Olav Dreier
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Olav Dreier
@upfrontthinker.bsky.social
Former Business Architect and Requirements Engineer, now Freeskier, Traveller, Blogger, and Author (Tour of Swiss Mountains). Lived in Germany, USA, Austria, and now Switzerland.

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And it’s not even socialism, but democratic socialism. Many European countries have the same system.
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Da scheinen alle Populisten voneinander abzuschreiben.

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The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.
October 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Jemand der so spricht „Migration -> Problem -> Stadtbild -> Rückführungen“ versteht die Herausforderungen der Zukunft nicht, oder er versteht sie und hat keine Lösung parat.
October 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Thank you for enlightening me. Didn’t know that.

This tradition still feels wrong. Norway and Japan also call on Tradition when they kill whales and dolphins out of pure fun.
October 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Are you trying to appease the NRA, sir? Was this official Governor's business or your privat pastime? The answer will decide about unfollowing you.
October 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Die, die ihr Unternehmen retten wollen, sollten neue Produkte bringen, also investieren.

Soll es hier wieder heissen "Gewinne werden internalisiert, Verluste und Investitionen externalisiert"?

Falls Letzteres, müsste der Staat in guten Zeiten Geld abschöpfen und in einen Rettungstopf legen.
October 9, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Germany apparently not so sure it wants to save its auto sector by making it competitive.
German auto summit tomorrow.

The sole focus on the EU combustion engine phase-out, which is 10 years away, is baffling because German cars have a demand problem today

Berlin worries a new EV subsidy scheme would be fiscally too expensive.

But demand-side support is a fiscal no-brainer here.

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October 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"President Trump had enough of it" - that purses get snatched. Unless he snatches them himself, of course.
October 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Mit welcher Reform will Frau Gas Reiche die deutschen Unternehmen motivieren, zukunftsfähige Produkte zu produzieren?

Das Auslaufen der Verbrenner war und ist so eine Reform, ohne die die Eigentümer der Unternehmen und deren teuersten Mitarbeitenden nichts unternommen hätten.
October 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Merken die Arbeitnehmenden nicht, dass deren Jobs nur durch Zukunftstechnologien gerettet werden können? Warum wollen die CEOs das nicht?

Der Grund für das langsamere Aus sind die Öl-Produzenten, die weiter Öl verkaufen können wollen.

Da hilft keine Wurst.
October 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Ah, bei "clean voter rolls" meint er sicher, ohne die lästigen Demokraten.
October 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It might be b/c farmers have huge tractors which love to march into capitals, e.g. Brussels.
October 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Konnte das Regime schon erklären, wer dieser "Feind im Inneren" ist? Nur Antifaschisten oder alle, die ihn nicht lieben?

Dann haben die Generäle ihren Auftrag erhalten, oder? Der Feind im Inneren ist der, der die Verfassung mit Füssen tritt, die sie geschworen haben zu schützen.
October 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Yes you did and are right. My mistake to not try to understand your statement first. I hope that you are right about a free election.
September 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Plus Kontrollschild-Scan. Natürlich zuerst nur für die bösen Ausländer, aber mit Potenzial für mehr.
September 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
While we are on the subject: the day is not getting a lot better.

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This is terrifying. Hegseth is summoning all flag officers from around the globe to Quantico the night before republicans shut down the government. Is this a final purge of dissidents? Are they going to use a government shutdown as pretext for massive domestic military mobilization?
🚨 Calling all admirals & generals together as a budget shutdown, command reorganizations & mass firings loom⁉️

What are they plotting?

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September 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"Die Medien" des Boulevard, also deren Eigentümer und Investoren wollen ihn so, da "versagt" niemand. Ist er der "Just Dance" Vance zum genauso unfähigen FriedriSchMerz?

Aber tatsächlich wollen die keinen von beiden, sondern braune Schlümpfe und Schlumpfinnen.
September 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Fühlt sie sich jetzt befreit von ihrem Ehemann, der gesagt hat "women's natural place is under their husband's control"?
September 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Oh nein! Das war nicht meine Absicht.
September 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I wish I could make you feel better.

Are you referring to the one in which the winner has already declared himself? In case he'd not be in office anymore, JD "Just Dance" Vance will be in office. The military and the SA aka ICE goons will be "protecting" the boxes in blue districts.
September 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Da könnte auch der berühmte Sack Reis umfallen... Müssen wir uns darauf gefasst machen, schon bald von der #Tagesschau russische oder AfD Propaganda-Shows live sehen zu müssen/dürfen?
September 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
That very much depends on the Nuremberg trials, which must have taken place before 2028 so that any Dem stands a chance of being declared the winner against any MAGA fascist dictator.
September 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Will Nuremberg, PA be chosen for the trials of Trump‘s fascists once they have been apprehended?
September 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM