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The digression 55 Digital ripped off – A credit card on the wrong track

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0:00:31 – 0:00:39 Hello and welcome to a new edition of the digression, where I occasionally,
0:00:39 – 0:00:50 In fact, it's always a bit off topic, more or less. Today's
0:00:50 – 0:01:01 The subject is once again completely private in nature. It's about rip-off, it's about abuse,
0:01:01 – 0:01:08 It's about card abuse. If you hear any noise in the background,
0:01:08 – 0:01:15 I apologise, it is my neighbors who live above me and not the
0:01:15 – 0:01:21 They are the quietest people. God bless them. Yes, yes.
0:01:21 – 0:01:38 Yes, the story is relatively simple. So let's just say last week I'm sitting on the weekend
0:01:38 – 0:01:46 so in the living room, rejoice in life, send my mobile phone for a moment and see, oh,
0:01:46 – 0:01:55 There was an activity on my PayPal account a minute or two ago. And I look,
0:01:55 – 0:02:12 Some 20, 21, 22 U.S. cents were deducted for some kind of bibliography or something. Don't tell me anything. Briefly
0:02:12 – 0:02:28 googled. Aha, some cell phone app. Well, not two minutes later came 350 euros for Miracle LLC.
0:02:28 – 0:02:39 And good, then I logged into my PayPal and looked. Okay, there's something
0:02:39 – 0:02:46 purchased via my parenthesis on Business parenthesis to credit card from PayPal.
0:02:46 – 0:02:50 Yes, you can do that.
0:02:50 – 0:02:52 In the meantime, I think you can also do this as a private customer,
0:02:52 – 0:02:56 If you have a business account, you can also
0:02:56 – 0:03:00 In the past, you could get a credit card, but
0:03:00 – 0:03:05 Yes, a linked credit card with an account, i.e. not a real credit card,
0:03:05 – 0:03:09 It's one that works like PayPal.
0:03:09 – 0:03:12 And what am I supposed to say?
0:03:12 – 0:03:14 Long story short.
0:03:14 – 0:03:20 I called PayPal.
0:03:20 – 0:03:25 It's not so easy until you get someone to do it.
0:03:25 – 0:03:28 because they now have a nonsense robot,
0:03:28 – 0:03:33 Then one of those things all the time and then,
0:03:33 – 0:03:40 "Yes, do this, do that. Do you have any questions? Yes." And these typical tricks,
0:03:40 – 0:03:53 Like singing melodically into the phone, so "la la li la la la lo" doesn't work.
0:03:53 – 0:04:00 And at some point I just got a person to talk about the business options,
0:04:00 – 0:04:06 a very nice gentleman, who also talked to me and because you are especially at the weekend
0:04:06 – 0:04:11 had to be fast, that must be before 7 p.m., because then the hotline is no longer occupied,
0:04:11 – 0:04:21 I have briefly described the one arrow and he said, yes, there was now a whole bunch
0:04:21 – 0:04:33 Activities within the last 30, 40 minutes. This Bible blip thing went through and the
0:04:33 – 0:04:40 Miracle Inc. or LCC. Then there's a whole bunch of blocked
0:04:40 – 0:04:48 activities. And I was like, okay, yeah, we gotta open a case now. I am like this,
0:04:48 – 0:04:50 But first we go and block the card.
0:04:50 – 0:04:54 Then he went, blocked the card, or canceled it.
0:04:54 – 0:04:56 He said you need a new one?
0:04:56 – 0:05:03 I do so, yes, because one or two things that are important to me are just running over the map.
0:05:03 – 0:05:11 He said, yes, I see that only three things have been charged for ages.
0:05:11 – 0:05:19 So once the domain and then still other things that I need for the
0:05:19 – 0:05:24 Podcasts are small amounts. I mean, I think so too
0:05:24 – 0:05:29 It's stupid that you need a credit card for this and that you can't do it via PayPal or ideally
0:05:29 – 0:05:35 It can be used as a SEPA procedure, but as sad as it is, it is so.
0:05:35 – 0:05:46 So, card blocked, a new one, made immediately and then I opened a case. Briefly
0:05:46 – 0:05:54 described situation and then I thought, I'm here at my hometown, I'm sitting here in Dortmund
0:05:54 – 0:06:03 and I'm not kind of … I didn't know the currency either, kind of like AF bla bla bla, he knew
0:06:03 – 0:06:08 Not even where it came from. Then I googled for a moment and then it was a currency from the
0:06:08 – 0:06:19 United Arab Emirates. And afterwards I googled what kind of company this is,
0:06:19 – 0:06:29 And that's one that sells adventure events and tickets for amusement parks back there.
0:06:29 – 0:06:40 Yes, it's all done and then you have to wait. Someday they'll have the money.
0:06:40 – 0:06:47 However, I had already withdrawn from my account, but had already transferred the sum to me beforehand.
0:06:47 – 0:06:55 And then it says yes, they need somehow eight or ten days,
0:06:55 – 0:07:03 You have time to deal with this case. And then every day you look at your email account,
0:07:03 – 0:07:09 what you have especially for Paypal, then you look all the time in Paypal,
0:07:09 – 0:07:15 Whether there are any actions. And today, I record this now on Saturday, then finally came the message,
0:07:15 – 0:07:24 The case was decided in my favor. I wonder how people come
0:07:24 – 0:07:34 to the credit cards there. I have, too. I said earlier that I was only
0:07:34 – 0:07:46 One, two, three things to pay for. These are the domainers, come once a year,
0:07:46 – 0:07:58 And two subscriptions for services I need for a podcast. They are due at the beginning of the month.
0:07:58 – 0:08:06 So, one is almost at the end and the other is at the beginning, so both are about due there.
0:08:06 – 0:08:17 And then you can see that for years now, since 2018 exactly, these are just these
0:08:17 – 0:08:27 Three things that happen regularly. And they are connected via Stripe. I've seen that now
0:08:27 – 0:08:34 I gave it after I re-established it, as in the new credit card number. And
0:08:34 – 0:08:43 Stripe is safe. There was no data leak or anything. So, we're at my credit card number
0:08:43 – 0:08:50 with the security number and so on. And then it fell like scales in front of my eyes.
0:08:50 – 0:08:57 Two years ago, the big TikTok account of my significant other, Sarah,
0:08:57 – 0:09:07 It's been blocked. We went live every night at the time. I cooked and
0:09:07 – 0:09:14 Then we ate together. And after her big account was gone, she
0:09:14 – 0:09:20 put in their second account, took the stop for livestreaming,
0:09:20 – 0:09:26 But you can only stream live if you have 1000 followers there. That's what she's got
0:09:26 – 0:09:34 But I didn't have it at the time. Then we went out and took over some of them.
0:09:34 – 0:09:42 Page, I don't remember which one that is, I think Follower King was that, Follower for TikTok
0:09:42 – 0:09:52 I bought it just to be able to do it with the livestream. We were able to live on the same day.
0:09:52 – 0:10:00 We just had to wait until the others came back, our regular
0:10:00 – 0:10:10 spectators. Because we had so many regular spectators who waited for it every night,
0:10:10 – 0:10:23 We have come. For me it was 30, 40 and for Sarah 1000 on average. When it's bad
0:10:23 – 0:10:32 It was 200, if it went well, 10,000, and it was a whole show. And to simply
0:10:32 – 0:10:37 We went through all this and bought followers.
0:10:37 – 0:10:44 Now nothing has happened in the whole period. As I said, if there is any activity
0:10:44 – 0:10:49 Paypal are, you get an instant notification. I mean, you probably know Paypal. Everyone,
0:10:49 – 0:10:57 If you use it, you know how it works. And nothing ever happened because I've got the stuff
0:10:57 – 0:11:04 separated. So everything that is now connected to the Internet is decoupled from
0:11:04 – 0:11:11 My own private. My personal PayPal is different. You can order pizza or stop.
0:11:11 – 0:11:20 Döner. Things you order on the internet are paid for. But you know,
0:11:20 – 0:11:27 What they did. And the other thing, where also the support, if you let me
0:11:27 – 0:11:34 support in the market, lands on it, that's just an independent account. And then there's also
0:11:34 – 0:11:42 the credit card over it, which is just for these purposes. Yes, and this is the only logical
