as Berlin has several companies, who are each sending invoices of their own, in particular to house owners and other companies. Inefficient specifically in regard to issues, such as several instances of databases of addresses, requiring as many instances of IT infrastructure (usually with various software, that may or may not get updated) – and also various phone numbers for customer service, and a lot of paper and paperwork for the recipients (including remembering various passwords etc).

Thus, here I am talking about a Prussian Council Tax, to centralize this accounting of certain communal services, with one online portal to visit, and one phone number, and so on – within the realm of an administrative district.

And having this, it opens a nice range of options. Specifically, public bus transportation can easily be financed even in low density areas, by everyone in a district, paying a few Euro monthly, via Council Tax – and no tickets needed. In example, a Landkreis district with 100,000 residents, and everyone paying 5 Euro, that means half a million a month, from which quite a number of salaries can be paid. And as a result, steady public interconnectivity for everyone, and better mobility for workers in particular, with already some additional job openings for bus drivers, bring unemployment down per district.

Likewise, a few Euro for professional fire services in the district. And a few Euro in particular from the more wealthy households, to cover care homes (leaving residents thereof with some spare money, instead of all of a little income going towards the costs of care).

And then it is really up to the district, about what they want to cover. Like, residents of a district are huge fans of a big band like the one of James Kok? Well, basically no problem for them as a district to hire a band to play regularly at a venue in the district. And if they chose to, the 1 Euro or so, it is easily added in the IT system as an extra charge to the Council Tax bill, collected, and wired to whichever department the district has for these things.

And while at it, I would also like to see animal shelters financially covered, so that they don’t have to beg for a few Euro to take care of animals the townsfolks got tired of and such. And then there is also e.g. public baths, such as here in Berlin. One could argue for a charge via council tax, and by that make the entry fee way lower in particular for kids. And also, public parks – technically, there could be way more flower beds taken care of by gardeners, if the district were to say, that they’d like that. And so on, letting every district do their own thing in such regards.

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Israel and Palestine

There is a lot to talk about. As example, the whole issue about many migrants arriving, in particular from Russia, and part of seeking to push everyone else out, in the name of “ancestral right”. All while it is not unheard of, that there are converts to Judaism, what makes them Jewish, but not necessarily so with ancestors going back thousands of years from that region (like, no Hebrew ancestors).

Similarly, just because someone is Muslim or Christian, doesn’t mean, that an ancestor of theirs didn’t convert – meaning that their Grandgrandgrand..father may have been from that region, and even Jewish.

And language spoken in family, can change quite quickly – like the descendants of migrants from Russia, they do not all speak Russian, do they? Let alone over centuries, as can be observed with the extinction of the Old Prussian language, due to them crusader migrants etc. making German the language of everyday use. And in case of related languages, such as with semitic languages going from Aramaic to Hebrew and Arab languages – it’s like an Italian speaker catching up quicker in France, than a German speaker does.

To many people, these issues may not be as relevant as simply: “Who has the upper hand, in terms of martial rule.” – But I think we can do better than developing some Machiavellian plans, like putting a sniper in Gibraltar and one in Sinai, which makes the entire U.S. Navy apparently go: “Ohh, nooo! There is no safe passage.”, impeding weapon deliveries to Israel, and pushing for their surrender, on the grounds, that the new overlord (for the time being) has a security policy for the protection of Israel, that unlike the current government’s policy, doesn’t rely on good will by persons such as Mr Hegseth, who has been quite open about not liking diversity, and so on.


Thus, if we talk about other plans, specifically, to make every country a liveable country, in regard to Israel and Palestine, my suggestion is very simple: A north-south border.

To the north, Israel, where the Hebrew nation has its Jewish state.

And to the south, like Palestine, or Judah. Ideally, if Egypt would consider to cede part of Sinai, for this state south, that would help to have more land, to build on, also for the diaspora. Such large scale constructions, of like a few towns, would require international assistance – but looking at profits of companies in the U.S., of some $4 trillion a year, and looking at what is all spent on weapons, such as in this conflict, it seems to me, that with a bit of good will, it would go a long way for millions of people and also the entire region.

