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Success story: BRICS

  Nowadays, the greatest measure of the economic success of a country and/or group of countries on a global scale is actually gross domestic product per capita (GDP). And one of the most successful economic or economic stories of such success is the international economic group BRICKS.  BRICS was originally founded by Brazil, Russia, India and China and was called BRIC before South Africa joined. Slowly after 2000, this economic grouping recorded exceptional economic successes until 2022. Their GDP in that year amounted to 26.6 trillion US dollars, which is 26.2% of global GDP. All of these countries are also members of the G20 and are said to be more successful than the G7, which consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Great Britain and the United States. This is precisely why there are increasingly loud predictions that there will be a new redistribution of economic power or economic superpowers on a global scale.   First, it is necessary to know the bas...

Zgodba o uspehu: BRICS

Dandanes je največje merilo gospodarske uspešnosti neke države in/ali skupine držav v svetovnem merilu pravzaprav bruto domači proizvod na prebivalca (BDP). In ena najuspešnejših gospodarskih ali ekonomskih zgodb takšnega uspeha je mednarodna gospodarska skupina BRICKS.  BRICS so prvotno ustanovile Brazilija, Rusija, Indija in Kitajska in se je pred priključitvijo Južne Afrike imenoval BRIC. Počasi je po letu 2000 to gospodarsko združenje  beležilo vse do leta 2022 izjemne gospodarske uspehe. Njihov BDP je v tem letu znašal 26,6 bilijonov ameriških dolarjev, kar pomeni 26,2 % svetovnega BDP-ja. Vse te države so tudi članice G20 in naj bi bile uspešnejše od G7, ki ga sestavljajo Kanada, Francija, Nemčija, Italija, Japonska, Velika Britanija in Združene države Amerike. Prav zaradi tega so vse glasnejše napovedi, da bo prišlo do nove prerazporeditve gospodarske moči ali gospodarskih velesil v svetovnem merilu. Najprej pa je potrebno poznati osnovne podatke o državah, ki sestavlja...

The crumbling myth of the family

  In our everyday practical lives, people like to destroy some myth, which then remains only a historical artifact or a lost piece of human history. In modern times, we have also begun to destroy the myth of the origin or creation of the family. In our society, personal freedom in all areas is valid, which is only partially limited by laws. Our family myth was defined by two lovers, or partners, who get married and also decide to expand or complete their love with a child or offspring. This is supposed to be the ideal image of our modern family. The family myth even defined such a relationship as the desired form lasting until death. Such a family myth is supposed to sail like a safe boat on the river of life. Partners are supposed to protect and support each other, respect each other, and their offspring are supposed to grow up in a safe and loving family environment.  No one has or does not include divorce or separation of family partners in this family myth, with all the as...

Propadajoči mit o družini

  Vedno znova in znova  ljudje v vsakdanjem praktičnem življenju radi porušimo kakšen mit, ki nato ostane samo zgodovinski artefakt ali izgubljeni delček zgodovine človeštva. V novodobnem času smo začeli tudi rušiti mit o nastanku ali ustvarjanju družine. V naši družbi pač velja namreč osebna svoboda na vseh področjih, ki jo samo še deloma omejujejo zakoni. Naš družinski mit je bil opredeljen z dvema zaljubljencema, oziroma partnerjema, ki se poročita in odločita tudi, da bosta razširila ali dopolnila svojo ljubezen z otrokom ali potomcem. Takšna naj bi bila idealna podoba naše novodobne družine. Družinski mit je celo opredeljeval takšno zvezo kot želeno obliko trajajočo do smrti. Takšen družinski mit naj bi plul kot varna barka po reki življenja. Partnerja naj bi se varovala in podpirala drug drugega, se spoštovala in njuni potomci naj bi odraščali v varnem in ljubečem družinskem okolju. Nihče v ta družinski mit ni vstavljal ali vstavlja razveze ali ločitve družinskih partner...

