Essay:Might Current German Policies be re-enacting Götterdämmerung?

Might Current German Policies be re-enacting Götterdämmerung?
By Nancy Thorner

This quote attributed to Talleyrand is important to remember: Ils n'ont rien appris, ni rien oublié (“They learned nothing and forgotten nothing.”)

Germany seems obliged in every generation to re-enact Götterdämmerung, a collapse (as of a society or regime) marked by catastrophic violence and disorder; broadly: downfall?

Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds was written by Scottish journalist Charles MacKay and first published in 1841. It is a study of crowd psychology and a precursor to Matthias Desmet and Mass Formation today, The Psychology of Totalitarianism, June 23, 2022.

McKay, in his book, examines such manias like the South Sea Company bubble of 1711–1720, the Mississippi bubble of 1719–1720, and the Dutch tulip mania. See read more in McKay's book link, The Madness of Crowds.

If McKay were still living, he would need to add what follows:

Germany Mandates People Get Vaccinated Before Being Euthanized

It’s totally OK to hire a doctor to help you off yourself over in Germany – just make sure you’re vaxxed first. German doctors are now turning away euthanasia requesters who aren’t up to date on their COVID vaccines – because apparently, if you want to kill yourself, you could first make sure you’re jabbed against a virus that can…well, kill you.

Germany’s recent fertilizer restrictions

Germany's fertilizer restrictions is another example of a German policy that seems geared to re-enact Götterdämmerung, for fertilizers play an important role in providing crops with the nutrients they need to grow and to be harvested to feed a nation and to feed the world.

Posted on December 5, 2022, farmers in Germany’s most populous state must severely rein in their use of effective fertilizing techniques under a new set of restrictions apparently aimed at making the industry more “green.

“As of Thursday, December 7, 2022, farmers in North Rhine-Westphalia are required to use 20% less nitrate fertilizer in areas deemed to have “problematic” levels of the chemical – a designator that now encompasses a third of the province’s usable farmland.”

“Erich Gussen, vice president of the Rhenish Agricultural Association, warned that the new regulations would mean a lower quality of crop, hinting farmers would not accept the rules without a fight.”