0:11:42 – 0:11:48 Explanation, the explainable, because at that time I already had difficulties to pay,
0:11:48 – 0:11:57 because in three attempts twice that was rejected, the payment, and only quasi the third time
0:11:57 – 0:12:04 It's gone through. And if you get a little bit involved with the subject, you'll find
0:12:04 – 0:12:13 Find out that this is a common scam. These sites would either be located in the Far East
0:12:13 – 0:12:25 or in the Middle East. And they collect cards into packages and they have the number,
0:12:25 – 0:12:35 they have this three-digit code number, i.e. this number of cards – I have no idea,
0:12:35 – 0:12:38 what that means – this three-digit number, which you have to type in,
0:12:38 – 0:12:49 and the expiration date. And they wait so long until the card, yes, so to speak,
0:12:49 – 0:12:53 all these transactions have come to be forgotten and which still have a certain amount of time
0:12:53 – 0:13:02 are valid. And that happened to me. The good man I talked to about it,
0:13:02 – 0:13:10 PayPal said it happens more often. This, of course, is annoying for them, because if they
0:13:10 – 0:13:16 If they don't get the coal back from the merchants, they'll stay on top of the cost. But
0:13:16 – 0:13:27 You are insured for that. It's just a miserable mockery. My girlfriend had
0:13:27 – 0:13:33 immediately the panic in her eyes that she now knows what costs are coming to us,
0:13:33 – 0:13:45 That we are then just before the ruins, because now we know what is being debited. There really was one
0:13:45 – 0:13:54 neat soft between the two of us, because of course I do not immediately look in their eyes,
0:13:54 – 0:14:02 I immediately took care of it. I just logged in to my account, so you have to
0:14:02 – 0:14:09 look what kind of thing is, then open another window and first on a cell phone and then
0:14:09 – 0:14:17 Later on the PC. And there it just rocked up and there was just stress, totally unnecessary,
0:14:17 – 0:14:28 Because, let's say, a total of 40 minutes later, the matter had been resolved with PayPal. But
0:14:28 – 0:14:39 then you sit there and then you have someone who is still there poison and bile on the spit and must
0:14:39 – 0:14:47 Then you have to deal with such a stupid telephone robot and still have the peace and quiet,
0:14:47 – 0:14:51 You have all the windows open. Now, even if you forget to update,
0:14:51 – 0:14:56 Then there is this secret number, if you just look over the page the number
0:14:56 – 0:15:01 Now you've opened a case, so it's verified that you're holding the case.
0:15:01 – 0:15:11 and the person is. If there is such a four- or six-digit number, that is. And yes, then go
0:15:11 – 0:15:16 Close the window because you are forced to leave. You have to log in again because you
0:15:16 – 0:15:22 Two-factor login enabled. What I always feel the last fight, anyway,
0:15:22 – 0:15:29 But for safety reasons, that's the least you have to do. So I already have a
0:15:29 – 0:15:35 exotically long password, which no one can remember, even I can not remember, because large
0:15:35 – 0:15:44 "Z", small "B", a number, a special character, you did not see and so on. So everything,
0:15:44 – 0:15:52 What the Uni-ASCII code gives is in there, except for these very exotic characters. And if
0:15:52 – 0:16:01 then you don't have a good safe with a password in it and you really have to think about it
0:16:01 – 0:16:07 How to make things as difficult as possible for people. There are so many things,
0:16:07 – 0:16:17 where I have a two-factor login active, where I always think, be it the Onlyfans account,
0:16:17 – 0:16:25 It's the WordPress. And everywhere you fly out after 30 days at the latest and have to do it again.
0:16:25 – 0:16:36 Then this is always such a thing with this autification app and that just annoys, that annoys.
0:16:36 – 0:16:43 And then when you've had one thing like that, you're thinking like, well, now you're thinking about it all and
0:16:43 – 0:16:45 And then that's another weak point.
0:16:45 – 0:16:47 This is due to a weak point in the system.
0:16:47 – 0:16:51 And I always think back to the time,
0:16:51 – 0:16:55 If you had credit cards,
0:16:55 – 0:16:57 but was not immediately informed,
0:16:57 – 0:17:00 That something's been going on now.
0:17:00 – 0:17:02 And such a debit card,
0:17:02 – 0:17:07 who also has visas or maestros or whatever that means,
0:17:07 – 0:17:10 It is then linked to the account.
0:17:10 – 0:17:18 That is, there is no credit agreement at all, but I charge the card and short
0:17:18 – 0:17:19 This will be charged to my account.
0:17:19 – 0:17:24 And if I don't regularly check my account, I wonder why I'm
0:17:24 – 0:17:25 15.
0:17:25 – 0:17:31 I don't have any money anymore because some slavin went there and somewhere in the world
0:17:31 – 0:17:33 booked a nice holiday.
0:17:33 – 0:17:38 It's really hard and sad.
0:17:38 – 0:17:47 When you think about when this will happen, especially what kind of racing you have. And as I said,
0:17:47 – 0:17:56 These cards have been around for a long time. So 2000, when was the first time I had cards like this?
0:17:56 – 0:18:04 Wait, I only ever got that 0 on 15 bank card because I didn't need that at all.
0:18:04 – 0:18:23 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, yes. And my first real credit card I had, that was 98, no 89,
0:18:23 – 0:18:34 No, 98. 89 can't be because, haha, you're too young. 98? I was 21. Yes, I have mine
0:18:34 – 0:18:44 First real credit card and for a longer stay abroad. Hm. But there you have
0:18:44 – 0:18:48 You didn't get an immediate notification, but you got a bill by letter and then
0:18:48 – 0:18:54 If you were unlucky, you had to take care of it 30 days later. All right, that was all
0:18:54 – 0:19:05 halfway. So I once had a bug book around and there you have jumped
0:19:05 – 0:19:10 Take care of it. But I don't know what it's like when it happens all at once, when it happens more often.
0:19:10 – 0:19:20 I don't know. It had definitely been so that I felt the most annoying,
0:19:20 – 0:19:30 I'll take care of it. And then there's a friend sitting around in her fear and
0:19:30 – 0:19:36 Panic then becomes irrational and then louder and then I get louder. I mean, if you have two
0:19:36 – 0:19:41 Borderliner packs up and no matter how well they are in control, in such
0:19:41 – 0:19:48 In extreme situations, continuance cannot be maintained. And then this got really loud,
0:19:48 – 0:19:57 very loud. That's what half the neighborhood in the area will have heard. As it is usually relatively
0:19:57 – 0:20:08 warm, so a normal summer day, then the windows are open. Yeah, wonderful. How good that I
0:20:08 – 0:20:16 I don't care what my effect is on the outside. This is the little story,
0:20:16 – 0:20:27 How they tried to rip me off. I think it's just crazy that when you're
0:20:27 – 0:20:41 Thoughts about using hate words, double autopiction, i.e. two ways,
0:20:41 – 0:20:56 Then you get emails and something like that about another vulnerability, then you try to
0:20:56 – 0:21:04 Stop ripping off. That's really bad. These are my final thoughts on the subject.
0:21:04 – 0:21:11 I know I haven't drifted off again, excuse me, Frankstown. I swore this
0:21:11 – 0:21:17 Format, this name just far too little off, but sometimes I think that's just
0:21:17 – 0:21:23 the topic that you can not wander so far away or the topic is so
0:21:23 – 0:21:29 It's important to stay focused like that. I think you know and especially you know how it is.
0:21:29 – 0:21:40 So, thank you for listening and until next time or the next format here
0:21:40 – 0:21:47 on the Lautfunk channel, podcast or whatever. Farewell to you!
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In this very personal episode of The digression I'm talking about a topic that everyone knows, but nobody wants to experience: Credit card abuse. What began as a harmless push notification on the phone developed into a nerve-wracking odyssey with PayPal, hotline robots, two-factor registration and the big question mark: How did my data fall into the wrong hands?