Migrant Year 2025

  This time, the war zones want to spread across all continents. The once stable North American and European continents are also awakening in historical, economic, political and security conflicts. However, racial and religious conflicts are not excluded. And of course, the peaceful oases have begun to turn into conflict zones, where weapons may soon be used. Thus, after so many years of peace, maintained by good diplomatic relations, interpersonal tolerance and non-violence, the North American and European oasis of peace for all types of migrants fleeing the horrors of war and poverty may soon become a war zone themselves. This proximity or the threat of an outbreak of a war zone is already deterring waves of migrants. A reduced pressure from migrants, legal or illegal, has been observed on both continents. In Slovenia alone, 28,200 illegal migrants entered the country in 2025. The number is still high. However, the number of illegal migrants has decreased significantly compared ...

Migrantsko leto 2025

  Vojna žarišča se tokrat hočejo raztezati že po vseh kontinentih. Nekdaj stabilni severnoameriški in evropski kontinent se tudi prebuja v zgodovinskih, ekonomskih, političnih in varnostnih sporih. Niso pa izključeni tudi rasni in verski spori. In seveda sta se mirni oazi začeli spreminjati v konfliktna področja, kjer lahko kmalu zarožlja tudi orožje. Tako se lahko kmalu po tolikih letih miru, ki so ga vzdrževali dobro diplomatski odnosi, medosebna tolerantnost in nenasilnosti tudi severnoameriška in evropska oaza miru za vse vrste migrantov, ki bežijo pred vojnimi strahotami in revščino, sama postane vojno žarišče. Ta bližina ali nevarnost izbruha vojnega žarišča, pa že odvrača tudi valove migrantov. Na obeh kontinentih je opažen zmanjšan pritisk migrantov, legalnih ali ilegalnih. Samo v Sloveniji  je v letu 2025 vstopilo v državo 28.200 ilegalnih migrantov. Številka je še vedno visoka. Vendar se je  število ilegalnih migrantov v primerjavi z letom 2024, ko jih je i...

Political confusion

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  People, at least it seems, have become accustomed to transparency and, above all, clarity regarding our everyday life circumstances. We want to know clearly which country we live in, what the state structure is, who the leaders are and also which organizations we are members of and what this means for us. However, these clear parameters of our lives are slowly becoming blurred and confusion is also creating in our heads. Most of the countries of the European Union are in the military-defense pact we call NATO. They are supposed to be threatened at our external borders and they are supposed to feel safe within the military-defense pact. This is confirmed by the very picture or map of NATO members.  And we certainly find the now current Greenland and the formerly current Canada on the map of NATO members. As such, they are also supposed to be safe members, as they are supposed to be protected by Article 5 of the treaty, which is supposed to guarantee the slogan: "...

Politična zmeda

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Ljudje smo se, vsaj tako izgleda, navadili transparentnosti in predvsem jasnosti glede naših vsakdanjih življenskih okoliščin. Hočemo jasno vedeti v kateri državi živimo, kakšna je državna struktura, kdo so voditelji in prav tako tudi v katere organizacije smo včlanjeni in kaj to pomeni za nas. Ti jasni parametri našega življenja pa se počasi megljijo in prav tako se nam dela zmeda v glavi. Večina držav Evropske unije je namreč v vojaško-obrambnem paktu, ki mu pravimo NATO. Ogroženi naj bi bili na naših zunanjih mejah in počutili naj bi se varne znotraj vojaško-obrambnega pakta. Tako nam potrjuje tudi že sama slika ali zemljevid članic NATA.  In vsekakor najdemo na zemljevidu članic NATA tudi sedaj aktualno Grenlandijo in nekdaj aktualno Kanado. Kot takšni naj bi bili tudi varni članici, saj naj bi ju varoval 5. člen pogodbe, ki naj bi garantiral parolo: "Napad na eno članico NATA pomeni napad na vojaško-obrambno zvezo NATO", kamor spadajo tudi Združene države Ame...

