<div dir="auto">I vote for that Mathias! <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Asking a Question</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Someone knows what is going on Pi Radio in Berlin? Are they still sending?</div><div dir="auto">Trying to Communicate.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, 7 Mar 2022, 10:26 Mathias Fuchs, <<a href="mailto:mathias.fuchs@creativegames.org.uk">mathias.fuchs@creativegames.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Andreas,<br>
<br>
good question (see below) and a difficult one too.<br>
<br>
At the moment there are discussions across different parties and groups <br>
in Austria to consider whether the "eternal neutrality" that has been <br>
negotiated and agreed upon by Austria, the US, France, UK and the Soviet <br>
Union in 1955, should be abolished and instead an attempt should be made <br>
that Austria becomes a NATO member.<br>
<br>
I don't know whether this would be major breach of international law. It <br>
probably is. I think, however, for countries who can avoid becoming <br>
militarised, this sticking to non-interference in wars is a chance for <br>
what you are looking for: peace and freedom!<br>
<br>
I am worried that the Austrians are about to raise military budget - <br>
that was below 1% of the gross domestic product - to 1% now. From 2010 <br>
to 2020 the expenses for the Austrian military services have always been <br>
in between 0.7 ot 0.8 % of the GDP. Now Bundeskanzler Karl Nehammer asks <br>
for an increase to 1% and in the end there is a goal to raise it to 2% <br>
of the GDP.<br>
<br>
This is not just a cosmetic change. It means that other sectors of <br>
society (the arts, culture, schools, the health sector) will have to get <br>
accustomed to savings policies.<br>
<br>
Now here is my answer to your question of how can we live in peace and <br>
freedom: Maybe we should stick to neutrality, maybe we should spend the <br>
money our nation has - and that is our money, tax money and other -on <br>
kindergardens, schools, on a lively artistic scene, on a critical <br>
infrastructure of activists and intellectuals. !!! And not spend our <br>
money on missiles, tanks and mid range rockets.<br>
<br>
What about that?<br>
<br>
Mathias (and once more: I am not advocating the Russian invasion, I have <br>
high sympathies for the civil population in the Ucraine)<br>
<br>
<br>
On 07.03.22 12:05, Andreas Broeckmann wrote:<br>
> Personally, I would prefer to start the conversation with the simple <br>
> question, what is required so that everybody can live in peace and <br>
> freedom? And rather than assume a trope like the "spheres of <br>
> influence" as a given, I would only want to discuss how this war can <br>
> be stopped, and how a situation in which future wars can be prevented. <br>
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-- <br>
Dr. habil. Mathias Fuchs<br>
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