I take you behind the scenes of my digital infrastructure, describe the course of the fraud attempt and reflect openly on the consequences – technical, emotional and relationship-related. Spoilers: Two borderliners in a stressful situation – that has explosive power.

A consequence between security madness, digital paranoia and real everyday madness. For anyone who thinks you have something like this not can happen – or already know exactly how it feels.

🧩 Chronological overview of topics

Introduction & Background noise
– Welcome in the typical style of digression
– Indication of possible noise from neighbours
The First Moment of Shock
– Unexpected debit on the PayPal account
– Short search on ‘Bibliblipp’ and ‘Miracle LLC’
The battle with PayPal customer service
– Difficulties with the Sprachbot
– The trick with the business channel and human support
– Block a card, apply for a new one, open a case
Research & Analysis
– Origin of the entries (UAE)
– Review of old payments and services via Stripe
– Security awareness: Only three regular payments for years
The Probable Cause
– Reminder of the TikTok follower purchase two years ago
– Link to dubious pages and potential data leaks
Emotional state of emergency
– Conflict with Sarah due to stress and misunderstandings
– Escalation of an extreme situation under psychological pressure
Technical reflection
– Frustration with two-factor authentication, password rules
– Thoughts on digital security, authentication apps & limitations
Social and personal classification
– Review of the development of credit cards & Security
– Difference between earlier paper billing and today's instant information
– Feeling of helplessness despite maximum caution
Final thoughts
– Criticism of the alleged security of digital systems
– Thanks to the listeners
– Reflection on digression – or rather not this time

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Digression 47 The intolerability of easy being

