To be honest, when I listened, pre-Covid, to a talk by Guérot on the subject of the book (Europe as a republic), I considered it ridiculous. That said, I want academics to express all kinds of ridiculous ideas, without fear of getting fired for it.
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Thanks, was hoping you'd cover this. My first thought was also Gleichschaltung. It is really chilling.
So glad I have chosen to substack anonymously. Even in provincial backwaters, outspokenness can be costly in times of war and pestilence. I have a lot of respect for you also publishing and podcasting under your real name. We need more academics like yourself with the coursge to speak up.
Like her book title from last year, which I have struggled to best convey in English:
Have you seen this discussion from Tischys Einblick?
...diskutieren Roland Tichy und Frank Henkel mit:
Dr. Friedrich Pürner, Gesundheitsamtsleiter und Epidemiologe, wurde strafversetzt, als er Maskenpflichten kritisierte. „Lauterbach ist charakterlich und fachlich nicht geeignet“, sagt er und fordert dessen Rücktritt als Gesundheitsminister.
Stephan Kohn arbeitete im Bundesinnenministerium im Bereich Katastrophenschutz. In einer internen Auswertung kam er zum Schluss, dass der Krisenstab mangelhaft aufgestellt war: Es fehlte die konsequente Analyse der Schäden, die durch die Corona-Schutzmaßnahmen entstanden. Das Papier wurde an die Presse durchgestochen und Kohn geschasst. Bis heute muss er um seine Existenz kämpfen.
Giovanna Winterfeldt ist Synchronsprecherin und organisierte in Berlin die „FriedlichZusammen“-Demonstrationen gegen Coronamaßnahmen. Dafür wurde auch sie in ihrem Beruf massiv unter Druck gesetzt, beschimpft.
"If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him." -Cardinal Richelieu
Look! I properly cited it! But yeah, if they're after you, they'll find something to fire you for. If they can't find anything of substance, they'll think of some lame bureaucratic excuse ("restructuring" or something like that). But they will find something.
That said, Europe as a republic - thanks, but no thanks.
Coronamania really solidified that what is expected of the 'intelligentsia' is obedience and the production of rationalizations necessary for the powerful. Those who walk outside of that are brave and embody the true critic's spirit so I treasure them and on the other hand watch the propagandists with great suspicion for the next deliberate 'crises'. Now we have 'publications' in the English language that exclusively focus on telling the professional classes which absurd Pfizerian rituals to perform (The Guardian, Vox, TheConversation, etc.). Even Chomsky was calling the unvaccinated as basically criminals. No different from his supposed ideological opponent, Alan Dershowitz, who was also in favor of mandates (until yesterday or so, when he admitted he got sick after his booster, and then changed his mind on them). In the end they were unified for the broader goal of stifling dissent.
To be honest, when I listened, pre-Covid, to a talk by Guérot on the subject of the book (Europe as a republic), I considered it ridiculous. That said, I want academics to express all kinds of ridiculous ideas, without fear of getting fired for it.
Thanks, was hoping you'd cover this. My first thought was also Gleichschaltung. It is really chilling.
So glad I have chosen to substack anonymously. Even in provincial backwaters, outspokenness can be costly in times of war and pestilence. I have a lot of respect for you also publishing and podcasting under your real name. We need more academics like yourself with the coursge to speak up.
Like her book title from last year, which I have struggled to best convey in English:
"Whoever remains silent, approves/consents"
This made me laugh:
"I would be the first person who’s fired in the history of the Federal Republic [since 1949] because of plagiarism."
That's rather obvious dig at german academia in general.
Have you seen this discussion from Tischys Einblick?
...diskutieren Roland Tichy und Frank Henkel mit:
Dr. Friedrich Pürner, Gesundheitsamtsleiter und Epidemiologe, wurde strafversetzt, als er Maskenpflichten kritisierte. „Lauterbach ist charakterlich und fachlich nicht geeignet“, sagt er und fordert dessen Rücktritt als Gesundheitsminister.
Stephan Kohn arbeitete im Bundesinnenministerium im Bereich Katastrophenschutz. In einer internen Auswertung kam er zum Schluss, dass der Krisenstab mangelhaft aufgestellt war: Es fehlte die konsequente Analyse der Schäden, die durch die Corona-Schutzmaßnahmen entstanden. Das Papier wurde an die Presse durchgestochen und Kohn geschasst. Bis heute muss er um seine Existenz kämpfen.
Giovanna Winterfeldt ist Synchronsprecherin und organisierte in Berlin die „FriedlichZusammen“-Demonstrationen gegen Coronamaßnahmen. Dafür wurde auch sie in ihrem Beruf massiv unter Druck gesetzt, beschimpft.
Auf Deutsch: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7srxBnjThas
"If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him." -Cardinal Richelieu
Look! I properly cited it! But yeah, if they're after you, they'll find something to fire you for. If they can't find anything of substance, they'll think of some lame bureaucratic excuse ("restructuring" or something like that). But they will find something.
That said, Europe as a republic - thanks, but no thanks.
Coronamania really solidified that what is expected of the 'intelligentsia' is obedience and the production of rationalizations necessary for the powerful. Those who walk outside of that are brave and embody the true critic's spirit so I treasure them and on the other hand watch the propagandists with great suspicion for the next deliberate 'crises'. Now we have 'publications' in the English language that exclusively focus on telling the professional classes which absurd Pfizerian rituals to perform (The Guardian, Vox, TheConversation, etc.). Even Chomsky was calling the unvaccinated as basically criminals. No different from his supposed ideological opponent, Alan Dershowitz, who was also in favor of mandates (until yesterday or so, when he admitted he got sick after his booster, and then changed his mind on them). In the end they were unified for the broader goal of stifling dissent.
Shocking. I had not heard of it.