At this point I need to mention another idea of mine, that is an “neighbourhood assembly” of representatives of all nationalities living in Berlin (or Prussia respectively). And in the assembly, there would be someone representing a number of Palestinians. And with them, there is stuff to talk about, such as whether the new state wants to use a penal system like we use it here, or to begin with, whether there is a need for scholarships, for more qualifications among Palestinians. Likewise, medical services. And so on, where things need to be done properly.

Nevertheless, what I would suggest is a treaty between the two states, about clear border, with possible provision, such as that citizens from the north can anytime visit Hebron (where the tomb of Abraham is at), and citizens from the south can anytime visit Jerusalem, regardless of other restrictions that may apply at a time, like visum requirement. And also a clause about that i.e. the southern state carries responsibility, for not anyone firing rockets from its territory just because they felt like it, and so on – pretty much making it clear, that the southern state is no threat.

And then there is also economics. But when traders and investors do not have a reason to be afraid, of being shot by some random bullet for just taking a look, some business is likely to flow, and also regard to issues such as railroad connection i.e. to Cairo.

Der Flüchtlingsrat der Nachbarschaftsversammlung

EU und UK sind dieser Tage fleißig dabei, einen Plan aufzustellen, laut welchem also Personen, denen ein Asylantrag abgelehnt wurde, und aber nicht in Herkunftsland abgeschoben werden, vielleicht weil das Land eigentlich nicht so sicher ist, wie die Politiker so meinten – dass diese Personen in Drittländer abgeschoben werden sollen, wie z.B. Uganda.

Ich finde sowas totalen Quark. Beziehungsweise, also zu sagen, dass nur weil z.B. Afghanen nicht in den Heimatfilm passen (während man selbst bei denen Jahrzehnte “zu Gast” war), dass deswegen sogar ganze Familien in irgendwelche Lager in der Wüste gesteckt werden, und sogar ganze Nationalitäten also davon betroffen sein können, dass nirgendwo Asyl und üblicherweise also damit keine höheren Bildungs- und Berufsaussichten – sowas ist doch total mies.

Dabei mag man bei sich sicherlich Bedenken haben, wie zur Verfügbarkeit von Wohnungen, usw. Aber deswegen ganze Nationalitäten, wie untern Teppich zu kehren, hört sich ziemlich nach 19. Jahrhundert an. Das Jahrhundert brachte dabei so manches, wie man es heutzutage im Alltag kennt. Aber bei so manchen Punkten hatte es kein Niveau – wie z.B. die Sklaverei, die in USA vor gerade mal 160 Jahren abgeschafft wurde, und wo es vor 60 Jahren um Gleichberechtigung ging. Und das Mindset der “Opas des Westens”, die da z.B. in den USA Politik im Namen von Segregation gemacht haben, solches Mindset mag man sich als mickriges Land erlauben, wo man Sorge hat, wenn paar Fremde im Land schon die Hälfte der gesamten Bevölkerung ausmachen. Aber insbesondere im 21. Jahrhundert, noch dazu bei den großen Ländern mit starken Wirtschaften und allem Kram, ist solches Mindset, und Abhandlungen dessen, doch einfach nur Quark.


Im Unterschied dazu, mein Mindset setzt viel auf Kommunikation und Kooperation. Ganz konkret, die Nachbarschaftsversammlung, wo im Land lebende Nationalitäten (online) gewählte Repräsentanten haben. Dazu auch eine Weltkarte geführt, mit verschiedenen Layers, wie z.B. zur Anzahl der Ärzte per 100.000 Einwohner im Land, um gemeinsam sehen zu können, welche Länder da in dem Bezug Unterstützung benötigen.

Und so manch weiteres, wie auch allgemein zu den Thematiken bei den Flüchtlingen. Im Beispiel, mit afghanischer Vertretung sich mal angesehen, wie so der Stand der Dinge zu Bildungsgrad der Afghanen im Land, usw., und ggf. Programm zur Unterstützung. Und auch afghanische Journalisten-im-Exil unterstützt. Bis hin zu Option einen AfghanCorps aufzustellen, also z.B. 50.000 Mann, die erstmal wie damals auch die Finnen beim preußischen Militär dabei sind.

Und aus den Vertretungen der Nationalitäten, deren Heimatland unfrei ist, könnte man wie Ausschuss der Versammlung machen, die den “Flüchtlingsrat” darstellen, also direkte Vertretungen der Nationalitäten, die von den ganzen Thematiken weit eher betroffen sind, als dies der Fall bei den Entscheidungsträgern ist, die aber eben aus deren Position da eher helfen können, als was sich paar arme Leute selbst so auf die Beine stellen können.

