1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,106 [WERE WE RAISED TO BE SLAVES? 2 00:00:05,106 --> 00:00:12,821 The domination of the nursery is the greatest political concern in order to be 3 00:00:12,821 --> 00:00:17,316 able to rule over people who then grow up. 4 00:00:17,316 --> 00:00:21,236 [CAN WE FORCE PEOPLE TO WAKE UP? 5 00:00:21,236 --> 00:00:25,600 How do I have to shape my message so that people join in? 6 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:29,239 My first response is always, forget that. 7 00:00:29,239 --> 00:00:30,719 You can't get people through the messages. 8 00:00:30,719 --> 00:00:33,079 They have to go through their own experience. 9 00:00:33,079 --> 00:00:35,325 They have to experience pain themselves. 10 00:00:35,325 --> 00:00:38,199 11 00:00:38,199 --> 00:00:43,822 Division is a principle to prevent protest movements from achieving exactly that, namely to bundle 12 00:00:43,822 --> 00:00:49,372 around one person and make the protest capable of winning a majority and capable of governing. 13 00:00:49,372 --> 00:00:52,063 14 00:00:52,063 --> 00:01:05,087 The more people focus on the essential conflicts, the less energy is wasted and suffering caused in these petty wars. 15 00:01:05,087 --> 00:01:08,203 16 00:01:08,203 --> 00:01:18,640 This can actually happen relatively quickly and even seamlessly by a few people joining forces here and there. 17 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:33,185 18 00:01:33,185 --> 00:01:46,340 19 00:01:48,519 --> 00:01:52,079 Change begins with a simple question. 20 00:01:52,079 --> 00:01:54,640 What can we do? 21 00:01:54,640 --> 00:02:03,000 This was precisely the question at the heart of the Freedom Barometer 2025, which I conducted together with the A-WEF. 00:02:09,439 An online survey in which more than an incredible 22,000 people took part. 23 00:02:09,439 --> 00:02:13,080 22,000 people who have given a clear answer. 24 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:14,639 They have had enough. 25 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:21,800 Enough of political paternalism, enough of media manipulation, enough of an undermined democracy. 26 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:26,080 The will to stand up against this is great, but the blockades are just as great. 27 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,080 We really want to know. 28 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:34,360 What paralyzes peaceful protest and what is needed to finally turn frustration into movement? 29 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:38,520 So I continued my search and I found answers. 30 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:42,400 Dear viewers, you are about to hear concentrated expertise. 31 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:48,120 The essence of more than 10 hours of interviews with seven renowned academics. 32 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:53,599 From the historian to the psychoanalyst to the communication scientist. 33 00:02:53,599 --> 00:02:59,520 Top-class experts in their field who shed light on our key issues from different perspectives: 34 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:05,800 Seven courageous people who ask uncomfortable questions and give equally uncomfortable answers. 35 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,719 Those who question and who stand up for change themselves. 36 00:03:09,719 --> 00:03:11,639 They raise their voices. 37 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:20,479 And together we have held in-depth discussions on how we can succeed in joining forces for a better future. 38 00:03:20,479 --> 00:03:27,781 How we can be strong together against division, corruption, lies and propaganda, against tyranny and 39 00:03:27,781 --> 00:03:32,520 war. And for peace, freedom, humanity and honesty. 40 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:37,520 Even if we don't agree on everything, there are common goals that unite us. 41 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:41,120 And that's exactly how it will be for you too, dear viewers. 00:03:46,639 Because you have also switched on to find out how dissatisfaction can become change. 43 00:03:46,639 --> 00:03:52,400 What hurdles there are, what opportunities there are and what you can contribute yourself. 44 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:58,590 And I can tell you: if you ask yourself these questions, you've already taken a big first 45 00:03:58,590 --> 00:04:01,919 step. Because change starts with yourself. 46 00:04:01,919 --> 00:04:05,639 The individual is far more powerful than they often think of themselves. 47 00:04:05,639 --> 00:04:13,799 The domination of the nursery is the greatest political concern in order to be able to 48 00:04:13,799 --> 00:04:18,680 rule over people who then become adults. 49 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,600 Most people are alienated from themselves. 50 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:31,400 Through upbringing, through relationship mistakes, that they can't become the way they are meant to be, the 51 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:36,399 way they want to develop, but the way they have to become. 52 00:04:36,399 --> 00:04:44,120 In the end, however, most children manage to adapt to expectations. 53 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:48,839 Adaptation as a survival strategy, as Dr. Hans-Joachim Maaz describes it. 54 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,680 Something that many people learn very early on. 55 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:53,920 Whoever meets expectations gets recognition. 56 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:55,879 If you blend in, you won't stand out. 57 00:04:55,879 --> 00:04:58,560 And you are often even rewarded for it. 58 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,199 This pattern can work for a long time. 59 00:05:01,199 --> 00:05:03,680 Some people get through life well with it. 60 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,319 It becomes problematic when something changes. 61 00:05:07,319 --> 00:05:10,879 When the world becomes more uncertain, when old rules no longer apply. 62 00:05:10,879 --> 00:05:14,639 When social upheavals shake up your own world view 00:05:19,439 When the old adaptation behavior no longer feels right. 64 00:05:19,439 --> 00:05:21,800 Then, a crisis can occur. 65 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,800 Something should actually happen at this point. 66 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:30,079 You have to look inwards, deal honestly with your own history. 67 00:05:30,079 --> 00:05:33,759 But that's exactly what many people avoid because it hurts. 68 00:05:33,759 --> 00:05:38,800 Because it calls into question everything you've built your life on. 69 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,519 Instead of changing something, many remain conformist - even as adults. 70 00:05:42,519 --> 00:05:46,759 Even when they have long felt that they are dissatisfied. 71 00:05:46,759 --> 00:05:53,351 From his therapeutic work, Dr. Maaz reports that some people even become ill because they 72 00:05:53,351 --> 00:05:56,800 have bent and lied to themselves for years. 