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00:00 - 0:00:14 [Music]
0:00:14 – 0:00:18 Hello and welcome to a new
0:00:18 – 0:00:22 Disappearance where I am
0:00:22 – 0:00:28 Occasionally deviate from the topic. I am
0:00:22 – 0:00:33 Sascha Markmann and say hello. Today is about, yes, what is it about today? The
0:00:33 – 0:00:41 intolerability of easy being. I don't know if you have the book or the
0:00:41 – 0:00:50 You've seen or read the movie. I think the book was published in 84.
0:00:50 – 0:01:01 And 88 there was no idea about the movie …, I don't know. It's about the Czech
0:01:01 – 0:01:16 Writer and as life so … I believe, during the Second World War was in Prague …
0:01:16 – 0:01:28 Vaspra? I don't know. It's been so long. But what I'm really trying to get isn't
0:01:28 – 0:01:40 absolutely the book or the film, but maintain the state that a light-hearted, exhilarating,
0:01:40 – 0:01:50 An easy life can be unbearable. To illustrate this, I once had a
0:01:50 – 0:02:02 He worked for a long time in a library and spent time there publishing books and other media.
0:02:02 – 0:02:09 I have to say that during this period I was very bored.
0:02:09 – 0:02:19 because it was an in-house library and the guys from IT didn't have that much
0:02:19 – 0:02:29 So I did it there and it was very boring. As I said,
0:02:29 – 0:02:35 The IT didn't have so much to do and so I just sat there a lot,
0:02:35 – 0:02:41 I read books out of boredom or surfed the internet,
0:02:41 – 0:02:52 It was on the forums, and it was around 2006. It's been a little while,
0:02:52 – 0:03:01 I know. And that's why I know this state of easy being. It is beautiful,
0:03:01 – 0:03:07 If you can't make money with anything to do with it. My problem had been,
0:03:07 – 0:03:13 I became so depressed that I just went to work.
0:03:13 – 0:03:19 I was bored, I came home, I ate and went to bed.
0:03:19 – 0:03:27 As a result, the relationship broke down and I
0:03:27 – 0:03:37 At some point I had an introduction to psychiatry in my hand, because I'm so depressed,
0:03:37 – 0:03:45 That it was no longer good for me. I also changed jobs and then I stopped.
0:03:45 – 0:03:54 I was looking for something more challenging or changed my job completely. I'll stop in
0:03:54 – 0:04:04 I went to the care of the elderly, trained there and let go of IT. Yes,
0:04:04 – 0:04:12 As you can see, these things are serious. Why I am dealing with this topic
0:04:12 – 0:04:21 I would like to address, is, we are currently living in a time, the … Let's take it with the words
0:04:21 – 0:04:28 from a neighbor of mine who had witnessed the Second World War. This was a
0:04:28 – 0:04:38 It was an exciting time, so we didn't get bored. And now when I'm flipping through the media like this and
0:04:38 – 0:04:48 Look and see what's happening in the world right now, or in our country.
0:04:48 – 0:04:59 Even in Europe, I have to say, I find the changes very frightening. I have
0:04:59 – 0:05:05 I've mentioned it before. I have seen the fall of the Iron Curtain,
0:05:05 – 0:05:13 the end of the Cold War and after that there was a mood in the population or
0:05:13 – 0:05:20 In the parts of the world I've been in contact with, yes, we're on the right track now.
0:05:20 – 0:05:26 Way, everything is now developing positively. The nuclear weapons, the arsenals were dismantled,
0:05:26 – 0:05:42 Other things were improved, then came the fact that you could drive around in Europe without passport papers,
0:05:42 – 0:05:47 So at least everyone who was in the Schengen area, because I still knew that,
0:05:47 – 0:05:54 That you had to show your Perso constantly or even your passport. And I
0:05:54 – 0:06:00 I thought it was really good. And now I'm experiencing how the borders have to be closed again,
0:06:00 – 0:06:09 We have too many illegal immigrations. First, legal immigration means:
0:06:09 – 0:06:15 Before you start your journey, you've cleared up all these things. If you have the
0:06:15 – 0:06:21 Only clear things when you are in the country, then you have committed an illegal immigration. What
0:06:21 – 0:06:29 For the most part, I believe in refugees who come from crisis areas or because of me.
0:06:29 – 0:06:34 have left the country for economic reasons and arrive in another country.
0:06:34 – 0:06:42 By the way, this great speech about it, we have to deport illegal immigrants,
0:06:42 – 0:06:56 I think that's 0.25%. That's almost 22,000 people who could be deported.
0:06:56 – 0:07:02 So not because people are too sick or because they have a right to stay or a toleration.
0:07:02 – 0:07:05 These are the people who could really stop.
0:07:05 – 0:07:14 Yes, that's like discussing unemployment benefit II or stopping citizen benefit now,
0:07:14 – 0:07:26 because 16,000 people refuse completely, all unemployment benefits II are recipients or Hartz IV
0:07:26 – 0:07:33 or citizen benefit recipients. A lazy pack that stays in the home. I think that much of
0:07:33 – 0:07:42 This includes children, young people who sit in school and education, care for relatives or
0:07:42 – 0:07:49 They're uplifters. No one thinks about it. It's only about these five million people.
0:07:49 – 0:07:57 It is only reduced to 16,000 and so is the 22,000 with the refugees. Of course,
0:07:57 – 0:08:07 It causes all the problems that need to be solved. And also play in my reality of life
0:08:07 – 0:08:13 The problem is that rents are rising because the housing market is a catastrophe. But
0:08:13 – 0:08:23 Why is the housing market a disaster? Because since the 80s, where many failures
0:08:23 – 0:08:31 have taken place where you have saved a lot of money for the infrastructure, i.e. bridge expansion,
0:08:31 – 0:08:41 Renewal, and so on, has also completely reduced social housing. It is
0:08:41 – 0:08:46 It was also the case that the municipalities were encouraged to maintain municipal institutions.
0:08:46 – 0:08:54 to sell to make the city cauldron full again. It's really depressing,
0:08:54 – 0:08:59 That it catches up so quickly. It's always so amazing,
