'Ultimately, the disparity seemed to me to indicate an ongoing clash not merely between the values of East and West Berlin but of the growing divide between rural and/or economically challenged communities and urban, left-leaning cities. In effect, such a schism raises — among other things — an uncomfortable distinction between those with the means to challenge such incursions, and those without.' Any Berliners here? What do you feel about all of this?

the belief of many is that the fight against techno-capitalism in Berlin has already long been lost. What is more realistic, however, is that Berlin, a city with a long-standing history of radical opposing ideologies forced together, has been quashed and reborn endlessly over the last century.

"The neighborhood politics of Big Tech in Berlin" Leaving aside that a city government’s acknowledgment of a neighborhood’s “cool” factor is essentially its death knell, the transformation that has occurred in both Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain — regions that once bordered the West and East sides of the Berlin Wall, respectively — is undeniable. Somewhere along the way, Berlin became known as Europe’s answer to the U.S. tech boom: “Silicon Allee,” some called it. Inspired by the city’s long-standing hacker culture and creative ethos, start-ups and verified Silicon Valley magnates alike swarmed to fill Berlin’s graffitied former squats, aptly juxtaposing the two worlds interminably entwined in this once divided city.

'Ultimately, the disparity seemed to me to indicate an ongoing clash not merely between the values of East and West Berlin but of the growing divide between rural and/or economically challenged communities and urban, left-leaning cities. In effect, such a schism raises — among other things — an uncomfortable distinction between those with the means to challenge such incursions, and those without.' Any Berliners here? What do you feel about all of this?

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