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Danke, ein sehr guter Artikel! Grade dieser Teil gilt wahrscheinlich auch für das BSW
„Die Bilder und Wörter, die wir wählen, müssen schon in den Gedanken der Leute vorhanden sein", hiess es schon vor Jahren in einem Stra-tegiepapier der Identitären Bewegung. „Sie müssen das ausdrücken, was alle denken, und die unausgesprochene Meinung der Mehrheit ans Licht bringen." Kl-Bilder liefern genau das: Sie schaffen alternative Realitätskonstruktionen auf Basis eingängiger Slogans, massenhaft vorhandener Bilder und unausgesprochener, weithin verbreiteter Muster.
March 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Und das sind die offiziellen Websites der Bundespartei. Auf AfD-Kreisverband Facebook-Seiten gibt surreale Level von AI Slop.

New fascist aesthetics indeed!
Facebook-Post der AfD Klumbach. Das Ki-generierte Bild mit dem Text „Wer freiwillig sein Messer abgibt, bekommt einen kostenlosen Pager“ zeigt zwei arabisch aussehende grotesk grinsende Männer. Der eine trägt einen Anzug und hält mehrere Messer in seiner Hand. Der andere trägt einen schwarzen Thawb und ein rot-kariertes Kopftuch mit Band und hält ein Handy in seiner rechten Hand. Facebook Post der AfD Oberhausen, der eine KI-generierte Familie am Essenstisch in einem weihnachtlich-blau geschmückten Zimmer. Facebook Post der AfD Kreis Steinburg mit dem Text „Heute ist es soweit!“. Das dazugehörige Bild zeigt eine KI-generierte Dampflokomotive, die in hoher Geschwindigkeit durch ein Weizenfeld fährt. An der Lokomotive ist einer sehr große blaue Fahne mit der Aufschrift „AFD“ befestigt. auf dem Bild steht in schnörkeligerer Schrift „25% für den Erhalt unserer Heimat“ außerdem sind mehrere Herz-Emojis in Deutschland-Farben zu sehen. Das Sharepic des AfD Kreisverband Gießen mit dem Text „Regensburg: Aus dem leerstehenden Kaufhof soll ein orientalischer Basar werden“ zeigt ein KI-generiertes Bild eines Basars in einer halbüberdachten Passage. Alle Personen auf dem Bild tragen weite Gewänder und Kopftuch oder Turban. Über das KI-generierte Bild ist ein Foto des Kaufhofs montiert.
March 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Hat eigentlich schon jemand darüber geschrieben, warum nur AfD und BSW so prominent KI-Bilder nutzen?
Selbst die FDP nutzt auf ihrer Homepage hauptsächlich Stockphotos.
Sharepic mit einer KI-generierten lächelnden Familie und dem Text „Spare jetzt 7.400€ im Jahr mit der AfD“ Banner mit einer Ki-generierten älteren Frau auf einer Demonstration und dem Text „Jetzt für den Frieden kämpfen“ Screenshot der BSW-Homepage zum Thema „Wirtschaftliche Vernunft“ mit zwei KI-generierten Fotos. Eines zeigt einen Arbeiter vor einem futuristischen Monitor stehend, das Andere einen Tischler, der ein Brett zurechtschneidet Screenshot der BSW-Website zum Thema „Für einen starken gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt“. Der Text ist illustriert mit einem KI-generierten Bild von einem Mann in Arbeitskleidung und Schmutz im Gesicht. Im Hintergrund stehen mehrere männliche Arbeiter mit orangenen Sicherheitshelmen.
March 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Worth revisiting this article on German fiscal orthodoxy now.
€500bn/10y for infrastructure and a debt brake exceptions for defense do not make a new investment paradigm.
Embracing investments in support of the EU competitiveness agenda and an accordingly fundamental debt break reform are needed!