Energy spoilage or not

  People have slowly become accustomed to industrialization and of course all the further developments and inventions. We have become accustomed to electric lighting and of course also refrigerators, air conditioning, washing machines, etc., and in short, a new standard of life. We have also become accustomed to a peaceful everyday life and just observing life in a state of war, which does not only mean shelling. Let's forget that there is no electricity in a state of war. Maybe today's power outages will at least remind us a little of what a peaceful life brings us. For us, it is a real disaster that there will be no lighting for a while. The real disaster is that some shops are not open because there is no electricity. We cannot cook because there is no electricity. For those who have electric heating, the office or living space is already a little cold. We can also hope that the refrigerators in the shop and in our homes will withstand some time without electricity. Of cours...

Energijska razvajenost ali ne

  Ljudje smo se počasi navadili industrializacije in seveda vsega nadaljnega razvoja in izumov. Navadili smo se električne razsvetljave in seveda tudi hladilnikov, klime, pralnih strojev itd., in na kratko povedano novega standardnega življenja. Navadili smo se tudi mirnega vsakdanjega življenja in le opazovanja življenja v vojnem stanju, kar ne pomeni samo obstreljevanja.  Pozabimo namreč, da v vojnem stanju ni elektrike. Mogoče nas bodo današnji izpadi elektrike vsaj malo opomnili, kaj vse nam prinese mirnodobno življenje. Za nas je prava katastrofa, da nekaj časa ne bo razsvetljave. Prava katastrofa je, da nekatere trgovine niso odprte, ker ni elektrike. Ne moremo si skuhati, ker ni elektrike. Tistim, ki imajo električno ogrevanje pa je pisarna ali bivalni prostor že malo hladen. Upamo lahko tudi, da bodo hladilniki v trgovini in v naših domovih vzdržali nekaj časa brez elektrike. Seveda ne moremo uporabljati tudi telekomunikacijskih storitev, ki zahtevajo elektriko. Še bol...

Bigamy or monogamy

  The question of whether our laws or legislation only prevent bigamy and how is very topical. Many people interpret monogamy in their own way, but in principle monogamy means one person with only one person, to whom they are also supposed to be sexually faithful. In most countries of the North Pole, monogamy is also a forced or compulsory marriage commitment. The question of whether we are capable of monogamous intimate relationships in real life and whether the commitment to monogamy remains just a desired worn-out phrase for obtaining intimate partners is a good and topical one. We can ask ourselves whether we are really more inclined to bigamy or monogamy, that we need a legal ban on bigamy in the Northern Hemisphere. We can also joke that the law only prevents the registration of bigamy, since you cannot live in an extramarital or marital union with two people at the same time. The law does allow you to have a wife and a mistress or a husband and a lover at the same time. Howe...

Bigamija ali monogamija

  Zelo aktualno je vprašanje ali naši zakoni ali zakonodaja samo preprečuje bigamijo in kako. Monogamijo si marsikdo interpretira po svoje, ampak načeloma monogamija pomeni ena oseba samo z eno osebo, ki naj bi ji bila tudi spolno zvesta. V večini držav severnega pola pa je monogamija tudi vsiljena ali prisilna zaveza zakonske zveze. Dobro in aktualno je namreč vprašanje ali smo sposobni monogamnih intimnih zvez v realnem življenju in ali ostaja zaveza monogamiji samo želena obrabljena fraza za pridobitev intimnih partnerjev.   Lahko se sicer vprašamo ali smo res bolj nagnjeni k bigamijo ali monogamijo, da potrebujemo na severni polobli zakonsko  prepoved bigamije. Lahko se pošalimo tudi, da zakon samo preprečuje registracijo bigamije, saj ne morete živeti v izvenzakonski ali zakonski skupnosti istočasno z dvema osebama. Zakon pa vam dopušča, da imate istočasno ženo in ljubico ali moža in ljubimca. Vendar je kršitev monogamije ali spolna nezvestoba ali bigamija  pogo...