73 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,279 And now comes something that many may be familiar with. 74 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:05,160 When people start to release this pattern, they often feel better inside. 75 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,360 But it becomes more difficult on the outside. 76 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:08,560 Relationships are changing. 77 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:10,319 Tensions arise. 78 00:06:10,319 --> 00:06:15,759 This is generally very often the price you pay when you start to see clearly. 79 00:06:15,759 --> 00:06:21,879 Something that many of the critical people who woke up today had to experience first-hand. 80 00:06:21,879 --> 00:06:26,160 And this conflict doesn't just affect adults, but children too. 81 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:32,367 Because what happens when parents try to be honest with their children, when they encourage them 82 00:06:32,367 --> 00:06:36,519 to be themselves and question things critically? 83 00:06:36,519 --> 00:06:41,240 Then these children often end up in conflict, says Hans-Joachim Maaz. 84 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:48,160 A conflict between what they experience at home and what school and society expect of them. 85 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:55,627 Basically, as parents we only have the chance to raise our children in such a way that they fit into a 86 00:06:55,627 --> 00:07:02,959 dysfunctional, normopathic society or we treat them more humanely, more honestly, more openly. 87 00:07:02,959 --> 00:07:12,000 Then the children have a big problem in achieving success in a normopathic society. 88 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,639 That's a tough finding. 89 00:07:14,639 --> 00:07:16,959 Parents are faced with a dilemma. 90 00:07:16,959 --> 00:07:22,720 If they adapt their children, they have a better chance of keeping up with the system. 91 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:27,959 If they raise their children openly, honestly and critically, it often becomes more difficult for them. 92 00:07:27,959 --> 00:07:31,600 Harder in a school, harder in society. 93 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,639 A tragic contradiction and one that needs to be discussed. 94 00:07:35,639 --> 00:07:43,560 In particular, how parents should really deal with this dichotomy in order to ultimately achieve a free society. 95 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:44,879 Whether the solution is really 96 00:07:44,879 --> 00:07:52,759 I for my part, at any rate, dare to doubt that it lies in educating children to be dishonest and to act. 97 00:07:52,759 --> 00:08:00,174 So we see that the root of evil, conformity, subservience and the inability to stand up for 98 00:08:00,174 --> 00:08:04,439 one's rights often lies in childhood and youth. 99 00:08:04,439 --> 00:08:10,160 If you have never learned to stand up for yourself, you will also find it difficult to do so as an adult. 100 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:18,240 Resolving all this is crucial if we want an enlightened, responsible and autonomous society. 101 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,839 But it's not something that can be done overnight. 102 00:08:21,839 --> 00:08:28,279 What can be changed immediately, however, is our own behavior towards our fellow human beings. 103 00:08:28,279 --> 00:08:29,600 Right now. 104 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:33,499 And that brings us to another big topic. 105 00:08:33,499 --> 00:08:41,903 106 00:08:41,903 --> 00:08:49,726 All those who have managed to break out of conformity and go through life independently, autonomously 107 00:08:49,726 --> 00:08:54,039 and courageously have a great gift within them. 108 00:08:54,039 --> 00:09:00,840 Clarity, courage, personal responsibility, the ability to question and stand up for yourself. 109 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:08,159 With this gift, they can also help others, those who can't yet get out of their skin but perhaps want to. 110 00:09:08,159 --> 00:09:13,039 But this requires community, exchange, support and networks. 111 00:09:13,039 --> 00:09:18,513 Because, as the saying goes, we are only strong together. And yes, that's exactly how it 112 00:09:18,513 --> 00:09:21,720 is. Alone, you often come to a standstill. 113 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:26,679 The Freedom Barometer 2025 shows that many people feel alone. 114 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:31,279 They would like to get more involved, but they lack community and cohesion. 115 00:09:31,279 --> 00:09:35,519 And the survey also clearly shows that many recognize the following. 116 00:09:35,519 --> 00:09:42,720 The division, deliberately driven by the media and politics, prevents a common impact for common goals. 117 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:49,279 Political scientist and democracy researcher Professor Ulrike Guérot is also clear about this. 118 00:09:49,279 --> 00:09:54,943 Division is a principle to prevent protest movements from achieving exactly that, namely to bundle 119 00:09:54,943 --> 00:10:01,039 around one person and make the protest capable of winning a majority and capable of governing. 120 00:10:01,039 --> 00:10:02,960 Division is no coincidence. 121 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:07,320 It is an old principle of domination: divide and rule. 122 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,799 Something that has been used for several millennia. 123 00:10:10,799 --> 00:10:15,519 Today it's left versus right, vaccinated versus unvaccinated, woman versus man. 124 00:10:15,519 --> 00:10:19,600 The division, the opposition, is everywhere. 125 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:24,614 Leading politicians and their media are sowing discord, stirring things up against each other, working 126 00:10:24,614 --> 00:10:27,759 with contact guilt, dividing the good and the bad. 127 00:10:27,759 --> 00:10:33,438 Most likely precisely so that the people cannot unite, be strong together for higher 128 00:10:33,438 --> 00:10:36,519 goals that would actually unite the many. 129 00:10:36,519 --> 00:10:41,159 Peace, freedom, a just world, a good life for all. 130 00:10:41,159 --> 00:10:47,399 In order to work on this together, a dialog would be needed, but this is being prevented. 131 00:10:47,399 --> 00:10:55,080 Instead, we get caught up in petty trench warfare, says communication expert and psychologist Dr. Roman Braun. 00:10:59,360 According to him, all our energies should be wasted there, in these trench wars. 133 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:05,799 We are supposed to be distracted while the real machinations that really harm us happen in the background. 134 00:11:05,799 --> 00:11:10,071 When people realize that the opponent is not the other citizen, but the 135 00:11:10,071 --> 00:11:13,360 mechanisms behind it, then something changes. 136 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,440 Then there will be room for real action again. 137 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:18,200 Division weakens. 138 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,919 This is not only evident today, but also in history. 139 00:11:21,919 --> 00:11:28,159 The historian and philosopher Professor David Engels points out that resistance always needs community. 