0:08:59 – 0:09:04 Politicians, or even those responsible, are aware of the connection between an increase in the number of
0:09:04 – 0:09:12 Birth rate and the need for kindergarten places or nursery places and again a few years
0:09:12 – 0:09:21 We will not be able to meet the demand for school places later. I mean, everyone at school
0:09:21 – 0:09:29 Attention has been paid, knows that after procreation, so nine months later children come into the world,
0:09:29 – 0:09:36 For the most part, they go to kindergarten or crib after a certain time. After
0:09:36 – 0:09:41 At a certain time, they go to primary school and then to secondary schools,
0:09:41 – 0:09:49 or stop here main, real and high school or stop overall and then stop
0:09:49 – 0:09:57 further to vocational college or studies or vocational training. I just don't understand,
0:09:57 – 0:10:01 You are not able to make these connections. The only logical explanation for
0:10:01 – 0:10:09 I'm thinking in terms of legislatures, so in four to five years rhythms, because when I'm there
0:10:09 – 0:10:13 If I am no longer there, someone else can take care of it. That's not my problem anymore.
0:10:13 – 0:10:25 Yes, and I find it frightening how crappy the situation actually is. If you look at the
0:10:25 – 0:10:34 Paper, according to statistics, then much has not deteriorated so much. If you look at this,
0:10:34 – 0:10:43 What people feel is abstractly strong, this change. I am someone now,
0:10:43 – 0:10:50 Who doesn't have much money. I'm getting a disability pension that's under the
0:10:50 – 0:10:59 Level of citizen money. Before, she was a little bit over it. I can handle it,
0:10:59 – 0:11:05 But I know how hard life is and I don't buy a new phone every week.
0:11:05 – 0:11:10 Sorry, a new smartphone or a new computer or a new TV,
0:11:10 – 0:11:16 Because these things have remained the same or cheaper. No, I buy food,
0:11:16 – 0:11:23 Means for daily needs, i.e. suffering. Not so often, but I need to go and
0:11:23 – 0:11:31 again. I buy things to eat and I'm not talking about my truffle spaghetti.
0:11:31 – 0:11:42 I do, but I do stinky things. Little meat, lots of vegetables and yes, I go in places
0:11:42 – 0:11:50 or someone goes to the table for me and brings things with them, because just food
0:11:50 – 0:11:57 They have become very expensive. And you have to realize that. I've been good all these years
0:11:57 – 0:12:02 paid into the pension system. There have been years when I have really earned a lot.
0:12:02 – 0:12:08 When I think about what I have earned in the IT sector or later in the care,
0:12:08 – 0:12:15 plus my activities in the rescue service, which were also remunerated, there was a lot of money left over.
0:12:15 – 0:12:20 And most importantly, I wasn't home much. I don't have much at home either.
0:12:20 – 0:12:26 I did it because I was just on the road. You have to realize that, you have to
0:12:26 – 0:12:33 imagine. And I can understand when other people experience it so similarly that these
0:12:33 – 0:12:41 People are frustrated because they can bounce off and crack down, have little more than
0:12:41 – 0:12:49 Citizen money and have the same problems as me. I can't find affordable housing.
0:12:49 – 0:12:56 I would like to be engaged to my partner, I would
0:12:56 – 0:13:03 I would like to have more space, that I also have a study or something or the opportunity
0:13:03 – 0:13:08 I don't have to make it out of my bedroom so my partner can do it.
0:13:08 – 0:13:17 Sitting in the living room when she's here. I would love to travel, and if that's true
0:13:17 – 0:13:24 There are only 50 kilometers at any lake, I can't do that either, because I can't get the
0:13:24 – 0:13:32 Arriving still provide accommodation. And when other people do it, they work hard.
0:13:32 – 0:13:39 I can understand. I can also understand that with the feeling that we are only here
0:13:39 – 0:13:44 If foreigners everywhere have run around that we are overrun, I can still somewhere
0:13:44 – 0:13:54 understand. But it's not like that. It just feels like that. Other things are more realistic
0:13:54 – 0:14:07 and are really there. That's why this is really a difficult time and Peter said to me at the time,
0:14:07 – 0:14:13 We weren't bored. It was an exciting time. I see it that way, too. I mean,
0:14:13 – 0:14:21 I could talk to people about it for hours. I'm more left-wing
0:14:21 – 0:14:28 And I also have people in my circle of acquaintances who say they are also on the left,
0:14:28 – 0:14:33 But they see only left-wing extremists everywhere. I wonder,
0:14:33 – 0:14:38 If you only see left-wing extremists everywhere, aren't you already a little more right-wing?
0:14:38 – 0:14:50 because I'm mostly left in my bubble, which is very left, I experience it more like this,
0:14:50 – 0:14:59 that not all people are like this, but that a large part of the people are more centered
0:14:59 – 0:15:04 or maybe a bit left or a bit right, but more so in the middle
0:15:04 – 0:15:12 area. And there you have different opinions. When I look at myself now,
0:15:12 – 0:15:20 what has happened in the Bundestag at the moment, as Friedrich Merz made his application with the
0:15:20 – 0:15:28 five points and then with the help of the AfD has achieved this and what an outcry
0:15:28 – 0:15:34 went through society and with me TikTok and other social networks at once
0:15:34 – 0:15:40 exploded with outrage, I see the pictures, how many people are now back on the street
0:15:40 – 0:15:50 Going and demonstrating against the right again, that's the way it is, so many people can't even
0:15:50 – 0:16:00 Support the right. Because when I do TikTok, I have a lot of blue hearts. The people
0:16:00 – 0:16:05 They're blue hearts at writing, like anything else. For people who don't know what that means. blue
0:16:05 – 0:16:13 Hearts keep AfD supporters as a comment among videos that they either find quite good or
0:16:13 – 0:16:23 if they give their opinion on videos where they have a different opinion to keep outing,
