Richard Straub

President Peter Drucker Society Europe and Global Peter Drucker Forum

[F. A. Hayek Quotes @FAHayekSays]

Hayek: “The Socratic maxim that the recognition of our ignorance is the beginning of wisdom has profound significance for our understanding of society.

The first requisite for this is that we become aware of men’s necessary ignorance of much that helps him to achieve his aims.”

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

MELONI: Regarding Ukraine, we took stock with Zelenskyy and reviewed situation on the ground, which is very different from what Russian propaganda is trying to sell.

All G7 members unanimously agreed to continue providing support to Kyiv while maintaining high pressure on Moscow.

The unity and firmness of the West continue to be, in my view, the most effective tools for creating the necessary conditions for real negotiations.

The goal remains to foster direct meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin. However, while Zelenskyy has demonstrated sincere attitude toward resolving the conflict, no serious signal in this direction has come from Moscow.

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

The scale of fires in Moscow after a massive Ukrainian drone strike

War always returns to where it came from.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

More than 40 years ago, I arrived in Chicago in search of an idea. I was a young man looking for purpose, who believed deeply in America, was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, and wanted to be a part of something larger. The America I believed in was one where everyone has opportunity, everyone is seen, everyone belongs—because that was an America that had a place for me, too.

[Agenda Austria @AgendaAustria]

Österreichs Wettbewerbsfähigkeit sackt immer weiter ab.

Während das Land 2020 noch den 16. Platz im jährlichen Competitiveness-Ranking von IMD belegt hat, ist es innerhalb nur weniger Jahre auf den 29. Platz gefallen. Damit ist Österreich gerade noch oberes Mittelfeld unter den 70 untersuchten Staaten.

Besonders schlecht sieht es bei Steuerpolitik (Platz 65), Einstellungen & Werte”(Platz 60) und den öffentlichen Finanzen (Platz 55) aus. Lichtblicke gibt es bei Gesundheit & Umwelt (Platz 6), Bildung (Platz 9) und wissenschaftlicher Infrastruktur (Platz 13).

Um im globalen Wettbewerb wieder aufzurücken, müssen am dringendsten die größten Schwächen des Standorts ausgeräumt werden: viel zu hohe Steuern, das nicht nachhaltige Defizit und Überregulierung - und eine politische Klasse, die vergessen hat, dass Wohlstand aus privatwirtschaftlicher Tätigkeit entsteht, nicht aus staatlichem Gönnertum.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today, the Ukrainian army is effectively the main army in Europe that can deter and resist large-scale aggression over a long period of time. And after this war, this must remain the case.

The existence of such an army should help prevent any future aggressive moves by Putin. That is why we need to start thinking now about how to provide the funding the Ukrainian army will need in the years ahead.

If we want Europe to have the strongest army, one that can truly respond to any threat, this is only possible with long-term cooperation with Ukraine and long-term support for the Ukrainian army. This is a realistic new security architecture for Europe.

From a speech at the 35th UDCG meeting. (3/3)

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

J’ai eu une discussion inspirante avec M. Arthur Mensch de Mistral AI sur le paysage international de l’IA en pleine évolution. Nous avons échangé nos points de vue sur l’IA digne de confiance, l’innovation et la nécessité de faire en sorte que l’IA reste centrée sur l’humain et inclusive.

Nous avons discuté des possibilités de partenariats en Inde dans divers domaines. L’Inde reste engagée pour le développement de solutions IA qui servent l’humanité tout en promouvant l’innovation, la confiance et la coopération internationale.

@arthurmensch

@MistralAI

[Henshi @HenshiG]

On Kristallnacht, November 9, 1938, Aracy de Carvalho watched Hamburg burn.

The next morning she hid a Jewish family in her apartment.

Aracy was 30 — a Brazilian clerk at the Hamburg consulate. A divorced single mother from a small town who spoke German, French, and English. Not a diplomat. Just chief of the Passport Section.

Brazil’s dictator had secretly ordered consulates to reject Jewish visas. Most obeyed. Aracy refused.

She processed Jewish applications, walked them personally to the consul, and got them approved. She worked around the Nazis’ red “J” stamps and sheltered families before they sailed.

In 1938 she partnered with João Guimarães Rosa, the assistant consul. Together they ran a quiet rescue operation for four years. Hundreds of Jews — including the Bertel-Levy, Tuch, and Kazenstein families — reached safety in Brazil.
Aracy never sought credit.

She married Rosa in 1940 and stayed in the background while he became a literary giant.

For decades almost no one knew.

Then survivors spoke.

In 1982 Yad Vashem named her Righteous Among the Nations — the only Brazilian woman ever honored, and the only woman featured in their “Visas for Life” exhibit alongside Wallenberg and Sugihara.

Aracy de Carvalho, the Angel of Hamburg, died in 2011 at 102. A small-town clerk who used a stamp, a signature, and quiet courage to save hundreds of lives and thousands of descendants.

She simply did what her heart demanded when most did not.

I wonder how many people would do the same today?

[Liza Rosen @LizaRosen0000]

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sparked massive Muslim outrage by exposing the Nazi roots of the Palestinian cause.

Both the Nazis and Hamas jihadists seek to create “a world without Jews.”