140 00:11:28,159 --> 00:11:31,519 Without a common "we", protest remains ineffective. 141 00:11:31,519 --> 00:11:38,480 He talks about civil revolutions from times gone by, which will hardly exist in the same form today because ... 142 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:46,810 Such elements of resistance, of revolution, naturally also require a correspondingly solidary civic community 143 00:11:46,810 --> 00:11:51,279 or mass of the people, or whatever you should call it. 144 00:11:51,279 --> 00:12:00,165 The other problem, however, is that most of these people in Europe no longer recognize themselves, because they 145 00:12:00,165 --> 00:12:08,679 are so fragmented by identity politics and migration that there is no longer any natural solidarity. 146 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:14,600 When people no longer feel connected, it becomes difficult to stand up for something together. 147 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:18,600 If everyone is only fighting for themselves, there is no power for change. 148 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:22,085 And that's exactly what we often experience today. 149 00:12:22,085 --> 00:12:29,883 150 00:12:29,883 --> 00:12:37,679 Values are what holds societies together, what makes them strong and unites them. 151 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:46,120 Values are also what sustains people, what gives them orientation and what makes them willing to take risks. 152 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:54,306 Professor Engels says clearly: without higher values that point beyond one's own life and personal happiness, hardly anyone 153 00:12:54,306 --> 00:12:58,960 will stand up for goals such as peace, freedom or justice. 154 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:03,360 At least as long as he is not directly affected himself. 155 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:08,960 He currently sees this as a central problem when it comes to protesting against current injustices. 156 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:14,720 Many people still live too comfortably to leave their comfort zone, especially when their own 157 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,960 well-being is considered the greatest good. 158 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:22,440 It is precisely then that the willingness to risk it for overarching goals is lacking. 159 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:29,000 For the Christian Professor Engels, the cause of this deficiency lies above all in a lack of faith. 160 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:35,281 The problem is that in a society in which there is no longer any real absolute truth and in which one's own life is actually 161 00:13:35,281 --> 00:13:41,316 seen in a very materialistic way, in which people no longer believe in a truth, no longer believe in God, no longer believe 162 00:13:41,316 --> 00:13:45,879 in an afterlife, no longer believe in absolutes, but actually only see their own little local 163 00:13:45,879 --> 00:13:49,159 life as the most important and absolute thing. 164 00:13:49,159 --> 00:13:55,374 In such a situation, we naturally have little reason to actually take to the streets, to sacrifice 165 00:13:55,374 --> 00:14:01,399 something, to sacrifice comfort, perhaps to sacrifice our own lives for a higher purpose. 166 00:14:01,399 --> 00:14:07,360 Of course, an unjust regime can go quite far before people take to the streets. 167 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:16,879 At the same time, people's solidarity has been broken up by mass migration, identity politics and family disintegration. 168 00:14:16,879 --> 00:14:19,399 Even the family is now fragmented. 169 00:14:19,399 --> 00:14:24,712 This means that there is actually very little left, at least on the part of 170 00:14:24,712 --> 00:14:28,159 Europeans, that is worth fighting for in any way. 171 00:14:28,159 --> 00:14:32,480 As long as your life is reasonably comfortable, you often stay put. 172 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:37,200 Comfort makes you calm. And that's part of the problem. 173 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:41,519 Professor Engels puts faith in God at the center when he speaks of higher values. 174 00:14:41,519 --> 00:14:48,639 Human beings can, of course, also be supported by other, overriding values that motivate them and give them strength. 00:14:54,221 It is crucial that we only leave our comfort zone if we want to achieve more in this 176 00:14:54,221 --> 00:14:58,960 world than simply maximizing our own happiness. 177 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:04,279 Social scientist Günter Roth points to a similar core. 178 00:15:04,279 --> 00:15:10,440 He puts it matter-of-factly: those who only weigh up whether protest is worthwhile rarely become active. 179 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:12,639 But many would do exactly that. 180 00:15:12,639 --> 00:15:17,600 They decide whether to take action based purely on a cost-benefit analysis. 181 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,879 And it is often more worthwhile to stay still. 182 00:15:20,879 --> 00:15:33,405 And it's also true, as we know from experiments on helping behavior: The more people watch, the more people see a problem 183 00:15:33,405 --> 00:15:39,960 or an accident, the less likely it is that someone will help. 00:15:42,639 The greater the likelihood that everyone is waiting for the others. 185 00:15:42,639 --> 00:15:50,759 Unfortunately, we are oversaturated and we also live in an extremely affluent society. 186 00:15:50,759 --> 00:15:52,480 Many come to terms. 187 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:54,159 Others are withdrawing. 188 00:15:54,159 --> 00:15:56,080 Others emigrate. 189 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,200 Protest is postponed or abandoned altogether. 190 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:04,519 Political scientist Professor Ulrike Guérot also sees this as a major problem. 191 00:16:04,519 --> 00:16:12,000 She talks about retreat and flight as the main problem when it comes to the question: Who actually stands up? 192 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:18,960 I think the bigger problem instead of protest and the ineffectiveness of protest is 193 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:22,399 almost this tendency towards privatization. 194 00:16:22,399 --> 00:16:27,799 I'm exhausted, I can't take any more, it's no use. We're not getting anywhere. 195 00:16:27,799 --> 00:16:33,320 Yes, many people are discouraged. Many emigrate out of fear of what is to come. 00:16:39,799 Others take their protests abroad because they fear personal consequences at home. 197 00:16:39,799 --> 00:16:44,520 This fear of individual disadvantages generally prevents many people from expressing 198 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,960 themselves publicly or getting involved in any way. 199 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:52,440 A problem that communication scientist Michael Meyen also addresses. 00:16:54,279 Mayen puts it clearly. 201 00:16:54,279 --> 00:17:02,279 It is labeled. A label is stuck on those who protest or simply question critically. 