Die 4-Tagewoche

Zuvor hatte ich es schon mal angemerkt – ich selbst bin allgemein dafür, zu schauen, wie man zu der sogenannten 4-Tagewoche kommt, also dass man als Arbeitnehmer in Vollzeit je Woche vier- statt fünf-mal auf Arbeit ist.

Für manche Leute mag das ein Schreckensgespinst sein, weil es sich danach anhört, dass “Weniger Produktionsstunden, und dies je Stunde noch teurer, und dazu in dem Ort oder Branche, Fachkräftemangel.”. Und solche Fragen, sollte man dabei sicherlich nicht außen vor lassen. Aber wer mal selbst insbesondere Schichtarbeit verrichtete, stimmt mir wohl zu, dass es über die Jahre schon etwas schlaucht, und man gesellschaftlich etwas mit Handicap, wenn man arbeitet, während andere auf Party sozial netzwerken, oder was man da so macht. Und mancher Arbeitnehmer würde es wohl schon als Fortschritt sehen, wenn Möglichkeit hätte, 9-Stundenschichten zu verrichten, womit sich Arbeitsweg spart und einfach langes Wochenende jede Woche. Und rechnerisch sind das ja 36 Stunden.

In dem Sinne bin ich dafür, in solche Richtung zu gehen. Dabei sehe ich das nicht in Form von Vorschriften für Betriebe, aber in Form von mit Beispiel voran gehen. Und als solches Beispiel, würde ich mit den (geplanten) ÖPNV-Betrieben je Landkreis anfangen.


Wie zuvor genannt, Vorstellung ist, dass je Landkreis eine wie “Council Tax” (aus UK), über welche die Gehälter der Busfahrer finanziert werden. Als Beispiel, der Landkreis Havelland, und dort zum Anfang 100 Busfahrer. Bei 3.000 Euro brutto, wären das 300.000 Euro an Lohnkosten je Monat. Bei so 150.000 Landkreis-Tax Beiträgen, sind das im Durchschnitt 2 Euro je Kopf, wofür 100 Busfahrer ein Streckennetz im Landkreis bedienen, und dies ganz ohne Bedarf an Fahrscheinen.

Und wie ich das bei den Schichtplänen usw. aufstellen würde, ist ganz einfach davon ausgehen, dass mit 4+1 System gearbeitet wird, wo der Standard 4 Tage, und wer sich dafür einschreiben lässt (sozusagen), der kann noch fünften Tag arbeiten, wenn der Bedarf z.B. um Krankschreibung abzudecken, wofür es Extrageld gibt.

Dabei würde ich erstmal bei 9 Stundenschichten ansetzen, dies inklusive Pausen. Dabei würde ich bei Busfahrern von einer Stunde großer Pause reden, damit einfach kein Stress, wenn in Kantine oder Imbiss viel los ist. Und wohl im Bereich von zwei 30 Minuten Pausen, sowie paar Minuten zwischen den Fahrten. Bzw. wenn die Busfahrer sagen, dass zweimal 15 Minuten ausreicht, und dafür halbe Stunde früher Feierabend, bzw. sogar weniger für Lunch, da wäre man dann also bei 8 Stunden Schichtzeit, wovon an die 7 Stunden erbrachte Fahrleistung sind. Also je Woche an die 2.800 Stunden Fahrleistung um das Streckennetz zu bedienen (bzw. um 100.000 Kilometer Fahrleistung).

Und wenn man das nun so auf das Streckennetz legt, und sich ansieht, was für einen Takt man da also so bieten kann, bei den Linien, da mag man sicherlich sagen, dass das auch dichter geht. Und aber, statt da etwas an doch argumentativ ziemlich vernünftigem Arbeitszeitmodell zu rütteln, ist halt gefragt, die Anzahl der Stellen zu erhöhen, wo mit 200 Busfahrern der Takt halbiert werden kann. Und das würde je Landkreis-Tax-Beitrag also 4 Euro je Kopf bedeuten, aber dafür einfach Service unweit der Haustür, sowie je Landkreis halt auch Stellen, die es zu besetzen gilt, und somit allgemein im Landkreis mehr Erwerbsmöglichkeiten.