Screenshot from the quoted article with the following text: Common EU-level borrowing, akin to the COVID recovery fund, is another proposed solution, with former ECB President Mario Draghi calling for €800 billion in annual investment in the EU. However, Merz swiftly dismissed the idea, pledging to do "everything he can" to prevent the EU from taking on new debt. Politically, this is understandable, given the pressure from the hardline anti-EU AfD. But for his country, it's a huge missed opportunity. Draghi's plan seems tailor-made to tackle Germany's economic woes while also helping prevent fragmentation of the single market-a key worry for Germany's firms, which depend on a well-integrated EU economy. The stakes could not be higher. Germany's industrial base, and the future of the broader European economy hinge on whether the country can shake its fiscal orthodoxy and embrace the investment it so desperately needs.
March 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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It would be so funny to have a Greek Schäuble, scolding Germany when the debt break inevitably falls.
The Financial Times chart, titled “The Eurozone periphery now has a better primary budget than Germany,” illustrates the primary government balance as a percentage of GDP from 2012 to 2024 for Ireland, Portugal, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Germany. The y-axis measures the balance, ranging from -10% to +5%, while the x-axis covers the years from 2012 to 2024. Germany starts with a stable surplus in 2012, maintaining a steady performance over the years but experiences a slight decline around 2020, likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and remains relatively flat afterward. Ireland shows a consistent upward trend, moving from a deficit in 2012 to achieving the highest surplus among the countries by 2024. Portugal, Greece, and Spain, which began with significant deficits in 2012, demonstrate notable improvement starting in 2014. They experience fluctuations but recover strongly, surpassing Germany’s performance by 2024. Italy remains relatively stable, showing modest improvement in the post-2020 period, closely tracking Germany’s trajectory but slightly exceeding it toward the end. The data highlights how Eurozone periphery countries, traditionally seen as financially weaker, have achieved stronger primary budget balances than Germany in recent years, signaling a significant shift in fiscal dynamics across the region based on IMF data. (AI-generated description)
January 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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An auditorium for the performing arts & some examples of performing arts in the US
THE AMERICAN AUDITORIUM AND THE PERFORMING ARTS • Visitors to the United States Pavilion may share in the enjoyment of seeing and hearing performances of widely-known American artists and produc-tions. These performances have been scheduled throughout the Fair in the 1,150-seat Auditorium, integrated with the Pavilion. Along with the profes-sional artists, the large number of com-munity and academic groups appearing are representative of the widespread appeal the arts have in the United States, where there are over a thousand estab-lished symphony orchestras. The attractions in the Auditorium include the drama, the dance, musical comedy, orchestral presentations, popular and clas-sical music, choral groups, and the pre-sentation of outstanding examples of the American regional theater. two booklet pages, showing pictures of US American performing artists
December 8, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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„The Unfinished Work“, showing „a growing sense of identification with the problems of the world community“
"THE UNFINISHED WORK" • "The Unfinished Work" exhibit describes in words and pictures how Americans respond to the challenges of their society. It shows a living tradition of tackling community social and physical problems in a spirit of neighborly initiative and with an implicit faith that men of goodwill can master virtually any problem through their common efforts. Born in a young nation settling a vast continent, this spirit is now reflected in a growing sense of identification with the problems of the world community. The exhibit does not hide remaining unsolved problems. But it does project a free society's constant efforts toward their solution. It is based on Abraham Lincoln's words that "It is for us the living to be dedicated to the unfinished work..."
December 8, 2024 at 4:06 PM
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Six electronic voting machines
VOTING MACHINES • At the specific suggestion of President Eisenhower, six voting machines have been installed in the United States Pavilion to underscore America's system of free elections and emphasize the secret ballot upon which American de- mocracy is based. Visitors have the op-portunity to use the machines them-selves. The six machines are electrically operated and register total numbers of votes as in a modern automatic adding machine.
December 8, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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A detailed model of Philadelphia to show urban planning & development efforts
A photo of the model of the city of Philadelphia CITY PLANNING AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT • This area demonstrates how one American city of over 2,000,000 population is improving its housing, streets and parks; and how industry is made attractive in the community. A detailed scale model of the City of Philadelphia, including 45,000 buildings, 25,000 cars and buses and 12,000 trees, has movable parts which graphically demonstrate how new buildings are replacing old and obsolete structures, how streets and highways are being widened, how slums are being converted to modern apartments and park areas — under a vast community self-improvement program. A scale model of an "industrial park" shows how factory locations, by planning and landscaping, are made attractive, clean, healthy and imposing components of urban and suburban regions in America.
