My legal name is Christian Knuchel, but you can call me Aziroshin if you like. Bern, Switzerland is my current location of residence. For years I have written away on political matters in comment sections on various websites, Youtube most of all, tweeted on issues that stir me or otherwise shouted and pondered into the void. For me, politics is a source of agony, a catalyst that drains and ignites me at the same time, but no matter how I try to turn away and nurture myself into a more healthy direction, it takes so little to fall right back into it; a dour affliction clawing at me as if it was a shadow of mine.
I can't leave it alone, not forever, not truly. So I write, and am, perhaps, slowly coming to accept politics as a part of my life. One that might, given time or circumstance, end up consuming me one way or another.
Now, perhaps I'm a fool who doesn't even know that he knows nothing, but as fools are wont to do, I will flail at what I perceive to be ills anyway, and share what I believe to be the truth as I believe to be seeing it.
As far as the heart of my political passion is concerned, I'm an advocate for a society based on solidarity and consideration for one another. Mostly, this translates into me being a social democrat and social libertarian. As far as my call for a gradual reformation of the private sector into being predominantly owned by worker cooperatives is concerned, my stance on economic policy also comes with a left wing libertarian tinge.
Yes, social democracy is a mess, but the reason for that is simple: Everything humanity does is a mess. Sure, maybe there is a beautiful equation to have a perfect, uncorrupted society. Maybe we'll mine the Kuiper belt one day to build a ringworld, too. Until then, I believe that all we can do is work with the mess, make it better, less corrupt. In that light, from all the messes we've had in documented history, social democracy has coincided with the greatest amount of economic success, tangible happiness and development. I say that we take that and build on it, instead of trying to force experiments with immensely destructive potential, or choose to outright regress into documented failures.
As some of you might have already figured at this point, I haven't come here to spread superficial positivity, or to accrue favour by carefully engineering myself into people's good graces. I have come here to write about problems and solutions, and I will not be shy to cast blame or clearly state what I consider to be the right thing to do or not to do. There might also be the occasional philosophical excursion, or an article on an entirely different subject, though. First and foremost, I'm interested in Steem as a blockchain solution to store writing in a way that can't easily be censored or destroyed.
To those who do not like what they read, I say that they are exactly the ones who should be reading it: The right wingers, the centrists, the oh-so-clever "unaffiliated", the self-proclaimed "libertarians", the non-voters, and enemies of democracy. For I believe, if we can get those who are set to benefit from egalitarian policies, and those who truly care, to stand together, it is possible to outvote the minority of people who are set to genuinely benefit from and push for an increasingly elitarian society.
In order to do that, enough people need to truly appreciate the power that they hold, that voting isn't useless, that things can change. However, that realization means nothing when one then allows oneself to be engineered into voting against one's own goals and interests, for then, voting is truly rendered useless, but not by any fault in the system, but by one's own.
I'm under no illusion that any writing that I've done in the past, or that I'll do in the future, has much of a chance of making an actual dent. However, at least I'll be one of tens of thousands of needles scratching away at the paint job. And just like with voting: If everyone thought it useless, there wouldn't be as much as an appearance of democracy.
If anything, remember this: It all starts with you, and it all ends with you.
For verification purposes:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Aziroshin (I'll be linking to this article there)
- Discord: Christian Knuchel#9757
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Oh yea, I have upvoted you and followed you. Many blessings!
Well you've come to the right place. Speak your heart out. Maybe not many will listen at first but say what you have to say in freedom knowing no one can shut you up. I welcome you as a fellow nerd of politics. I may not have much to say on the matter but enjoy reading about it. There are more and more political writers arriving hear due to censorship and I think it is great that now I can support their work through my small upvote. If you need any guidance let me know. Actually a recent community is starting up called HOBO that is about journalism which may interest you.
Anyway welcome and I hope to check out what you are offering.
Many more continue to join the community given the great opportunity to share and engage freely with their thoughts! Hope you enjoy it!
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Welcome to Steemit @christianknuchel :)
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Thank you so much for your interest!
Welcome Azirochin ,
to the Steemit platform, Yes its happening you are a steemian now. This is the moment to warm welcoming you as a new user. And you receive this message because you used the #introduceyourself tag!
I was welcomed with good advice too when I started so here i am. I know that steemit may seem very overwhelming right now but don't worry. After a few blog you will be the best blogger and contributor.
If you have any questions just ask your questions on any of my blog posts and I'll be more than happy to assist you with whatever questions you may have!
I may know the answer. But very important I recommend you to never give up any off your passwords they are yours ! Please for safety tips read and visit the white paper or my blog about safety
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It gives you insight on what is happening in your account.
Maybe great to join Steemterminal in Discord and visit @heyhaveyamet to See more newcomers onboard.
Here is what we do :
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Good Luck, Have fun and I wish you loads of success on here! :)
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Hello, and Welcome to the Steem Community @christianknuchel!
I would love to feature your new introduction post in my weekly curation blog if you don't mind! You can find it on my @Ma1neEvent Profile.
You can also check out the @MinnowSupport Project (MSP) / PAL community on Discord Chat where you can interact, chat, network, and learn with other members of the Steem / PAL Community! There is even a Steem based radio station there with shows and music created by Steemians, @MSP-Waves! Hop in the @MinnowSupport Pond on Discord and say hello sometime if you'd like!
Hey. :)
I wouldn't mind, as I have no shame in accepting an opportunity for more people getting exposed to my political writing. Though, having looked at one of your introduction posts, and how positive or at least neutral the aggregations tend to be, I'm not sure my post is going to give you the easiest material to work with. XD
"@christianknuchel, an angry left winger who's taken upon himself the sisyphean and probably self-defeating task of trying to convert the neoliberals and right wingers of the world to social democracy by being angry at them."
Yeah... XD
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@christianknuchel it’s nice to see new face on steemit, hope you will spread positive vibes in steemit.and keep up the good work on steemit...;-) and be regular on steemit it will make grow you faster... ;-)
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Hello fellow Steemian,
nice to meet you anasta, i'm always pleased to meet new people here.
I hope you create good Blogposts in the future so that I have something to read and possibly to comment on :)
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