202 00:17:02,279 --> 00:17:09,405 They are maligned and they are belittled. So that we don't find out the following truth: 203 00:17:09,405 --> 00:17:16,818 204 00:17:16,818 --> 00:17:19,319 Yes exactly, there are many of us. 205 00:17:19,319 --> 00:17:21,039 Much more than we think. 206 00:17:21,039 --> 00:17:27,720 Because those who stand up against injustice, who warn and point out lies, are deliberately kept down. 207 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:34,799 This makes their number appear smaller, their influence weaker and their value lower than it actually is. 208 00:17:34,799 --> 00:17:40,200 However, this perception corresponds less to reality and more to the result of successful propaganda. 209 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,200 Young people in particular are put off by this. 210 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:51,312 Those who still have a lot to lose and therefore shy away from siding with the swearers or 211 00:17:51,312 --> 00:17:57,000 right-wing extremists or whatever other labels there are. 212 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:02,480 Communication scientist Michael Meyen makes it clear: there is potential for protest. 00:18:06,119 It's not small either, but it's unevenly distributed. 214 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:09,839 We know roughly that this protest potential is a third of the population. 215 00:18:09,839 --> 00:18:13,680 We also know where this protest potential is based or lives. 216 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:20,825 It tends to be an older clientele, a more rural clientele. Rather not successful entrepreneurs. No one who is still 217 00:18:20,825 --> 00:18:24,519 dependent on receiving anything for free from the state. 218 00:18:24,519 --> 00:18:26,160 When in doubt, young people risk everything. 219 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:27,440 We know this from the history of the revolution. 220 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:34,799 It was always young people who brought about change, because they were prepared to risk a lot for a very long life. 221 00:18:34,799 --> 00:18:37,440 This is more difficult with older people. 222 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:38,759 It's much more difficult in the countryside. 223 00:18:38,759 --> 00:18:45,272 It is particularly difficult when you know that power - where it is determined how reality is to be interpreted - 224 00:18:45,272 --> 00:18:51,880 is now in the university cities, in the big cities, and not where there is more potential for protest. 225 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:56,720 And on top of that, the reinterpretation of history would discourage young people. 226 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:04,601 If we look into the past, we see that everything that happened before 1933 is now being labeled as the 227 00:19:04,601 --> 00:19:08,839 prehistory of National Socialism in Germany's dark past. 228 00:19:08,839 --> 00:19:15,319 This makes it difficult to refer to positive things from the centuries, the years before. 229 00:19:15,319 --> 00:19:19,880 The Germans, for example, are constantly being told that such-and-such a revolution is useless. 230 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,200 Every revolution in Germany has failed. 231 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,680 Not true at all, if you take a closer look at things. 232 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:31,113 If you look at the 1848 revolution in its long-term effects, if you look at the 1918 revolution, the sailors' 233 00:19:31,113 --> 00:19:34,880 uprising; if you look at the '89 revolution in the GDR. 234 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:39,480 In the narrative, in the narratives about this revolution, however, the important things are suppressed. 235 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:47,588 If I am not told that the revolutions seem to have failed at first because the revolutionaries were not prepared to resort to 236 00:19:47,588 --> 00:19:52,592 the last resort - namely simply killing their opponents - but instead opted for 237 00:19:52,592 --> 00:19:55,759 negotiations, for normal human interaction. 238 00:19:55,759 --> 00:20:03,806 If I'm not told that, then I don't understand why the revolutionaries of 1848 were either dead, fled 239 00:20:03,806 --> 00:20:07,559 to America or disappeared into insignificance. 240 00:20:07,559 --> 00:20:09,519 And then there's something else. 241 00:20:09,519 --> 00:20:14,240 People are told that they alone are part of a crazy minority. 242 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:18,319 This works by simply not showing protest. 243 00:20:18,319 --> 00:20:26,279 This prevents others from joining in. And also that a public discourse on the criticized topics arises at all. 244 00:20:26,279 --> 00:20:32,799 For political scientist Ulrike Guérot, it is therefore clear that protest can only be effective if it is visible. 245 00:20:32,799 --> 00:20:35,319 However, this is often not the case. 246 00:20:35,319 --> 00:20:39,680 Especially not when protest displeases the ruling regime. 247 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:43,839 It is therefore often not because there is too little protest. 248 00:20:43,839 --> 00:20:47,119 The problem lies primarily elsewhere. 249 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:49,799 In other words, I think we actually have a lot of protest. 250 00:20:49,799 --> 00:20:52,400 The problem is that the protest is going nowhere. 251 00:20:52,400 --> 00:21:00,187 The protest does not seem to be articulated somehow, that legislation is changed, that resignations are made, that trust is 252 00:21:00,187 --> 00:21:08,160 restored. In other words, that somehow measures are being taken where people can then also see: The protest has borne fruit. 253 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:12,839 That is, my question is not whether we are demonstrating enough. 254 00:21:12,839 --> 00:21:15,000 My question is: where is the protest? 255 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:19,839 That's my first question. And it doesn't seem to be going anywhere. 256 00:21:19,839 --> 00:21:24,039 And the second question is: Which protest is the good protest today? 257 00:21:24,039 --> 00:21:29,567 Because we basically have a landscape of opinion that is fundamentally divided. And in this respect, we 258 00:21:29,567 --> 00:21:32,720 already differentiate between protest as good or bad. 259 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:37,907 For example, when we have protests like last year - everyone against the right - then that's good 260 00:21:37,907 --> 00:21:40,920 protest. It's shown everywhere, in all the media. 261 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:48,131 But when, as recently in The Hague, for example, there were really, really big protests against Gaza, against 262 00:21:48,131 --> 00:21:52,240 the genocide in the Gaza Strip, then that is not shown. 263 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:54,680 We also have the question: Which protest will be shown? 264 00:21:54,680 --> 00:22:02,200 In recent years, we have a situation where protesting as a disturbance of public order 265 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,960 is also prohibited by law, so to speak. 266 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:09,440 And that is why the protest is becoming increasingly quiet. 