also, no, no one gets to sacrifice us upon the altar of political purity, letalone in exchange for neoliberal capitalism. the fuck
EDIT: this clarification what i needed. i was already primed to read this as transphobic by an interaction i had with a transphobe today and took it out on you, sorry. i still think your point could have been better worded.
West germany was a police state until the 68er kicked off. It still was one, the 68er --> RAF conversion rate was just too low to change it.
Notably, the CDU/CSU were fashists back then even not wanting the RAF to have a trial
But I can’t say that the DDR was really better tho, with Honecker not giving a shit about reforms, it was doomed to fail.
But I would really like an alternative universe where private businesses are taxed way more in order to fund the DDR style of state owned businesses, essentially acting as a replacement for Bürgergeld but in a way where people who are not desirable in a capitalist market can still work, climb the ladder and find themselves with all the social benefits of a social system
West Germany: famously not a police state. /s
also, no, no one gets to sacrifice us upon the altar of political purity, letalone in exchange for neoliberal capitalism. the fuckEDIT: this clarification what i needed. i was already primed to read this as transphobic by an interaction i had with a transphobe today and took it out on you, sorry. i still think your point could have been better worded.
West germany was a police state until the 68er kicked off. It still was one, the 68er --> RAF conversion rate was just too low to change it.
Notably, the CDU/CSU were fashists back then even not wanting the RAF to have a trial
But I can’t say that the DDR was really better tho, with Honecker not giving a shit about reforms, it was doomed to fail.
But I would really like an alternative universe where private businesses are taxed way more in order to fund the DDR style of state owned businesses, essentially acting as a replacement for Bürgergeld but in a way where people who are not desirable in a capitalist market can still work, climb the ladder and find themselves with all the social benefits of a social system