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  • The book „Feeling Great“ by David Burns is a good first-order approximation of therapy. It has lots of „exercises“, too, which I recommend doing (both on cases from the book, and then later on yourself).

    What differs David‘s approach from most other therapists is that he sort of weaponizes your own internal resistance against change against you. He makes you write down the POSITIVES of your pathological behavior (and trains you to notice them); and then asks „well why would you want to change if there are so many benefits“?

    This works wonders to getting people to say „ok I see that but I am really suffering please help me change“.

    I found it helpful, though be aware that I had therapy in the past so I kinda know my way around my own feelings and what usually happens in a therapy.

    That is to say, this book does not replace therapy.



  • Wealth tax is very popular across voters. Now is the time to push for it.

    1. Zack doesn’t have to be elected to push the Overton window on this. Look at what Farage accomplished over the last years, and he got his first MP, when, a year ago or so?

    2. we need to be compassionate with each other. Remember that reform voters get propaganda served all day every day, and so it’s natural for them to accept it at some point. Don’t hate the people for it when they can barely feed their kids.

    3. the right has a very compelling story: your living conditions are bad because of the foreigners. They keep telling that story again and again, and on a superficial level it seems to make sense. We need an alternative, positive story that is forward looking. How do we want our future to look like?


  • HaiZhung@feddit.orgtotja@feddit.orgtja
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    18 days ago

    Es ist aber nicht gut, weil die Unmengen an Kohle haben um damit Lobbyieren zu gehen. Wenn sie früher ein Interesse an Regulierung Richtung verbrenner-aus hatten, gehen sie jetzt quasi all in auf „der Planet ist gefickt, lass noch mitnehmen was geht“.

    Und dafür werden die sich dann auch beim Merz einsetzen, wenn’s hart auf hart kommt.











  • HaiZhung@feddit.orgtoich_iel@feddit.orgich🙏✝️iel
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    1 month ago

    Es ist ein beliebter Trick, Einkommen und Vermögen zu vermischen.

    In Deutschland ist das Vermögen viel krasser konzentriert als das Einkommen. Wenn wir davon reden, die Überreichen zu besteuern, geht es nicht um Ärzte, Anwälte oder Banker. Es geht um Individuen mit >100 millionen Euro in Assets. 75% von denen haben dieses Vermögen geerbt.

    Du gehörst da wahrscheinlich nicht dazu, und wirst nie dazugehören.



  • One of the most important drivers is the abolition of wealth taxes in the 70‘s. Although there is no exact date on which it happened (since wealth taxation in the US was fairly complicated, and rolled back over several decades); the 70s certainly played a pivotal role.

    With no wealth taxation, nothing stops the ultra rich from amassing all the wealth, outcompeting workers and middle class. That’s what you are seeing here.

    The good news is: all this productivity increase was real. The wealth increase is real. We just have to give it back to the ordinary people, and will see a massive economic boost across the globe. There’s just one little thing stopping us: we gotta tax the ultra rich ;-)