December 8, 2024 at 4:04 PM
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A „free play“ area for children
CHILDREN'S CREATIVE CENTER • The relationship between American parents and their children, and the attention devoted to encouraging their youngsters' interest in the creative arts, are exemplified in this area of the American Pavilion, open to children of all nations, age four to twelve. The imagination and spontaneous invent- iveness of these children are given free play in the Center. No adults have access to it, but may observe from out-side. The children first enter a play area containing toys designed to stimulate the imagination. They proceed from there to a studio equipped with easels, paints, work tables and other materials, where each youngster is free to express his ideas graphically. Three specially-trained teachers are on hand at all times to supervise the children's activities.
December 8, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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A fully functional color TV studio for an audience of 400
COLOR TELEVISION AND MUSIC ROOM • Color television, pioneered and developed in the United States, has a prominent role as a scientific as well as a cultural demonstration. A fully-opera-tive color TV studio in the American Pavilion broadcasts regular programs, which can be viewed in "living color" on the TV receivers situated at vantage points. This is the first time in Europe for a demonstration of this duration. The studio area allows an audience of 400 to watch the actual equipment and technical procedures used in transmitting color TV images. Adjoining the TV studio is a special music room equipped with the latest high-fidelity and binaural sound equipment. Classical, contemporary and jazz recordings are played in this area throughout the time the Pavilion is open.
December 8, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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The exhibition itself included a 140 foot streetscape with authentic shops, traffic lights, and wastebaskets
• "Streetscape" presents a typical American street-scene in detail, from its concrete street to the traffic-control signs. A number of characteristic shop windows line each side of the 140-foot (42.7 m.) block. The window displays reflect the wide variety of goods and fashions available in "Main Street" department stores, hardwares, book- stores and speciality shops. A newsstand displays the newspapers and magazines for sale, many of them the foreign-language journals published in the United States. The drugstore serves American soda fountain specialities. The area also shows the traffic lights, parking meters, street signs and other indices. Even city wastebaskets are included among the commonplace articles so familiar on the American scene. Displayed nearby are giant photographs of American city skylines.
December 8, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Widely available & cheap healthcare and education as well as a strong social security net
Constantly improving living standards and the advances of medicine have increased the average life expectancy in the United States from 47 years to nearly 69.5 years since 1900. Maintenance of health is the joint responsibility of individuals, local communities, state gov-ernments, and the Federal Government. There are nearly 7,000 hospitals in the United States, of which the Federal Government maintains 435. State and local governments operate 1,816 hospi-tals; church and other non-profit associations 3,510; and 1,208 hospitals are privately owned. Most hospitals provide large amounts of free and low-cost care. Many industrial concerns provide medical services and health insurance plans for office and factory workers. All states have laws providing payments to workers or their families for injury or death connected with their work. Among the major programs of social security in effect are a national old-age and survivors insurance; four Federal-State public assistance programs (old-age assistance, aid to the blind, aid to dependent children, and aid to the permanently and totally disabled); the Federal-State programs of maternal and child health services; and the Federal-State unemployment insurance program. Education • Free public education is an American tradition. Approximately 111,000 free public elementary schools and 26,000 free secondary or high schools are maintained by the 48 states, usually under the administration of locally-elected school boards. In addition, there are 12,000 private elementary schools and 3,900 private high schools. For the 1957-58 school year about 30.7 million students were enrolled in elementary schools and nearly 8.5 million in high schools. More than 1,342,000 teachers were employed. Education is compulsory for both boys and girls, in most states up to the age of 16. The usual course in elementary school is six years, with an additional six in junior and senior high schools. About one-half of all high school graduates enter the country's 1,876 institutions of higher learning (859 liberal arts colleges and universities, 311 professional and technological colleges, 193 teachers' colleges, and 513 two-year junior colleges). Approximately 57% of America's 3,450,000 college students receive their tuition free or at very low cost at colleges and universities supported by states and cities. Girls have the same opportunities for higher education as boys. Each year some 310,000 students of all races and religions receive the Bachelor's degree, awarded after four years of college studies. About 111,000 Bachelor degrees go to women. A growing number of students continue university study beyond the Bachelor's degree. The next higher degree, the Master's degree, is usually awarded after two or more additional years of study in a particular field. Of the 60,000 Master's degrees conferred yearly, 20,000 go to women. Young people are not the only ones to attend school. Approximately 50 million adults from all walks of life are enrolled in a wide range of adult education courses.