0:16:23 – 0:16:33 They are AfD supporters. Somehow you get the feeling that a lot of people
0:16:33 – 0:16:40 that would choose. But on the other hand, when I look at how many people are on the street
0:16:40 – 0:16:49 go and demonstrate against it, yes, then there are always so different sides in me,
0:16:49 – 0:16:56 Is our society so divided? I mean, a few days ago I was also
0:16:56 – 0:17:01 Accused of dividing society because I made a song,
0:17:01 – 0:17:10 That's a bad idea if you vote for the AfD because they stand for, for, for,
0:17:10 – 0:17:19 for this. And I mean, I have zero range. The little thing I get from people,
0:17:19 – 0:17:28 that's nothing compared to any medium-sized influencers or large,
0:17:28 – 0:17:42 But on YouTube I have something like 500 or 600, on Instagram God knows why 8000,
0:17:42 – 0:17:53 But that is becoming less and less. On TikTok, that's something like 2000 and the ranges,
0:17:53 – 0:18:03 Those who make these contributions are in the lower three-digit range. So that's really nothing.
0:18:03 – 0:18:13 So if a video has 100 views, that's a lot. It is remarkable,
0:18:13 – 0:18:22 If there are 200 calls, that's remarkable. On YouTube, it looks more dramatic.
0:18:22 – 0:18:32 from, because 50 are already good, under 100 is horny and you don't need to talk about it that way,
0:18:32 – 0:18:45 Because I never get there. And even with short videos, I have zero reach. and podcasts,
0:18:45 – 0:18:53 I have no idea, it's not much better either. At least that,
0:18:53 – 0:19:01 what is produced under Lautfunk. Therefore, I do not understand the argument or the accusation,
0:19:01 – 0:19:06 I would divide society, because zero reach, nobody gets that,
0:19:06 – 0:19:15 When I say or do something. Yeah, those are the thoughts I'm carrying around with right now
0:19:15 – 0:19:27 And far from them is that which is easy and easy to live. Sometimes I wish
0:19:27 – 0:19:37 That childish ease back. This is what you had as a child, so not before you
0:19:37 – 0:19:45 Adolescents became, where there is already a world pain or things that one as a
0:19:45 – 0:19:51 Understands world pain and then overdramatizes it, but kindergarten and primary school children,
0:19:51 – 0:20:00 where the worst homework is, or that there is no table to eat, or
0:20:00 – 0:20:08 5 o'clock is picked up when you are with the grandparents and not only at 7 o'clock. Yes, sometimes wishes
0:20:08 – 0:20:17 I return to myself this simplicity, this simple life, these little worries that are in proportion to each other.
0:20:17 – 0:20:23 To those who are ridiculous. When I look at my account at the end of the month,
0:20:23 – 0:20:33 I always feel very touchy. And when I always get a message,
0:20:33 – 0:20:42 This is going to be more expensive, this is going to be more expensive, and yes, then I always have the feeling that
0:20:42 – 0:20:51 Something is going wrong in this country. Because we had already had the discussion before
0:20:51 – 0:21:04 or the topic that the unemployment benefit 2, i.e. Hartz 4 citizen benefit is too high. Well, well,
0:21:04 – 0:21:14 Let's argue differently. That's what various places in our government are doing.
0:21:14 – 0:21:22 Consider it the minimum. And even that is still beautified, so corrected downwards. Because,
0:21:22 – 0:21:33 Let's be honest, various institutions that work for severely disabled people or
0:21:33 – 0:21:43 against poverty alleviation say that it will increase by 100, 150, some even 200 euros
0:21:43 – 0:21:48 It would have to be. But then we are at the point that the distance to the wage is getting smaller and smaller.
0:21:48 – 0:21:59 will. And then the question is, if the subsistence minimum is the minimum, to just halfway
0:21:59 – 0:22:07 Being in a life and participating in society is a little less like that,
0:22:07 – 0:22:14 What people get who work all day, then the wages are too low. And instead of that
0:22:14 – 0:22:21 People go and say, "Ey, the wages are too low," no, the citizen's money is too low.
0:22:21 – 0:22:30 up. It's not worth it to go to work. Difficult topic. I also stumble when I
0:22:30 – 0:22:38 try to clarify and argue there, again and again at borders, where I also meanwhile
0:22:38 – 0:22:46 I don't feel like it anymore because most people just
0:22:46 – 0:22:58 Don't let it come to you or even to you. I don't know why it is or where it came from.
0:22:58 – 0:23:09 Come on, come on. This is also not necessarily recognizable with the different bubbles, bubbles in which you
0:23:09 – 0:23:17 It has to do. I only see this with a lot of people I know.
0:23:17 – 0:23:25 a family that has a lower income, which then quickly stops at the benefit recipients
0:23:25 – 0:23:36 They are beaten, verbally. And that's the same with me. Like I said, I'm getting an EC pension now.
0:23:36 – 0:23:43 And that's not by chance, getting a disability pension isn't easy. There you have to
0:23:43 – 0:23:53 They are physically or mentally broken to get it. That's pretty much
0:23:53 – 0:24:03 There are big hurdles and most people struggle for seven to nine years to ensure that if they are permanently
0:24:03 – 0:24:11 You are not eligible to receive this indefinitely. Otherwise, it will always be year by year.
0:24:11 – 0:24:26 or for two years, up to a maximum of 2.5 years. Yes, that's that deep dissatisfaction,
0:24:26 – 0:24:32 which we now have in society, and groups are held responsible for it,
0:24:32 – 0:24:39 They should not be held responsible. Poverty is the biggest factor.
0:24:39 – 0:24:47 It leads people to commit crimes. When you look at statistics,
0:24:47 – 0:24:56 and there are various sources, which then also evaluate, including people with low incomes,
0:24:56 – 0:25:03 People with immigration background and the crime statistics, then you will see,
0:25:03 – 0:25:10 that simply the maps of the whole of Germany with the different districts, where stop
0:25:10 – 0:25:17 this data is collected, is not congruent with the areas that are particularly high