267 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:15,240 The situation in science, the field in which knowledge is created, is similar to that of protest. 268 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:21,480 Knowledge on the basis of which politics, medicine and ultimately society as a whole make decisions. 269 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:25,279 But here, too, only certain narratives are permitted. 270 00:22:25,279 --> 00:22:31,306 Different research approaches are often discredited by framings such as right-wing extremist or dubious 271 00:22:31,306 --> 00:22:34,400 and thus rendered untrustworthy from the outset. 272 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:39,892 But there are also colleagues here who say, no, we no longer need the controversy 273 00:22:39,892 --> 00:22:44,759 requirement for some things, such as climate change, yes. 274 00:22:44,759 --> 00:22:52,030 And I found that quite interesting, because this colleague on climate change then said that he would like to take a factual 275 00:22:52,030 --> 00:22:56,599 analysis first to show that this is not controversial at all. 276 00:22:56,599 --> 00:23:05,880 So now, naive as I am, I thought: Okay, he's going to present some climate data or climate correlations there. 277 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:07,400 But he didn't at all. 278 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:14,371 He took a study that shows that in Europe, climate change is mainly questioned by radical 279 00:23:14,371 --> 00:23:18,160 right-wing or far-right parties, so to speak. 280 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:24,559 And therefore, because they are unconstitutional, they should not be dealt with. 281 00:23:24,559 --> 00:23:33,920 So if something like this is even taken seriously as a scientific statement, then we have a real problem. 282 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:38,359 Many hold back. Many prefer to say nothing. For a variety of reasons: 283 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:45,799 This can be caution, or fear, or insecurity, or simply a lack of options. 284 00:23:45,799 --> 00:23:47,839 Ulrike Guérot takes a similar view. 285 00:23:47,839 --> 00:23:50,599 She also says it can't go on like this. 286 00:23:50,599 --> 00:23:53,880 Protest must become louder. And it needs to get bigger. 287 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,759 Because only then would we have a chance of it being seen. 288 00:23:57,759 --> 00:24:02,983 In other words, what we are talking about is that citizens want to express their displeasure and that 289 00:24:02,983 --> 00:24:05,960 this displeasure translates into political change. 290 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:12,200 And that simply doesn't happen anymore. Neither via online protest nor via analog protest. 291 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,799 Now the question is whether this is still the right form of protest. 292 00:24:15,799 --> 00:24:17,440 The answer is actually no. 293 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,519 And the question would be: Where could one then start the protest? 294 00:24:20,519 --> 00:24:25,400 Of course, other radical forms of protest could work. 295 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,200 I'm going to say general strike. 296 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,519 For example, that we don't want to go to war. 297 00:24:29,519 --> 00:24:36,079 Other forms of protest could of course be to withdraw from things on an individual level, so to speak. 298 00:24:36,079 --> 00:24:38,880 The only thing I can say is that they are very expensive. 299 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:43,236 You have to be very committed. You have to do a lot of research to say: I won't go there, I 300 00:24:43,236 --> 00:24:45,839 won't pay for it. I'm not going there anymore. 301 00:24:45,839 --> 00:24:49,880 I don't know, I don't buy from Amazon. I only pay with cash now. 302 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:55,880 So of course you can do all that. And these are very specific personal denial strategies. 303 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:59,519 But the real question is how long you can keep this up. 304 00:24:59,519 --> 00:25:03,739 In this respect, I think these are the forms of protest: Demonstrations, general 305 00:25:03,739 --> 00:25:06,559 strike, individual protest on a small scale. 306 00:25:06,559 --> 00:25:11,640 How can we get as many people as possible to participate? 307 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:18,212 Many believe that the right message just needs to be communicated correctly, that the lack of willingness 308 00:25:18,212 --> 00:25:22,200 to participate is primarily a communication problem. 309 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,000 False indication, says Michael Meyen. 310 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,799 It was about something completely different. 311 00:25:27,799 --> 00:25:32,960 This is a question that is almost always the very first thing I am asked as a media researcher. 00:25:37,359 How do I have to shape my message so that people join in? 313 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:40,759 My first response is always: Forget it. 314 00:25:40,759 --> 00:25:44,880 You don't get people through the messages, they have to go through their own experience. 315 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:50,559 They have to experience pain themselves, they have to realize that something has to change so that they feel better. 316 00:25:50,559 --> 00:25:57,200 You won't get people to do things that you yourself believe need to be done with communication messages alone. 317 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:58,759 This is a problem. 318 00:25:58,759 --> 00:26:03,460 It's also a problem because we know that the life cycle requires a certain amount of 319 00:26:03,460 --> 00:26:06,319 time before you can have such experiences. 320 00:26:06,319 --> 00:26:10,079 Until you experience that you are hitting walls, that you can't go any further. 321 00:26:10,079 --> 00:26:17,151 In my research, I have always asked what leads to one person ending up on the protest side and the other 322 00:26:17,151 --> 00:26:22,799 person financing the Antifa or standing with grannies against the right or similar groups. 323 00:26:22,799 --> 00:26:28,635 And it is always an experience that clashes with the narrative that is disseminated via the state media or 324 00:26:28,635 --> 00:26:33,400 other educational channels, universities, schools, adult education centers, museums. 325 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,319 It has to be a personal experience. 326 00:26:35,319 --> 00:26:38,519 That takes time, especially when you're young, when you're still trying to get in. 327 00:26:38,519 --> 00:26:39,839 I wouldn't judge young people at all. 328 00:26:39,839 --> 00:26:41,519 They have to build their own lives first. 329 00:26:41,519 --> 00:26:43,319 They also have to adapt. 330 00:26:43,319 --> 00:26:45,680 They have to try to get into a position. 331 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:49,519 And then at some point they will find out that things might not work out for them either. 332 00:26:49,519 --> 00:26:54,200 You have to be patient and work less on the design of the messages. 