Robert Habeck warns us to save energy. The Greens talk us into flight shame. Responsible citizens should decide on their own responsibility how they want to contribute to the common good with their behavior. Helmut Markwort’s diary.
I get through the week shamelessly. Yesterday I showered extensively despite the admonitions of the topicality philosopher Robert Habeck. I don’t feel any shower shame and don’t think about measuring and rationing the refreshing water in liters.
Afterwards no flight shame at all as I climb into a fully occupied Lufthansa plane in order to quickly reach my destination within Germany. I will drive the car on Sunday even if I don’t have a car shame. Luckily, SPD leader Saskia Esken has nothing to say in Germany. Otherwise, drivers would have to pay because the price of gas is rising.
Responsible citizens should decide on their own responsibility how they want to contribute to the common good with their behavior.
The sense of duty can be studied on the plane. At the airport in Frankfurt, the hall spokesman announces that an FFP2 mask is mandatory on board. That’s wrong. On board, the stewardesses present passengers with a light mask. Most put them on obediently. I put it in my pocket because I know the flight crew isn’t checking anymore.
A few weeks ago, the pursers would harass their guests if the mask didn’t also cover their noses. Lately they leave the maskless guests alone. Firstly, they shy away from the discussions, and secondly, the company knows that there is no mask requirement in many competing lines outside of Germany.
France reports the lowest turnout in parliamentary elections in decades. A few weeks ago, only 55.5 percent of citizens in North Rhine-Westphalia exercised their right to vote. Do the non-voters care who governs them?
There are actors who are so closely associated with a role that nobody knows them by their registered name. In Darmstadt I play theater with Hans-Joachim Heist, whom I have to explain to most with a television role. In the ZDF “heute-show” he appears as Gernot Hassknecht and plays an irascible, roaring rage.
In real life, he is kind and accommodating. In the rehearsals he is the most helpful colleague, even though he is the main actor. Heist gives everyone a warm welcome and also takes care of those who are easily disregarded for small roles. No sign of Wüterich. All the more respect for the fanaticism that he pretends to us on ZDF grows.
In the play I play a person who is fond of reading the newspaper. In real life he would despair. Savings are made on newspapers. All the hotels I’ve stayed in recently no longer offered newspapers at breakfast. I need printed paper for my coffee. My morning displeasure is not reduced by the reasons given by the operators. They hide behind Corona. The masks have fallen, but Corona continues to proliferate as an excuse pandemic. The plague has to be used for every austerity measure and for every convenience.
I remember well who restricts his achievements with transparent justifications.
FOCUS founding editor-in-chief Helmut Markwort has been an FDP member of the Bavarian state parliament since 2018.