0:25:17 – 0:25:24 Immigration background, i.e. people with an immigration background. No, that's with
0:25:24 – 0:25:34 the maps, where people who are at high risk of poverty or live in poverty. Poverty is
0:25:34 – 0:25:43 It's the biggest source of crime in the world and you can see it all over the world.
0:25:43 – 0:25:50 It's not just in Europe or Germany, it's worldwide. Poor people are more likely to
0:25:50 – 0:25:57 I am willing to commit crimes. Why is that? When I am in a well-guarded and
0:25:57 – 0:26:02 When I get home, I have a lot to lose when I go to jail. But if
0:26:02 – 0:26:10 Every day I struggle to survive, to have a place to sleep or something.
0:26:10 – 0:26:18 When I eat, I can't lose much. And I often have it in European prisons,
0:26:18 – 0:26:27 So at least in Western Europe, much better than on the road, for example. I know them
0:26:27 – 0:26:33 Story of a policeman from Bochum, yes, Bochum was the one who once said,
0:26:33 – 0:26:40 He had a homeless man who stood in front of him and took a stone.
0:26:40 – 0:26:47 He threw him a piece of jewelry. Just to keep him in jail for a few days.
0:26:47 – 0:26:57 It's time to have a bed and regular meals. Yes, this is such an example
0:26:57 – 0:27:08 for this. I know I've set up a lot of construction sites now and it wasn't such a smooth,
0:27:08 – 0:27:17 well-thought-out thematic treatises, where I occasionally only digress, but I
0:27:17 – 0:27:23 I've done a lot of construction, a lot of things. But these are
0:27:23 – 0:27:31 All the things that concern me at the moment and that even keep me awake in the evening.
0:27:31 – 0:27:40 The situation with the CDU and the AfD, that was … I didn't actually have the night after
0:27:40 – 0:27:46 I slept because I was so preoccupied with what had happened and what had happened to them.
0:27:46 – 0:27:55 The future of Germany. Even before that, with the election of Trump and this ludicrous
0:27:55 – 0:28:05 immediately the decrees he ordered. I mean, even at the introductory party, he did yes.
0:28:05 – 0:28:13 at an event afterwards already sat at his chair, even on stage, and has already
0:28:13 – 0:28:25 First signed that people like Elon Musk are so close to the government and that now
0:28:25 – 0:28:38 Other crazy tech billionaires are also moving so close to politics, which is what the previous
0:28:38 – 0:28:47 have made the hidden, now also so open and thus also many of their interests
0:28:47 – 0:28:56 Going through, that's really scary. And if you look at it in the past
0:28:56 – 0:29:06 Look, we've had similar situations where wealthy people or super-rich
0:29:06 – 0:29:15 People have moved very close to politics and have also exerted such influence. Often
0:29:15 – 0:29:26 That's because these people wouldn't have come that far if they hadn't.
0:29:26 – 0:29:33 would have simply given investors in the background who have a large fortune. But then
0:29:33 – 0:29:38 In return, there was always a policy that was in the interests. And
0:29:38 – 0:29:45 Even that is still the case today. I mean, party donations from individuals or even
0:29:45 – 0:29:52 companies in the millions, you can see it again and again. And there are also in the last
0:29:52 – 0:29:59 Time impressive sums of money came together, what different parties got so.
0:29:59 – 0:30:07 I don't know if this is already a matter of conflict of interest.
0:30:07 – 0:30:13 If only I could take so much money from the economy as a party.
0:30:13 – 0:30:21 Because who does not guarantee that I will then in the future this company or this
0:30:21 – 0:30:27 Persons stand apart, because something could come back in goose-feet,
0:30:27 – 0:30:37 As if I'm doing something that speaks against it. It's like a wealth tax or something.
0:30:37 – 0:30:46 a capital gains tax and in such a way that passive income is also taxed more heavily
0:30:46 – 0:30:55 will. Because when I think about what happens with such small inheritances or with people,
0:30:55 – 0:31:00 who get a bit of money from the money they have on the high edge,
0:31:00 – 0:31:09 What goes away in costs or even in taxes from the interest rates, then this is ridiculously high in the
0:31:09 – 0:31:14 Compared to what the super-rich pay, because they pay virtually no taxes,
0:31:14 – 0:31:24 Because everything is calculated nicely and low and counted away. Yes, we see,
0:31:24 – 0:31:30 We still have an exciting future and people go to vote, that's very important,
0:31:30 – 0:31:39 No matter what you choose, but go vote, because your vote is important and that's the only way you can vote.
0:31:39 – 0:31:46 Make a difference in this country too. Even if, from a political point of view, certain
0:31:46 – 0:31:51 There are conditions that you have to react to and then there is actually only one
0:31:51 – 0:32:01 Possibility to react, unless you leave behind burned earth. Because the rulers
0:32:01 – 0:32:06 do not rule alone, but there are still a lot of structures and apparatuses,
0:32:06 – 0:32:10 who are behind it. And people are not exchanged every four years,
0:32:10 – 0:32:18 Only a certain part. Most of it stays that way. And I believe that as a ruling party you can
0:32:18 – 0:32:23 always just add a small personal coloring or a personal touch, whether the
0:32:23 – 0:32:31 is now a bit more economically liberal or also socially or environmentally friendly moderate.
0:32:31 – 0:32:39 You always get a little bit of your personality or something like that.
0:32:39 – 0:32:46 of what the party stands for. But I think the big decisions can be made.
0:32:46 – 0:32:51 They will not be hit in any other way than the way they are hit, without it being radical.
0:32:51 – 0:32:57 Approaches and solutions. Thank you for listening to my
0:32:57 – 0:33:06 The things I have in my head and hope you have a good time and on the 23rd of February
0:33:06 – 0:33:13 Don't forget to vote. I have already requested all of them by postal ballot. Then I'll say
0:33:13 – 0:33:17 Thanks for listening and until next time. Your Sasha
0:33:17 – 0:33:32 [Music]