333 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:58,039 This mandatory vaccination would have been something that would have gone into the body. 334 00:26:58,039 --> 00:27:04,880 And people were ready, regardless of the communication, every Monday - even when the weather wasn't good. 335 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:09,559 So it literally has to be up to the people, says Michael Meyen. 336 00:27:09,559 --> 00:27:13,920 Much more than a little pinch in the wallet. 337 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:19,240 It really has to be something that threatens your existence, your life. 338 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:22,759 Only then are many people ready to leave their comfort zone. 339 00:27:22,759 --> 00:27:28,359 The only problem is that by then it can often be too late. 340 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:33,160 David Engels is also skeptical when it comes to broad resistance among the population. 341 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,039 The citizens are too lethargic. 342 00:27:35,039 --> 00:27:39,759 Many did not want to play an active role in shaping things, but preferred to let them happen. 343 00:27:39,759 --> 00:27:47,160 In the end, history teaches us, a few will once again decide the fate of many. 344 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:52,200 In the end, another elite will prevail and drive change forward. 345 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:57,714 In Professor Engels' view, we need to move away from the idea of fundamental, 346 00:27:57,714 --> 00:28:01,559 grassroots democratic change on a large scale. 00:28:05,119 The historian also cites the coronavirus era as an example. 348 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:08,599 Other than Michael Meyen, however, as a negative example. 349 00:28:08,599 --> 00:28:15,960 David Engels says that, overall, the system has got away relatively well with its authoritarian approach. 350 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:22,920 Even if there was resistance, it was limited in relation to the overall population. 351 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:26,480 Only a few would have actually rebelled openly. 352 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,240 The saying goes: strategy beats mass. 353 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:33,799 It's not necessarily about reaching more and more people or motivating new ones. 354 00:28:33,799 --> 00:28:36,359 Much more important is something else. 355 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:42,400 Those who are already prepared to fight for a better future today should unite better. 356 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:48,680 They need to pursue a clearer strategy and become more capable of acting together. 357 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:54,440 David Engels thus clearly contradicts Ulrike Guérot's view on one point. 358 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:59,799 She says: protest movements must become bigger and, above all, more visible. 359 00:28:59,799 --> 00:29:07,680 Michael Meyen points out, however, that motivating people to protest is extremely difficult, especially through messages. 360 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,759 In the end, the decisive factor is your own experience. 361 00:29:10,759 --> 00:29:12,279 Where are the similarities? 362 00:29:12,279 --> 00:29:15,319 What can we build on? 363 00:29:15,319 --> 00:29:16,599 The first point is clear: 364 00:29:16,599 --> 00:29:20,200 Change begins with ourselves, with the individual. 365 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,480 However, many people have never learned to take responsibility. 366 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:29,160 They have learned to meet expectations, avoid conflicts and adapt. 367 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:34,799 And yet - there is great potential in our countries, because they exist. 368 00:29:34,799 --> 00:29:36,079 People with higher values. 369 00:29:36,079 --> 00:29:41,319 People who live self-determined lives, who take responsibility and who build bridges. 370 00:29:41,319 --> 00:29:43,920 And here I am with David Engels. 371 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:45,799 We don't need the masses. 372 00:29:45,799 --> 00:29:48,039 There is no shortage of people. 373 00:29:48,039 --> 00:29:50,599 There is a lack of connection. 374 00:29:50,599 --> 00:29:52,359 Change does not start with the masses. 375 00:29:52,359 --> 00:29:54,079 It starts with the individual. 376 00:29:54,079 --> 00:29:57,680 So the question is: what can the individual do in concrete terms? 377 00:29:57,680 --> 00:29:58,440 Here and now. 378 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,232 This is exactly what the outlook is all about. 379 00:30:01,232 --> 00:30:07,463 [OUTLOOK: WHAT TO DO? 380 00:30:07,463 --> 00:30:09,640 Many people want to do something. 381 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:10,720 The will is there. 382 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,440 What is often missing is direction. 383 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:20,263 So the first step is not to ask how we can get more people to get involved, but rather: What can 384 00:30:20,263 --> 00:30:24,200 those who are already willing to do actually do? 385 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:29,119 I also asked the numerous interviewees in the course of this documentary the same question. 00:30:36,119 And the result was five concrete measures that everyone can implement immediately. 387 00:30:36,119 --> 00:30:37,279 Measure 1: 388 00:30:37,279 --> 00:30:40,880 Build communities and network 389 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,599 Besides patience, my second piece of advice is actually networking. 390 00:30:43,599 --> 00:30:45,359 This is an important point. 391 00:30:45,359 --> 00:30:48,200 The milieus have found each other. The protest milieus have found each other. 392 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:55,559 There are groups all over the German-speaking world that meet regularly, that work on content, that have come together. 393 00:30:55,559 --> 00:31:00,031 Even if it's only because they are concerned with nutrition, because they are thinking about how they can design their 394 00:31:00,031 --> 00:31:02,359 garden in such a way that they can provide for themselves. 395 00:31:02,359 --> 00:31:10,194 These structures must be kept alive in order to be ready when an opportunity arises to be able to implement 396 00:31:10,194 --> 00:31:17,480 what is central for many, democracy to have a say in the conditions under which one lives. 397 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:21,279 What we have to do is build from the bottom up. 398 00:31:21,279 --> 00:31:31,174 This is fundamental, that we must not put all our cards on politics, but: We must first rebuild this resilient civic civil 399 00:31:31,174 --> 00:31:36,319 society from below, which can also defend itself against it. 400 00:31:36,319 --> 00:31:42,759 Measure 2: Speak your mind The second concrete measure that everyone can implement immediately is: Speak your mind. 401 00:31:42,759 --> 00:31:50,279 Disseminate information and support independent media, because information is everything. 402 00:31:50,279 --> 00:31:51,559 Information is the key. 403 00:31:51,559 --> 00:31:56,880 You only have to look at what the other side is doing to control information. 