Truth Made in Germany (1)

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„Wir haben keine Erfahrung mehr im Umgang mit wirklichen Ernstfällen. Das führt dazu, dass wir Katastrophen geradezu lustvoll herbeiphantasieren. Zum Beispiel die Klimakatastrophe, die ich für ein erstaunliches Phänomen massenhafter Verblendung halte”.

"We no longer have experience in dealing with real emergencies. This leads us to fantasize about catastrophes. For example, the climate catastrophe, which I consider an amazing phenomenon of mass delusion."

And the Lügenpresse is thriving on it. 

I do not expect Germans to complain much about being lied to by DER SPIEGEL. 

They are being lied to by the Media including the very popular state broadcasters every day on a massive scale. There are ample opportunities for the German public to discover that these media outlets are lying, serving as propaganda outlets of the government and the dominant political parties. 

Germans are less concerned with truth than with a good yarn based on a simple story that can be conveniently repeated to ensure one if culturally accepted by one's fellow citizens.

What should be the subject of critical discussion and vibrant dissent has been turned in Germany into unassailable dogma to be regurgitated in the manner of a social convention.

Germans repeat state ordained lies as a matter of social acceptability. 

More on how Germans willfully give up their inclination to think critically and  make themselves eager speaking trumpets of their masters in politics and the state:

Subservience Rushing Ahead of the Command - Vorauseilender Gehorsam

and

From the Pages of an Infallible Newspaper

How do you say "good morning" in German? "Guten Morgen". Correct. 

Is there another way of saying"good morning", or "hello", for that matter?

Yes: "Trump ist ein Arschloch." ("Trump is an asshole.")

A German who says that can expect to be considered a jolly good fellow by his peers, even by complete strangers. You say this to be liked. It is not the result of careful examination — one is being relieved from this job by the media.

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You would think, the alarmist crowd would use their ample resources to avoid CO2-emitting mega events, utilising and even innovating online-capabilities instead. 

But the hordes of believers are overwhelming, their self-reenforicng "credo" ("I believe") is an unstoppable impetus in its own right. They are beyond the discipline of facts, having lost their capacity for rational self-control. 

I like the quote from the Bamberg sociology professor - however, I do not like the fact that no source is given. 

One of the many things I like about NoTricksZone is the accuracy with which sources are quoted. 

Thanks for the excellent translation.

The source.

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