New Year's Theory "I and Others"

We have known two personality extremes of a person for a long time in the history of mankind. Throughout human history, we have known so-called egocentric people who only know themselves and their needs. We have also known such people throughout human history who give themselves away for others without thinking about satisfying their own needs, which means that they give others what they do not have themselves. Throughout human history, and also so-called humanists or sympathizers, people have a hard time balancing the satisfaction of their own needs and the needs of others. Of course, we could also object to this, because many call such a comparison of one's own and other people's needs with a negative connotation of calculation or egocentrism or the me-first theory. However, our modern social system is also based on calculation. First, in social society and the state, income per adult is compared, and then the income of children. There is even an income tax scale and the amo...

Novoletna teorija "jaz in drugi"

Že dolgo v zgodovini človeštva poznamo dva osebnostna ekstrema človeka. Poznamo skozi vso človeško zgodovino tako imenovane egocentrične osebe, ki poznajo samo sebe in svoje potrebe. Prav tako poznamo skozi vso zgodovino človeštva takšne osebe  ki se razdajajo za druge brez da pomislijo na  zadovoljitev svojih lastnih potreb, kar pomeni, da dajo drugim tudi tisto, kar sami nimajo.  Skozi vso zgodovino človeštva in tudi tako imenovane humaniste ali sočutja do drugega pa ljudje težko uravnotežimo zadovoljitev svojih potreb in potreb drugih. Seveda bi temu lahko tudi ugovarjali, saj mnogi takšno primerjavo lastnih in tujih potreb poimenujejo z negativnim predznakom  preračunljivosti ali egocentričnosti ali najprej jaz teoriji. Pa vendarle na preračunavanju temelji tudi naš novodobni socialni sistem. Najprej se v socialni družbi in državi  primerjajo dohodki na odraslo osebo in nato še dohodki otrok. Obstaja celo dohodninski lestvica in znesek minimalnih dohodkov od...

Migrants choose safe routes

  World War II lasted for most countries on the European continent for four years, from 1941 to 1945. With some exceptions, such as Poland, it has been going on since 1939. The state of war between Ukraine and Russia will last the same four years for the second year in February. For now, this war between Ukraine and Russia has not yet escalated into a global Third World War, although it shows signs of beginning, and at other times we are talking about an upcoming peace or peace agreement. In any case, the European continent, on which the European Union (EU) is located, has gone from being an oasis of peace to a potential war hotbed, which is most likely also recognized as such by potential migrants for one reason or another. In the first eleven months of this year, 25% fewer illegal migrants entered the EU, which means around 166,900 illegal migrants according to official data, of course, but the number of illegal migrants in reality may be higher or lower. Their route to the EU h...

Migranti izbirajo varne poti

  2. svetovna vojna je trajala za večino držav evropskega kontinenta štiri leta in sicer od 1941-1945. Z nekaterimi izjemami, kot je Poljska, pa že od 1939 leta. Vojno stanje Ukrajina-Rusija pa bo dobilo isto štiriletno trajanje drugo leto v februarju. Za sedaj se ta vojna Ukrajina-Rusija še ni razrasla v globalno tretjo svetovno vojno, čeprav enkrat kaže indice začetka, spet drugič pa govorimo o prihajajočem miru ali mirovnem sporazumu. Vsekakor pa je evropski kontinent na katerem leži tudi Evropska unija (EU) postal iz oaze miru, potencialno vojno žarišče, ki ga kot tako najverjetneje prepoznajo tudi potencialni migranti iz takšnih ali drugačnih razlogov. Na področje EU je v enajstih mesecih letos v vstopilo 25 % manj ilegalnih migrantov, kar pomeni v številkah okoli 166.900 ilegalnih migrantov po seveda uradnih podatkih, lahko pa je število ilegalnih migrantov v realnosti večje ali manjše. Tudi njihova pot v EU se je nekoliko spremenila in je po podatkih Glavna, kar pomeni najšt...