Description:

A carefree life – sounds like a dream, doesn’t it? But what happens when lightness becomes a burden? In this episode I take you on a personal journey through boredom, search for meaning and social abysses. From a job that drove me into depression, to the scary developments of our time, to the question of why felt truths often have more influence than hard facts.

A digression that goes deep – and perhaps reveals some uncomfortable truths.

“The unbearable lightness of being“ is a novel by the Czech writer Milan Kundera. The book was first published in 1984 published. The film was directed by Philip Kaufman in 1988.

Topics Outline:

1. introduction

Welcome and presentation of the episode
What does ‘the intolerability of being light’ mean?
Short reference to book/film by Milan Kundera

2. Personal experience with boredom and sense crisis

Working in a library – a job without challenges
Consequences of Monotony: boredom, depression, relationship
Change to care for the elderly as a turning point

3. Social change and political developments

Review of the end of the Cold War and optimistic expectations for the future
Today's problems: rising rents, economic uncertainties, political tensions
Illegal Immigration and Social Debates

4. Social inequality and economic grievances

Improper developments in the housing market and social policy
Citizens' money debate and prejudices against benefit recipients
Wages vs. subsistence – what is the real problem?

5. Political division and media perception

TikTok, Social Media and Perceived Truths
Perception of right vs. left in society
CDU, AfD and current political events

6. The Role of Wealth and Influence in Politics

Large donors and conflicts of interest
Capital interests vs. social responsibility
How much power do companies have over politics?

7. Personal Reflection and Appeal

Desire for more social justice
Why It's Important to Vote
Final Thoughts and Adoption

The intolerability of easy being

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