404 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:04,359 Whoever can define today, whoever can determine today what we all perceive as reality, has power, can rule. 405 00:32:04,359 --> 00:32:10,398 So we have to help our fellow human beings to get out of the bubbles that have been produced by the 406 00:32:10,398 --> 00:32:16,319 consciousness industry, which are supported in many ways, if you look at this whole NGO complex. 407 00:32:16,319 --> 00:32:22,476 So people who are paid from taxpayers' money to reinforce messages, to get messages across 408 00:32:22,476 --> 00:32:25,720 to people that they find in the state media. 409 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,519 If you look at it, that's the way to go. 410 00:32:28,519 --> 00:32:36,440 So if you don't take a stand, you have no chance of living in freedom. 411 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:44,440 I found it very exciting that 'speaking your mind out loud' is an important form of protest. And that's actually true. 412 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:51,532 If you take communication theory, especially Elisabeth Nolle-Neumann's theory of the spiral of silence, then this 413 00:32:51,532 --> 00:32:55,680 is a means of breaking up processes of standardization. 414 00:32:55,680 --> 00:33:00,347 This theory of the spiral of silence says that humans have a fear of isolation, that this is our 415 00:33:00,347 --> 00:33:03,200 greatest fear, to be excluded from the association. 416 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:10,350 If the leading media report consistently over a long period of time and I disagree, then at some point, according to 417 00:33:10,350 --> 00:33:17,759 this theory, I will stop speaking out publicly because I have to worry about being excluded from the association. 418 00:33:17,759 --> 00:33:22,720 But out there on the street, I see people standing at stalls who have a different opinion. 419 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:27,039 I'm listening - I suddenly heard something else from the next table in the pub. 420 00:33:27,039 --> 00:33:29,480 In the train compartment, people were talking quite differently. 421 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,880 There was someone sitting on the beach with a Kontrafunk towel. 422 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,880 So obviously there are opposing positions after all. 423 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:39,799 This then encourages people who would otherwise not dare to speak their mind. 424 00:33:39,799 --> 00:33:46,599 So I find it very exciting that this has obviously been recognized by the people who took part in this survey. 425 00:33:46,599 --> 00:33:50,480 Measure 3: Define your own and common goals Unfortunately, the third concrete measure is often overlooked. 426 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,640 At the same time, it is crucial. 427 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,559 Even if it is not easy. 428 00:33:54,559 --> 00:33:58,839 It's about defining your own and common goals. 429 00:33:58,839 --> 00:34:03,799 Because if we don't know where we want to go, what we are fighting for and not always 430 00:34:03,799 --> 00:34:06,799 against, then everything ends in chaos. 431 00:34:06,799 --> 00:34:12,665 Without clear goals, there is no strategy, no bundling of forces and no convincing answer 432 00:34:12,665 --> 00:34:15,840 for others who ask why should I participate? 433 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:20,599 If you can't say what you stand for, you can't take anyone with you. 434 00:34:20,599 --> 00:34:24,960 So there is a threshold from thinking and feeling to acting. 435 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:28,079 The saying often goes that the journey is the reward, which is almost true. 436 00:34:28,079 --> 00:34:31,960 So we need a goal to get an idea of a path at all. 437 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,199 When I have the goal, I know, ah, this is the way. 438 00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:39,000 And then we need the way to have the courage to set out. 439 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,599 We need an idea of the path. 440 00:34:41,599 --> 00:34:46,239 So I come from the goal to the path and from the path I come to the departure. 441 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:48,440 And there is no way. 442 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,360 The people see no way. 443 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:52,960 So they say you're looking for a way out, right? 444 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,280 There we are. So we are searching for the way. 445 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:58,639 And if the path is not clear, I don't need to set out. 446 00:34:58,639 --> 00:35:00,559 I don't need to get up. 447 00:35:00,559 --> 00:35:02,400 And the question is also whether the goal is clear. 448 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,199 The goals must also be clear. 449 00:35:04,199 --> 00:35:05,599 This is also an important point. 450 00:35:05,599 --> 00:35:13,320 It must be an easily achievable - not easily achievable, but a concrete achievable goal. 451 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:18,199 Not against hunger or poverty in general, but very specifically. 452 00:35:18,199 --> 00:35:22,292 Measure 4: Self-reflection The fourth concrete measure that each individual can implement 453 00:35:22,292 --> 00:35:24,880 immediately is one that is very unpopular. 454 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:26,679 To reflect on yourself. 455 00:35:26,679 --> 00:35:28,880 Something that many people don't like to hear. 456 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:30,679 I know there will be an immediate backlash. 457 00:35:30,679 --> 00:35:34,239 What does all this have to do with me? 458 00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:47,101 If I start by looking at myself, what is my part in the conflict or in the unhappiness that I am experiencing, I actually 459 00:35:47,101 --> 00:35:53,400 have the best, but perhaps only, chance to change something. 460 00:35:53,400 --> 00:36:00,046 So with the realization about my part, about myself, I have a chance to do something 461 00:36:00,046 --> 00:36:05,960 different with myself, to change, to develop myself. 462 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:09,559 I basically have this power over no one. 463 00:36:09,559 --> 00:36:15,519 Measure 5: Take action Let's now move on to the fifth and final measure, which everyone can implement immediately. 464 00:36:15,519 --> 00:36:18,719 And that is acting, yes, acting. 465 00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:20,480 No matter what - but start with it. 466 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:24,400 Because you experience self-efficacy by doing it yourself. 467 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:30,039 Taking action gives us strength and hope because we can see how things get moving. 468 00:36:30,039 --> 00:36:35,880 We see that we can make a difference as individuals. Even if it is often only on a small scale. 469 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:44,119 But every contribution counts. Even if it's just about being a role model. 