Solches Modell würde ich dabei nicht überall so nutzen. Als gleich weiteres, die Berufsfeuerwehr je Landkreis. Da wäre eine Option, dass Notrufsanitäter jede Woche dreimal 12 Stunden Schichten machen (und aller paar Wochen auch mal was anderes). Aber das mit dem ÖPNV-Betrieb als Beispiel, wie man einfach so 4-Tagewoche hat, mit locker 25% der Kapazität extra verfügbar, wenn gebraucht wird. Also z.B. Sportveranstaltung mit vielen Besuchern, und Busfahrer machen für die Woche 5. Extraschicht.

Dazu noch die Anmerkung, dass die 4-Tagewoche bei den 52 Wochen im Jahr bedeutet, dass es also 52 Tage mehr frei gibt. Dies ist Mega. Aber bedeutet auch, dass ich bei dem ÖPNV-Betrieb nicht groß mit Anzahl an Urlaubstagen winke. Lies, wenn man derzeit bei manchen Betrieben so 30 Urlaubstage hat, das bedeutet bei 5-Tagewoche, 6 Wochen Urlaub. Bei 4-Tagewoche braucht es für die 6 Wochen Urlaub nur 24 Urlaubstage, wenn man von den 6-Wochen als gewissen zivilisierten Standard ausgeht, plus die 46 extra freien Tage in den anderen Wochen, was in Anzahl fast 7 Wochen entspricht.

Herrscher und Romantisierungen

Zwischen den Schlagzeilen dieser Tage, findet sich die Preisverleihung des Karlspreises. Dieser Preis wurde nach Karl dem Großen benannt, als wie Träger einer europäischen Nachbarschaft, “Vater von Europa” und so.

Ich selbst finde solche Ehrung nicht ok. Dazu erstmal ganz kurz zum 8. Jahrhundert in Europa. Da gab es also diese Eroberungen, und dies mit Massenrichtungen, und Strafe dafür, wenn jemand vom Christentum abwich, und so weiter.

Im 8. Jahrhundert mag das halt so gewesen sein. Aber wenn man solche Art an Herrschaft auf die heutige Karte legt, da sieht das nicht wirklich viel anders aus, als bei ISIS, wo es halt statt Christentum, Islam ist, oder auch bei Nazis, deren Plan war, ihre Ideologie als die neue Monoreligion einzuführen (siehe dazu z.B. Lebensborn, und Hinrichtungen sogar von Katholiken, und weiteres).

Und meiner Auffassung nach ein ziemliches Problem ist, dass aus Herrschern, wie dem Karl oder auch z.B. arabischen, ein Götzenbild gemacht wird, im Namen von Romantisierung der Geschichte, für irgendwelches “good feeling” oder wie. Denn das trägt ja argumentativ schon zu gewisser Normalisierung solcher Herrschaften bei. Im Beispiel, womit ist ein Adolf Hitler aufgewachsen? Mit wie Actionfilmen davon, dass der Karl stark und hart war, und dass das ist, wonach es zu streben gilt? Und womit wachsen Kinder heutzutage auf? Mit Geschichten davon, wie toll das ist, gewaltsam Gebiet zu erobern, im Namen eines Megastaates, außer wenn es muslimische Dynastie war, die bis nach Spanien kam, das war nicht toll – während im ähnlichen Sinne Geschichten auch arabisch erzählt werden, wo die Rollen etwas anders, und so weiter.


Dabei spitze ich es etwas zu, im Sinne einer Karikatur. Aber Fakt ist halt, dass es in Europa so allgemein als schon “Oh, wow, der hat was erobert.” gilt, wenn man sagt, dass eben ein Karl deswegen geehrt wird, weil er die Sachsen unterjocht hat. Und aber, wenn ich also so: “Yo, Preußen annektiert Sachsen, und mir egal was Sachsen dazu sagen, eines Tages können dafür halt einen Preis nach mir benennen.”, das ist doch überhaupt nicht im nachbarschaftlichen Sinne dessen, was die Europäische Union zu erzielen sucht.

