[spectre] what is required so that everybody can live in peace and freedom

[Matias Schüttenberg]

I vote for that Mathias!

Asking a Question

Someone knows what is going on Pi Radio in Berlin?  Are they still sending?
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On Mon, 7 Mar 2022, 10:26 Mathias Fuchs, <mathias.fuchs at creativegames.org.uk>
wrote:

> Dear Andreas,
>
> good question (see below) and a difficult one too.
>
> At the moment there are discussions across different parties and groups
> in Austria to consider whether the "eternal neutrality" that has been
> negotiated and agreed upon by Austria, the US, France, UK and the Soviet
> Union in 1955, should be abolished and instead an attempt should be made
> that Austria becomes a NATO member.
>
> I don't know whether this would be major breach of international law. It
> probably is. I think, however, for countries who can avoid becoming
> militarised, this sticking to non-interference in wars is a chance for
> what you are looking for: peace and freedom!
>
> I am worried that the Austrians are about to raise military budget -
> that was below 1% of the gross domestic product - to 1% now. From 2010
> to 2020 the expenses for the Austrian military services have always been
> in between 0.7 ot 0.8 % of the GDP. Now Bundeskanzler Karl Nehammer asks
> for an increase to 1% and in the end there is a goal to raise it to 2%
> of the GDP.
>
> This is not just a cosmetic change. It means that other sectors of
> society (the arts, culture, schools, the health sector) will have to get
> accustomed to savings policies.
>
> Now here is my answer to your question of how can we live in peace and
> freedom: Maybe we should stick to neutrality, maybe we should spend the
> money our nation has  - and that is our money, tax money and other -on
> kindergardens, schools, on a lively artistic scene, on a critical
> infrastructure of activists and intellectuals. !!!   And not spend our
> money on missiles, tanks and mid range rockets.
>
> What about that?
>
> Mathias (and once more: I am not advocating the Russian invasion, I have
> high sympathies for the civil population in the Ucraine)
>
>
> On 07.03.22 12:05, Andreas Broeckmann wrote:
> > Personally, I would prefer to start the conversation with the simple
> > question, what is required so that everybody can live in peace and
> > freedom? And rather than assume a trope like the "spheres of
> > influence" as a given, I would only want to discuss how this war can
> > be stopped, and how a situation in which future wars can be prevented.
>
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