Ah, il dolce suono dell’autunno in Svizzera: foglie fruscianti, aria di montagna nitida … e l’inconfondibile tonfo della busta Serafe che colpisce la mia cassetta postale.
NO TV? Non mater. Non ascoltare la radio? Irrilevante. Vivi in una grotta minimalista con solo un router wifi e terrore esistenziale? Serafe ti trova ancora.
Non guardo RTS. Non possiedo nemmeno una televisione. Il mio tempo sullo schermo è costituito dal rossastro che colpisce e finge di comprendere i meme della Gen Z.
Ovviamente pagherò. Non sto cercando di iniziare una rivoluzione. Ma mi riservo il diritto di ridere dell’assurdità della programmazione di finanziamento che non ho mai visto, sui dispositivi che non possiedo, per i canali che non ho potuto nominare in un quizz.
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di peters-mith
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Start an initiative to abolish it….
yes that’s how society works, you pay for common services even if you don’t use them. I’ve never used the firefighters and neither a school yet here I am paying for all that through my taxes. truly a mind blowing concept
Aaah yes this time of the year where people complain about contributing to public services.
On the side note, I guess you have a smartphone and internet? So you have access to public media. That’s why you pay.
i hate it 🙁
I never use the highway in geneva yet I pay taxes. Whats your point?
You‘re also paying for schools you‘ll never attend, roads you‘ll never walk on etc.
I hate it too. But I guess it‘s part of the public service.
The only thing I would change is to pay per person instead of per household. Its unfair that WG’s with 4 people pays the same as me living alone.
MFs in this thread truly defending the boot stepping on their face 😂
I paid, and I have no idea what SERAFE is.
In general I love how you can see the benefits of a functional government in Switzerland. The effective mass transit, clean public spaces, miscellaneous half-day festivals, safe roadways, nice government buildings, etc.
Happy to pay for the amazing services here, even if I don’t use all of them.
after the forced levies of lamal, which increase every year with no way out, this is yet another coercive theft.
I understand that people don’t agree with everything SERAFE is used for and that it can and should be discussed. What I will never understand is people paying for 5 streaming services, gym, eating out, order food, pay for holidays no matter what, partying, getting a 5.- coffee at migros take away to sip in the train, basically wasting money EVERYWHERE without batting an eye but 1.- a day is considered an absolutely, insanely overexaggerated fee for service publique which, tbh, does a damn good job in a LOT of things anyways.
I’m proudly funding shows I’ll never watch on devices I don’t own.
Public information is important. It ensures stability, freedom of opinion, mutual understanding, and prevents situations such as those we are currently seeing in other countries, such as the USA. There, information is always politically biased, which leads to people no longer believing and trusting each other.
Yes, I would also prefer it to be collected directly through taxes. Yes, I also wonder whether SRF and RTS have to broadcast every entertainment program. But there are good reasons why we all pay for it collectively. Switzerland is one of the most livable countries in the world, and each of these pieces of the puzzle contributes to that. I hope we keep it that way.
Think about it this way: You’re paying for the privilege of living in a country with a functioning media environment.
SERAFE mostly funds SRF/RTS, yes, but what they report on also gets picked up by the other newspapers. Additionally it’s funding local TV and Radio that reports on local matters – something that private newspapers no longer really do.
Oy, have you paid your TV loicence yet???