Zusammengefasst, der Karlspreis ist keine militärische Ehrung. Aber mit dem auf ein Podest stellen, des Karls, steht der Karl halt auf Podest, wo dann ganz viele Leute nicht unbedingt so im Detail wissen, warum der auf ein Podest gestellt wurde, und aber hängenbleibt, dass der Karl also ganz toll, sich einfach so viel Europa zu erobern, und dies noch dazu mit wie höchster Auszeichnung der Herrscher in Europa, die mit solchem Leitbild ziemlich merkwürdig dastehen, in wie Märchenstunde.


Dementsprechend halte ich nichts davon, bei einem solchem Kult mitzumachen. Wobei ich nicht alle Bilder von Karl auf Scheiterhaufen schmeißen würde. Also, ich finde es ok, wenn Gemälde ausgestellt werden, oder jemand Buch veröffentlicht, im Sinne von “Was für ein Kerl, der mal für etwas Ordnung gesorgt hat!”, und ähnliches. Aber, ein Vorbild war der Mangel an Manieren, auch schon seinerzeit eher nicht. Worüber man historisch viel reden kann – eine Auslegung davon, dass sich die Herrscher von morgen an dem Karl ein Beispiel nehmen sollen, ergibt sich mir da aber einfach überhaupt nicht. Und solche Auslegung finde ich eben auch gesellschaftlich nicht gut, wenn die Gesellschaft also zu sagen scheint, dass getötete Kinder in Iran halt der Preis dafür sind, damit die Elite von morgen alle nach einem Muster eines Corporate Brands laufen, wo man ja mittlerweile Kriegsverbrechen sogar in Echtzeit zu sehen bekommt, und als ob irgendwie halt des Alltags wäre – was ja halt ziemlich krass so ist.

Landwirtschaftlicher Überschuss und Abnahme

Im vorherigen Beitrag nannte ich den Aufkauf von landwirtschaftlichem Überschuss. Hierzu erstmal allgemein über die derzeitige Lage.

Zur Veranschaulichung, ein Landwirt in Niedersachsen, mit 700 Tonnen an Kartoffeln, die ihm der Markt nicht abgenommen hatte. Und mit solchem Überschuss, kann schon sein, dass so mancher Landwirt in nächsten Runden weniger an Kartoffeln pflanzt, um sich den Zeitaufwand bzw. auch Flächennutzung dafür zu sparen.

Dies ist meiner Ansicht nach schade, weil es ja nun wirklich nicht so ein Aufwand wäre, solche 700 Tonnen in die Verarbeitung zu bringen. Dabei kann man von einer Tonne so ca. 5.000 Portionen als Beilage machen, also bei 500 Tonnen, 2,5 Millionen Portionen.


Und meine Vorstellung dabei ist ganz einfach, dass man allgemein eine Abnahme (mit Abholung) zu einem Preis anbietet, wie z.B. erstmal 50 Euro pro Tonne. Das ist zwar deutlich weniger als was der Markt so zahlt. Aber, wären bei 500 Tonnen also 25.000 Euro.

Aus staatlicher Sicht bedeuten solches Deal, dass man für eine Million Euro, 20.000 Tonnen an Kartoffeln hat, bzw. 100 Millionen an Kartoffelportionen. Und die würde ich zum Teil einfach direkt versenden – wo, was an Qualität nicht so gut sein mag, locker als Viehfutter genutzt. Und zum Teil weiterverarbeitet, also im Sinne wie Fabrik für Lebensmittelkonserven. Und diese Produktion, z.B. um Lebensmittelspeicher der Berufsfeuerwehr zu füllen, sowie aber auch an Häfen, wo man Handelsvertretung hat, bzw. als Beitrag für humanitäre Hilfe bei Lagen wie derzeit noch z.B. in Gaza und Sudan.

In dem Sinne würde ich also einfach sagen, dass jährlich paar finanzielle Mittel hierfür reserviert sind, wo man mit Tabelle ran geht, bezüglich was man vorhat zu (ungefähr) welchem Preis zu kaufen, und in welcher Menge. Und da muss man dann halt nur schauen, dass man es logistisch hinbekommt, wie Güterzug der 500 Tonnen zum Hafen bringt, usw. Aber alles überschaubar, und meiner Ansicht nach ein großer Nutzen, da nicht Masse an Tonnen vergammeln zu lassen, für welche überregional eigentlich Nachfrage besteht, wenn auch solche Nachfrage kaum Kaufkraft hat.