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That would be the ideal; the rules change somewhat when you've got strong autocratic tendencies. This is a good opportunity to quote Bert Brecht, who (after se
by lb1lf 8y ago
That would be the ideal; the rules change somewhat when you've got strong autocratic tendencies.
This is a good opportunity to quote Bert Brecht, who (after seeing which way the wind blew, doing a 180 degree flip on his original stance) penned the poem 'Die Lösung' in response to the East German Worker's Uprising of June 17th, 1953 -
"Nach dem Aufstand des 17. Juni / Ließ der Sekretär des Schriftstellerverbands / In der Stalinallee Flugblätter verteilen / Auf denen zu lesen war, dass das Volk / Das Vertrauen der Regierung verscherzt habe / Und es nur durch verdoppelte Arbeit / Zurückerobern könne. Wäre es da / Nicht doch einfacher, die Regierung / Löste das Volk auf und / Wählte ein anderes?“
The translation is my own, and neither German nor English is my first language, so please bear with me:
"After the June 17th uprising / The secretary of the Writers' Union / Had leaflets distributed on the Stalinallee / They said that the people had lost the trust of the government / And could only regain the trust by doubling their efforts / Wouldn't it be simpler, then / If the government dissolved the people / and elected another?"