Yes, I desire English to be an official language in all of the EU countries. We need unity. I don’t care what happens outside of the EU.
Isn’t it already? And where is the unity then?
But I only met my wife outside of my continent because she spoke English. Communication connects people.
You are very lucky. Communication is indeed important, and English does pragmatically help a lot with international exchanges. I only disagree with your claim that we need (only) English for that. But even so, not all content produced on a platform is meant for international consumption. So it is only natural that it will be in the language of the target audience.
I’ll look up XHS, thanks.
Hope you enjoy it :)
Being strict is not how I’m going to handle my life. Now that I need to guide younger employees, I’m not going to order them around. I’m just going to talk to them and try to make them understand. If they refuse, then I’ll take a step back. If shit hits the fan then I’ll offer help. When the shit is cleaned up, I’ll communicate how they can prevent the shit in the future.
My wife’s pregnant, I don’t feel like being a strict parent. I want my kid to be able to think for itself.
The actions of a government cannot be judged on the same basis as the actions of an individual. I agree that you should be foremost communicative and helpful as a manager, an employer, an employee, a person, a parent. But the government operates on a different level. It can’t be too lax with ensuring smooth operation of its society, economy and law enforcement. On the other hand, being too strict like some Muslim countries or the DPRK, the former due to their cultural background, the latter due to a state of belligerency with its neighbour and the constant danger of a war breaking out, is also not the ideal that governments should strive for. I’ve been to Russia and China before and spoken with people from both countries, online and offline, admirable people with great critical thinking. They don’t consider that the laws are too strict; on the other hand, they think that we in the west are strange or even funny when it comes to legislation and law enforcement.
Don’t get me wrong, usually I am the one talking good about china. Their economy boomed tremendously. Poverty went down by far.
We actually both agree in a lot of aspects. :)
She’s indonesian and a lot of Chinese people are near her area where she grew up. She doesn’t like them. That’s her choice, I guess she’ll have her reasons. Mainly because she worked for Chinese owned law practices and had many Chinese clients. I’m guessing it’s just typical employee disliking their boss stuff.
Understandable, but still one should not judge a book by its cover, or a people by speaking with a few persons.
English is allowed in a lot of instances here in Belgium, but it’s not an official language. Here it would be Dutch, french and German.
In practice, employees at city hall will just speak English but if they kept themselves to the rules then they would have to speak one of the official languages to the person.
The unity is present when we’re looking at the Ukraine-Russian war. Only Hungary is opposed.
I do believe there’s a sense of unity within Europe.
You say you went to Russia and they think we’re too lax. Now when the war broke loose. People protested and they were arrested. Opposition seemingly is silenced in Russia. Their broadcasting, just like in EU, sells a story.
We don’t have much of a choice. Neither do the Russians.
It’s an unfortunate situation.
I think the communists side with Russia because of its history, not its present state. The history of the USSR is vast and impactful for communists.
However, current day Russia looks like an oligarchy to me. Putin is one wealthy dude. Some sources say he’s worth 200 billion USD.
To me, Ukraine is like Palestine and Russia is like Israel.
To communists it’s not like that.
It’s very simple to me. The one crossing the border with their army is the aggressor.
It seems as if you are absolute in your beliefs and not willing to actually understand others’ viewpoints. A lot of comrades have replied to you in this same post but your answers say a lot about you. And since you mentioned being somewhat of a capitalist yourself in another comment, it looks like you’re predisposed of blindly accepting western brainwash. I don’t like to judge people but you do give off that kind of impression.
Maybe staying in touch with a Marxist-Leninist instance will be of long-term benefit for you. Maybe not. Politics are not as simple as you seem to think.
Isn’t it already? And where is the unity then?
You are very lucky. Communication is indeed important, and English does pragmatically help a lot with international exchanges. I only disagree with your claim that we need (only) English for that. But even so, not all content produced on a platform is meant for international consumption. So it is only natural that it will be in the language of the target audience.
Hope you enjoy it :)
The actions of a government cannot be judged on the same basis as the actions of an individual. I agree that you should be foremost communicative and helpful as a manager, an employer, an employee, a person, a parent. But the government operates on a different level. It can’t be too lax with ensuring smooth operation of its society, economy and law enforcement. On the other hand, being too strict like some Muslim countries or the DPRK, the former due to their cultural background, the latter due to a state of belligerency with its neighbour and the constant danger of a war breaking out, is also not the ideal that governments should strive for. I’ve been to Russia and China before and spoken with people from both countries, online and offline, admirable people with great critical thinking. They don’t consider that the laws are too strict; on the other hand, they think that we in the west are strange or even funny when it comes to legislation and law enforcement.
We actually both agree in a lot of aspects. :)
Understandable, but still one should not judge a book by its cover, or a people by speaking with a few persons.
English is allowed in a lot of instances here in Belgium, but it’s not an official language. Here it would be Dutch, french and German.
In practice, employees at city hall will just speak English but if they kept themselves to the rules then they would have to speak one of the official languages to the person.
The unity is present when we’re looking at the Ukraine-Russian war. Only Hungary is opposed.
I do believe there’s a sense of unity within Europe.
You say you went to Russia and they think we’re too lax. Now when the war broke loose. People protested and they were arrested. Opposition seemingly is silenced in Russia. Their broadcasting, just like in EU, sells a story.
We don’t have much of a choice. Neither do the Russians.
It’s an unfortunate situation.
I think the communists side with Russia because of its history, not its present state. The history of the USSR is vast and impactful for communists.
However, current day Russia looks like an oligarchy to me. Putin is one wealthy dude. Some sources say he’s worth 200 billion USD.
To me, Ukraine is like Palestine and Russia is like Israel.
To communists it’s not like that.
It’s very simple to me. The one crossing the border with their army is the aggressor.
It seems as if you are absolute in your beliefs and not willing to actually understand others’ viewpoints. A lot of comrades have replied to you in this same post but your answers say a lot about you. And since you mentioned being somewhat of a capitalist yourself in another comment, it looks like you’re predisposed of blindly accepting western brainwash. I don’t like to judge people but you do give off that kind of impression.
Maybe staying in touch with a Marxist-Leninist instance will be of long-term benefit for you. Maybe not. Politics are not as simple as you seem to think.
Best wishes.