Privatisation is wholesale theft of public property.

Unless he was secretly employed by one of the Russian intelligence agencies, or in another way involved with state secrets, I doubt they’ll go through the hassle of assassinating him abroad.

They somehow need to make the fact that the war is dragging on and causing all sorts of hardships palatable to the public. And how would that sell better than with a powerful enemy?

Oh Poland did it again. They brazenly placed their airspace right in the way of a special drone operation. They really should stop being so agggressive. /s

It’s propaganda aimed at a domestic audience to explain the hardships resulting from the war, and at Putin bootlickers abroad to prop up the innocent victim narrative.

That, too, of course, but that depreciation is just a sign of how artificially inflated prices are. New cars are a scam. Even more so if they are enshittified beyond belief.

Yes, the bullshit, Mr Peskov, the human manure spreader, is spewing, is intended for 1. a domestic audience and 2. for all those Putin bootlickers abroad. It’s nothing but propaganda.

After the unsolicited inverse aggression of Poland and Romania placing their airspace in the path of a Russian drone strike on Ukraine, this is the logical next step.

Comrade Peskov once more spews a bunch of bullshit, more news at 5 o’ clock.

around here, the typical limit is 50km/h.

In order to “swim” with the flow of traffic, a vehicle should have some margin above the top speed it’s supposed to go.

Most of them aren’t that affordable.

Yes, when it comes to serviceability, the automotive world peaked several decades ago. Enshittification of cars started in the mid 2000s.

Yes, two manufacturers, in total two models. Of how many car manufacturers in Europe?

Those cars did have another big benefit over modern cars. They were very simple and therefore easy to service and repair yourself. A feature virtually lost in modern cars.

Either you forgot 8 years, or the party owes you a favour.

They do have the kind of AC you can wind down by turning a crank handle in the door. A/C is nice, but you can live without it.

The actual problem with those moped cars is that they are too slow to not even impede the relatively slow traffic in cities.

If it hadn’t already been established long ago, vile creeps like Peter Hummelgaard would lobby against postal privacy, too.

But they have been growing ever bigger and ever more expensive. There are barely any European manufacturers who build a small, practical, and affordable car.

Those aren’t real cars, they are an obstacle to traffic.

Murdoch media aren’t that much of a thing in Germany, but we have something equally bad: The Axel Springer conglomerate. They also do own a few international outlets, unfortunately.