December 8, 2024 at 3:58 PM
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Strong labor unions & a „tradition of free enterprise“
Labor and Labor Unions Labor and labor unions in the United States have made great progress in recent years. The worker not only earns more than he did in the past, but he can buy more with what he earns. Effective trade unionism had its beginnings in the United States during the last half of the 19th century, and ever since has greatly contributed to improving the conditions of workers. Today about 19 million workers are members of 186 labor unions operating nationally through more than 77,000 local unions. The workers' right to organize into unions of their own choice has been clearly established by the laws and courts. Among the more important Federal laws concerning labor, from the standpoint of the number of workers covered, are the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which sets minimum wage and hour standards for workers manufacturing goods in interstate commerce, and the Social Security Act. A significant step in the labor movement was taken in 1955 with the agreement of the two largest national unions to merge under the joint title of "Ameri-can Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations". This merger gives a single voice to a labor force of approximately 17,000,000 organized workers. American Economic System With 6% of the world's population, the American economy produces more than 40% of the world's goods and services. America's rich natural resources, how-ever, are only one reason behind this great productivity. Behind the growth of the economy to an estimated gross national product of $434 billion in 1957, are the skills and talents of the American people and the free enterprise economic system in which they can fully develop. Scientific research has created countless new products and improved old ones. Through automa-tion, machines are doing more and more of the work of processing, assembling, packaging and distributing goods. Throughout its history, America has provided unparalleled opportunity for individuals of vision, initiative and determination. In its climate of freedom, remarkable men were able to fashion ever-growing industries from humble beginnings. Henry Ford, a farmer's son, turned his dream of a mass-produced car for the mass-market into reality. Thomas A. Edison developed his scientific invention of an incandescent lamp into a commercial enterprise. Isaac Merritt Singer made his name a household word with the first workable sewing machine invented and produced. Alexander Graham Bell invented and developed the telephone, among many other contributions. Andrew Carnegie, son of an immigrant weaver, who started as a helper in a Pennsylvania cotton mill, founded one of the steel-producing giants of American industry. These names stand for an important part of the American heritage. The setting in which this kind of progress took place may have changed somewhat with the years. But the tradition of free enterprise remains alive, still affording untold opportunities to those who combine ideas and energy, harnessing the amazing creativity of the human mind. In recent years, moreover, whole new industries have grown up around the phenomenon of atomic fission leading to the peaceful uses of atomic energy as the servant of man.
December 8, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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A selection of the things, the US exhibited and wanted to convey at Expo '58 in Brussels (Thread)
A photo of the cover page of the Official United States Guide Book Brussels World‘s Fair 1958“ The back of the Guidebook, reading „This booklet is presented as a public service to help acquaint visitors to the Brussels Universal and International Exhibition with the American people and their way of life.“ THE UNITED STATES AT THE FAIR • The United States participation in the Brussels World's Fair is principally centered in its own distinctive national pavilion, with adjoining auditorium suitable for all types of cultural performances. The U.S.A. is also contributing to the International Hall of Science, International Fine Arts Exhibit and various other international cultural exhibits which are all part of the first International Exhibition to be held since 1939. The theme of the Fair is: "A World View — A New Humanism". The United States presentation, in keeping with that theme, attempts to reflect the atmosphere of America generally and those distinctive phenomena which are considered characteristic of the American people - dynamic energy, impatience and restlessness for change, the unremitting search for an improved way of life, and the high degree of unity achieved among the diversity of their national origins. The American Pavilion and the exhibits therein were designed so that they could visually provide for all visitors a tangible and lasting impression of the United States.
December 8, 2024 at 3:53 PM