What is a child?

  We often say or state that we would like to have children and that we love children very much. It is also very common to say that children are our future. With all this, we must ask ourselves what a child or childhood is and how to form or build a future adult from a child. A child, when born or brought into the world, is still a physiologically or biologically sensitive being, who, after birth, develops from childhood and through the teenage years into an adult with an adult body, actually with our help. Childhood is usually defined as 14 years, and then adolescence begins until adulthood or 18 years. During this time, children and adolescents are also financially or materially dependent on their parents and/or guardians. The state also offers them assistance by drawing on so-called public funds, if the parents or guardians cannot support their children and/or adolescents with their own funds.  For their biologically normal development, a child and teenager need adequate nu...

Kaj je pravzaprav otrok

  Zelo radi izjavljamo ali navajamo, da bi radi imeli otroke in da imamo zelo radi otroke. Zelo pogosto je tudi izraz, da so otroci naša bodočnost ali prihodnost. Ob vsem tem pa se moramo vprašati, kaj sploh je otrok ali otroška doba in kako formirati ali izgraditi iz otroka bodočo odrasli osebo. Otrok, ko se rodi ali pride na svet, je namreč še zmeraj fiziološko ali biološko občutljivo bitje, ki se še po rojstvu od otroštva in preko najstniških let  naprej razvija v odraslo osebo z odraslim telesom pravzaprav z našo pomočjo. Otroško dobo ponavadi opredelimo z  14 leti in nato nastopi najstniška doba do polnoletnosti ali 18 leti ali odraslosti. Ves ta čas pa so otroci in mladostniki tudi finančno ali materialno odvisni od svojih staršev in/ali skrbnikov. Država jim tudi nudi pomoč s črpanjem tako imenovanih javnih sredstev, v kolikor se svojimi sredstvi starši ali skrbniki ne morejo preživljati svojih otrok in/ali mladostnikov. Za svoj biološki normalen razvoj potrebuje o...

What to do if you're cold during the holidays

  The Christmas and New Year holidays are approaching. Of course, Christmas is supposed to be a family holiday, which means celebrating Christmas at our homes with our closest family members and  friends . However, we also like to spend the New Year holidays in a wider society and outside the home or even abroad. During both holidays, we can feel the social pressure to have an "outfit" or a special style of clothing, the decorativeness of ourselves and our surroundings. What style or "outfit" we will choose for the upcoming holidays should be our personal choice, or our personal freedom. In all clothing stores, this year's holiday hits and/or fashionable dresses are already hanging. During the holidays, it will also be important or we should not ignore the fact that our style or "outfit" will be in accordance with the weather. December is, in addition to January, especially in our areas, the month when the temperatures are the lowest in winter and very...

Kaj narediti, če te zebe ob zimskih praznikih

  Bližajo se na božični in novoletni prazniki. Seveda naj bi bil Božič družinski praznik, kar pomeni praznovanje Božiča na naših domovih v krogu najbližjih. Novoletne praznike pa radi preživimo tudi v širši družbi in izven doma ali celo v tujini. Pri obeh praznikih pa lahko občutimo družbeni pritisk po "outfitu" ali posebnem stilu oblačenja, dekorativnosti sebe in tudi naše okolice. Kakšen stil ali "outfit" bomo izbrali ob prihajajočih praznikih naj bi bila naša osebna izbira, oziroma naša osebna svoboda. V vseh trgovinah z oblačili pa tako ali tako že visijo letošnje praznične hit in/ali modne obleke. Ob praznikih bo tudi pomembno ali pa ne smemo zanemariti dejstva ali bo naš stil ali "outfit" v skladu z vremenom. December je poleg januarja, sploh v naših krajih mesec, ko so temperature zimsko najnižje in zelo pogosto pod  0° C, kar pomeni  temperaturno območje zamrznitve. Ljudje smo pa takšni in drugačni in tako izgleda tudi naš pogled na praznovanje in ...