Uneasy feeling about Germany today. The majority of German population & the main decision-makers have their perception of the world fogged. Their mentality hosts a superficial concept of “goodness” and an alarming lack of sensitivity.
Little story time 🧵👇
Little story time 🧵👇
https://twitter.com/eeriknkross/status/1505669895589138435
I’m friends with a refugee couple in Bremen. One day the lady told me her husband came home from an event and started crying.
She asked him what’s wrong and he said that their refugee center organized an excursion for them. To “Bauhaus”
A construction & gardening hypermarket.
She asked him what’s wrong and he said that their refugee center organized an excursion for them. To “Bauhaus”
A construction & gardening hypermarket.
Imagine, you lost your home, arrive to a foreign land, with no right to work and you’re taken to a construction supermarket for entertainment.
He said that it was the worst he’d felt in life.
“They showed us all the things we can’t buy for houses that we don’t have.”
He said that it was the worst he’d felt in life.
“They showed us all the things we can’t buy for houses that we don’t have.”
Later research showed that it’s a popular destination for many refugee centers.
Perhaps, it’s a way to show German engineering?
But the means are insensitive & inappropriate. Refugees can’t give a fair feedback as they’re expected to be grateful for everything.
Perhaps, it’s a way to show German engineering?
But the means are insensitive & inappropriate. Refugees can’t give a fair feedback as they’re expected to be grateful for everything.
Stickers on fancy groceries or restaurants became another way of privileged people to feel good about themselves.
Expressing sympathy to foreigners hit by misfortune by turning it into a marktable brand is a concerning practice that is not justified by any kind intentions.
Expressing sympathy to foreigners hit by misfortune by turning it into a marktable brand is a concerning practice that is not justified by any kind intentions.
Why? I keep repeating “half-measures” and “gestures” don’t get the job done.
Europeans need to advocate for work rights for refugees and demand their governments to break ties with countries like Russia, that cause these people to flee their homes in the first place.
Europeans need to advocate for work rights for refugees and demand their governments to break ties with countries like Russia, that cause these people to flee their homes in the first place.
Making an app so people can break bread together is beautiful. But it still needs to be admitted that it’s a band-aid on a hemorrhaging wound of global politics.
But people usually don’t. They pat themselves on the back, say they’ve done well and all efforts stop at that.
But people usually don’t. They pat themselves on the back, say they’ve done well and all efforts stop at that.
“I do what I can” should not replace “I do the right thing” coming from places like Berlin.
It’s a lazy and harmful mentality and it needs urgent revamping under the threat of a mass-scale war in the whole Europe.
It’s a lazy and harmful mentality and it needs urgent revamping under the threat of a mass-scale war in the whole Europe.
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