[Richard Straub @rstraub46]

Without falling in the trap of anti Musk emotion , it is worth considering the serious systemic questions that this IPO raises. @PatrickEBoyle does this in a brilliant manner ob YouTube

https://t.co/llT8xnpZhG

@FranzSchellhorn

[Richard Straub @rstraub46]

@FranzSchellhorn Es gibt hier tiefer liegende systemische Fragen, die zu beleuchten sind. @PatrickEBoyle macht das sehr eindrucksvoll auf YouTube (17357) How SpaceX Humiliated Wall Street - YouTube

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

Bill Clinton: “I killed myself trying to give the Palestinians a state. I had a deal they turned down that would have given them all of Gaza and 97% of the West Bank. You name it. They turned it down.”

The Palestinians never wanted peace.

This must be shared every single day.

[Agenda Austria @AgendaAustria]

Österreich laufen die Gesundheitsausgaben davon - und das Finanzministerium tut, als wär nichts.

In nur zehn Jahren sind die Ausgaben für Gesundheit um 70 Prozent gestiegen, das Bruttoinlandsprodukt ist währenddessen nur um 50 Prozent gewachsen. Gesundheit ist - neben den Pensionen - hauptverantwortlich für das enorme Budgetdefizit - zusammen machen die beiden Kostentreiber mehr als die Hälfte der Mehrausgaben seit 2019 aus.

Im neuen Doppelbudget sind für den Gesundheitsbereich aber keine Einsparungen vorgesehen. Dabei wären auf jeden Fall welche zu erreichen, ohne die Versorgung zu verschlechtern:

Ein Selbstbehalt von zehn Prozent, nach oben beschränkt auf 700 Euro jährlich, würde das Gesundheitssystem nicht nur finanziell entlasten, sondern auch Arztbesuche würden zurückgehen. Da Österreich pro Kopf die meisten Arztkontakte in Europa hat (circa fünf mal so viele wie Schweden), würde das die Versorgung eher verbessern als verschlechtern.

Auch die Nutzung von Generika würde Geld sparen. Und: Wären die Ausgaben für Krankenhäuser seit 2015 nur mit dem BIP gestiegen, lägen sie heute um knapp drei Milliarden Euro niedriger. Auch in der Effizienz des Spitalsmanagements schlummert also Potenzial.

[Meanwhile in Ukraine @MeanwhileInUA]

9:00 AM. Every day, Ukraine stops.

Cities go quiet. Traffic stills. Voices fall silent. For one minute, nothing moves — only memory.

Ukraine remembers those who stood in its defense and did not come home. Those who gave their lives for the right of Ukraine to be free, strong and unbroken. Those whose names live not only in history — but in the heart of every Ukrainian.

Freedom is not abstract here. It has faces. It has names. It has families who still set a place at the table.

Every morning at 9:00, Ukraine remembers why it stands — and for whom it keeps going.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

SEN. KELLY: How many times have Vance and Rubio been to Ukraine? Zero. Has Trump been to Ukraine? No.

He invited Putin to United States, but he still failed to send anybody at high level in his government to visit Ukraine. Have Kushner or Witkoff been to Ukraine? They have not.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Among all the European nations that have already joined the European Union or see such a prospect for themselves, Ukraine is the one making the greatest sacrifices for Europe. We are not simply carrying out internal reforms, nor are we simply going through a transformation. We are fighting for our state, for our independence, and for our right to choose our own path and to be Europe.

And this right of ours is at the same time the right of every nation in our region. We are fighting for our freedom and theirs, for Europe for ourselves and for them – for the Baltic states and for Poland, for Hungary and Slovakia, for Romania and Moldova, and for the peoples of the Caucasus.

That is why the fate of Europe is being decided here – it is being decided in Ukraine, in this war, and in how this war ends – and whether Russia will still have the strength and the desire after this war to threaten the existence of Ukraine and its other neighbors, and the entirety of Europe.

That is why we must end this war with dignity and with guaranteed security. And this is what we will discuss with our partners during the G7 Summit in France, and later at the European Council Summit and at the NATO Summit in Ankara.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

More of CNN's false equivalence language. Ukraine is not targeting St. Petersburg, but striking military installations, Russian warships, and oil refineries. It's the Russian terror state that strikes cities and targets civilians. https://t.co/Cy7DgqtkuT

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Open Letter
To the President of the Russian Federation
From the President of Ukraine

When you came to power in Russia more than 26 years ago, many people in Ukraine viewed you positively. That is how it was. But that is now in the past.
Now, the overwhelming majority of Ukrainians view it positively that our long-range drones paid a visit to the opening of your forum in St. Petersburg, covering a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers. As you know very well, that distance is not the limit of our capabilities.

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

BREAKING:

A large group of second and third-generation migrants is rioting in Brussels, the capital city of the EU.

They are building barricades, setting fires, vandalizing the city, looting stores as well as throwing rocks and shooting fireworks at police officers 🇪🇺🇧🇪

[Miranda Devine @mirandadevine]

Mamdani victim Thomas Diana is not a fat cat landlord.
He's a construction worker from Queens who toiled hard all his life and planned to retire on the proceeds of a run down 8-unit building that he fixed up himself at night over years.
He always took care of his tenants and now he's being taken for a ride by a 9-year squatter, NYC is treating him like the bad guy. I told his story last week:
https://t.co/9Sp6guyTy8