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While I echo your concerns about judgements I stated him as a perfect example of what agitators of anti-gentrificationists are. Let's not loose focus of my mai
by woodpanel 8y ago
While I echo your concerns about judgements I stated him as a perfect example of what agitators of anti-gentrificationists are.
Let's not loose focus of my main argument here: How are people claiming the moral highground on who should become a new tenant, if they themselves where new tenants very recently?
How can you call yourself an "activist" on the good side of democracy or morale in general, whilst being an office-holding politician, without even being elected into that office?
And regarding your admiration for him for living in a 2-room Kreuzberg apartment
... I grew up the same way, where is my medallion for that ? Do I get extra points for not getting to choose to live that way, like he did?
... as a housing councilor of the city rest assured he's not poor, makes 7.533,07 € a month [1], 2.3 times the median Berliner income
... and wasn't poor before that, indicated by the fact that his family used to travel frequently between homes in Barcelona and Berlin
[1] https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/berliner-bezirke-stellen-sich-neu-auf-stadtrat-ein-job-mit-freiheiten/14576038.html https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/berliner-bezirke-stellen-...
- DanielleMolloy 8y agoI thought the video added a bit to the characterization of the agitator, which you had started ;) I didn't admire his living conditions, I think you misunderstood me here. He is indeed not exactly poor^1, maybe unable to pay for decent housing for a family in a Kreuzberg with rising rents. But he would certainly be able to pay for a decently sized apartment in a less hip quarter. It looks as if he is not willing to for reasons we can only speculate about. 1: You added the numbers, and this is certainly enough money for much better living conditions even in the hippest quarters of Berlin.