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  • She certainly was better than the current chancellor. However, the nostalgia paints her much better than she was, similar to what’s happening with George W. Bush. She stood in the way of many better decisions for the country and the world. She allowed truely bad people to repeatedly be part of her team, who eroded trust in the political system with their actions.

    One could argue that with the current system their were no better options. But she did take part in creating/shaping/maintaining that system. She did have a lot of power to change things for the better and did not use it. Were their other people/chancellor candidates who would have used it? Maybe not. But it still doesn’t excuse her.





  • On the one hand, news and information are important. We need them as a basis for action.

    On the other hand, I feel that news are often shared with the hope that someone else will act according to the new information. This applies to scientists, journalists and also posters on social media. This is a very logical assumption. Unfortunately, the action part is sadly much smaller than we had hoped. However, I feel many people (especially scientists) get completely stuck in the logic that information leads to action and try to combat that by sharing even more information, researching for even more details etc.

    Instead we should embrace action and invite others to join. However, this somewhat conflicts with the pseudonymity of lemmy. But it may be easier on other platforms, where people more easily share their real identity (mastodon, pixelfed, loops and their commercial counterparts).