Culture

A German diary:Rosa Parks in the Advent calendar
Not everyone is a hero

Running with the crowd is the new rebelliousness.

Civic anarchism:Young Hare by Albrecht Dürer
When truth is locked away in the cellar

People could be infected by Dürer's view of the truth and suddenly see the world as it is and not as they are being led to believe.

Endangered gestures:Saying Farewell
In the age of WhatsApp and Instagram, we have forgotten how it's done

We don’t like to be reminded of the final farewell.

Book review of ‘The Madness of Crowds’:Let’s Enter the Culture War!
Douglas Murray speaks up for the West

The British author should not be left fighting on his own.

Collectivist ideas:The Mania of Collective Power
It ends in terror and blood and is called ‘virtue’ and ‘morality’

Collectivist ideas result from narcissism of people who have ‘progressively’ detached and ‘emancipated’ themselves from all that has been tried and tested.

Reason for the success of ‘Fridays for Future’:Children of Privilege
Risk-free rebellion

These aren't rebels, they're conformists.

Significant disparities between the east and west of Germany:Why the East is Different
Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall there are still traces of German division

The East Germans learned over decades to mistrust their media and to read between the lines. The West Germans never did.

Endangered gestures:Drinking a Sundowner
Marking boundaries in life is important

If everything is relative, drinking becomes dangerous.

Endangered gestures:Saying Grace
Invokes community

Grace can only be said where there is still a commonly used table.

Effects of unconditional basic income:No Suffering, No Life
Eliminating it means depriving humans of the chance of happiness

The key is not to avoid suffering, but to transcend it.

Young migrants:Fighting the ‘Potato Culture’
AKA 'The Germans'

Some migrants, and some Germans with migrant background, believe they are owed positive discrimination.

Mindset control in the asylum crisis:Rape Victim’s Fear of Being Stigmatized as Nazis
How long can a society put up with that?

Requesting to treat the “terrible situation” with respect and to trust that the judiciary will ensure justice sounds almost like mockery.

Report from the Tourism Fair ITB:It's Over
The hall erupted with applause

A friend feels nauseous regarding the behavior of his fellow human beings.

International Women’s Day:Some Bad and Some Good News on the Holiday
Havana. Pyongyang. Berlin.

There are countless designated special UN days in support of even the most ridiculous causes.

False narrative about ‘elites vs. the left-behind’:Fake Globalists
It’s easy to be post-national while being drip-fed by the state

Immigration to Germany is concentrated primarily on the low-skilled, because they do not appear at all as serious competitors for the left-liberal middle class.

‘Climate Greta’:Beware of False Prophets
The current civil religion has found an idol for itself

Criticising the Swedish girl is sacrilege for some.

Life and all that:Calendar Mottos and Other Random Pearls of Wisdom
A kind of literary fruit salad

Only a temporary life offers the possibility to value anything at all.

Prestigious prize:Hans-Hermann Hoppe wins Roland Baader Award 2019
Thanks to the interdisciplinary academic, the Austrian School of Economics is taking root in Europe

The creator of the Property and Freedom Society reaches a large audience beyond academic circles.

Endangered gestures:Singing While You Work
For rhythmical co-ordination and other reasons

Today, we listen to Spotify instead . . .

Dangerous do-gooders:Moral Supremacy
Moral competence only emerges through voluntary assumption of responsibility

'Moral supremacy' is dangerous and stupid.

‘The Atoners’:Psychoses in the Emotionally Guided Hippie State
Germany today suffers under “moralistic infantilization”

Baby boomers in charge of Germany today display a worrying lack of maturity in intellect and character.

Endangered gestures:Airing Clothes
No more need for purification

Silent witnesses of nocturnal escapades are disappearing from view.

A German diary:Lifeless Train Chatter
Scared of the AfD, scared of migrants, scared of life

A bizarre real life scene, reflecting the cultural and intellectual ossification in Germany.

Freiburg and the dimension of sexual violence:Defenseless Prey
The majority of Germans don’t understand their situation

Perpetrators present themselves and conquerors.