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If you actually read what he says[1] as opposed to some ultra-right-wing blog that picks up a soundbite and makes a diatribe out of it--, you'll find that he sa
by morsch 2y ago
If you actually read what he says[1] as opposed to some ultra-right-wing blog that picks up a soundbite and makes a diatribe out of it--, you'll find that he says that "the-stake-doesn't-make-mistakes" is what people expect, not that it's actually true. People expect, demand, that regulations and decisions are bulletproof and that's one of the causes of bureaucracy.
Which is undoubtedly true, it's a cover-your-ass mentality that also exists in corporations, but governments absolutely excel at it.
[1] they didn't really get it either, but at least they quote it in context: https://finanzmarktwelt.de/robert-habeck-zeigt-erschuetternde-begeisterung-fuer-buerokratie-304478/ https://finanzmarktwelt.de/robert-habeck-zeigt-erschuetternd...
- personomas 2y agoYou could be right actually (you probably are). I tried looking into it before to understand the context, and I couldn't find anything. But the context your provide does sound more like Mr. Habeck, as opposed to him arguing that the state is always right. So I do accept this misquote and take it back. My _experience_ however living in Europe is that the state actors behave like the State is right, and that the state actors are greater than the individuals. This would seem to be most true in east Germany.