470 00:36:44,119 --> 00:36:49,119 Our freedom is much more than putting a cross in some voting booth once every four or five years. 471 00:36:49,119 --> 00:36:57,000 Our freedom lies in the fact that we must live according to our ideals at every moment, with all the consequences. 472 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,800 And that ultimately means 473 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:01,119 To become a role model. 474 00:37:01,119 --> 00:37:03,239 Becoming a role model for yourself. 475 00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:05,480 Becoming a role model in front of his family. 476 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:07,320 Being a role model for those around him. 477 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:11,906 Practicing every action in such a way that you can look yourself in the mirror in the morning and 478 00:37:11,906 --> 00:37:14,320 say, yes, I am living according to my ideals. 479 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:18,320 Yes, this world I live in is perhaps suboptimal. 480 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:20,079 It may even be dystopian. 481 00:37:20,079 --> 00:37:22,679 Maybe I'm risking a lot with this. 482 00:37:22,679 --> 00:37:25,920 But I live this freedom in my individual life. 483 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:32,941 I think that only when a significant number of people actually come to want to become role models 484 00:37:32,941 --> 00:37:40,760 themselves, to live what they want society as a whole to become one day, only then can progress be made. 485 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,119 And that is of course the important step. 486 00:37:43,119 --> 00:37:46,000 We should be who we are and act as we are. 487 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:52,960 Not because we hope it will have any impact on history or politics in general, but because we believe in it. 488 00:37:52,960 --> 00:38:00,086 And that's why I think that this hand attitude Etiam si omnes ego non, even if everyone else is doing 489 00:38:00,086 --> 00:38:06,199 something, I'm still not going to do it, is the action or is the attitude that we need. 490 00:38:06,199 --> 00:38:10,119 To behave the way we want to, out of conviction. 491 00:38:10,119 --> 00:38:16,039 And even if we know that everything is doomed to fail, even if we know that we are the only ones to do it anyway. 492 00:38:16,039 --> 00:38:20,540 From conviction, because it is our way, because we believe that what is important is not something 493 00:38:20,540 --> 00:38:22,920 that will somehow be written in the history books. 494 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:29,926 And if we then actually have citizens and, above all, politicians who are role models themselves, 495 00:38:29,926 --> 00:38:36,280 who are personally what they want society to become, then change is actually possible. 496 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,119 And it doesn't need the many millions now either. 497 00:38:39,119 --> 00:38:47,396 Often all it takes is a personality who can really be a genuine role model, where many people can say to themselves, 498 00:38:47,396 --> 00:38:51,679 I want to be like that one day, that change is possible. 499 00:38:51,679 --> 00:38:53,679 Think of the Middle Ages alone. 500 00:38:53,679 --> 00:38:59,960 What have people like Bernard de Clairvaux or St. Benedict not achieved? 501 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:08,637 By starting to found a monastery under their own steam, they actually brought about the entire spiritual rebirth of 502 00:39:08,637 --> 00:39:16,880 the West and were therefore role models for generations and centuries of people who wanted to do the same. 503 00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:22,799 It doesn't take millions of people to all become like that. It often only takes one person or a 504 00:39:22,799 --> 00:39:25,920 small group to transform an incredible amount. 505 00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:32,639 But even that is apparently very difficult today, as I said. 506 00:39:32,639 --> 00:39:34,039 But we have to get there. 507 00:39:34,039 --> 00:39:36,719 This is a matter for the individual. 508 00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:40,280 Yes, the individual can make a huge difference. 509 00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:47,039 Only by the fact that he is, that he acts, is seen, relates to others. 510 00:39:47,039 --> 00:39:52,599 We ourselves cannot even imagine how much each and every one of us actually achieves. 511 00:39:52,599 --> 00:39:58,863 We don't know how many people we have become role models for in our lives. How few 512 00:39:58,863 --> 00:40:03,039 words have often led to great developments. 513 00:40:03,039 --> 00:40:09,840 Yes, we need other people in our lives. But no, we don't necessarily need them to change the world. 514 00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:13,960 We can start now. Just for us alone. 515 00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:15,519 Then it's David against Goliath. 516 00:40:15,519 --> 00:40:18,039 We know that David will win in the end. 517 00:40:18,039 --> 00:40:19,800 Yes, David wins. 518 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:28,400 And if you look closely at the story of David and Goliath, we can see some parallels to our time. 519 00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:31,719 David did not try to fight like Goliath. 520 00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:34,920 He put on no armor. He didn't take a sword. 521 00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,639 He didn't go into hand-to-hand combat. 522 00:40:37,639 --> 00:40:41,679 David realized he would lose on this field. 523 00:40:41,679 --> 00:40:43,599 So he did something else. 524 00:40:43,599 --> 00:40:49,400 He used what he could, what he was used to. His slingshot, his agility. 525 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,760 And he kept his distance. 526 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:54,760 Then he seized the moment, one single one. 527 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:59,199 He targeted the one spot where Goliath was vulnerable. 528 00:40:59,199 --> 00:41:01,920 And that's exactly what made the difference. 529 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:03,440 David didn't hesitate. 530 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,079 He didn't wait for better conditions. 531 00:41:06,079 --> 00:41:09,280 He acted when the opportunity presented itself. 532 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:13,760 And perhaps that is precisely the decisive point for us today. 533 00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,199 Change does not mean playing by the rules of the powerful. 534 00:41:17,199 --> 00:41:22,245 It means recognizing your own possibilities, your own strengths and having the 535 00:41:22,245 --> 00:41:26,039 courage to use them when the moment is right. 536 00:41:26,039 --> 00:41:28,920 We cannot force the opportunity itself. 537 00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:35,920 But we can be prepared, clearly, awake. So that we don't hesitate when she comes. 538 00:41:35,920 --> 00:42:16,139 539 00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:29,400