I am prepared for Halloween. No, I am not wearing a costume myself, but I have lots of sweets in my cupboard for the little monsters and ghosts that will soon start ringing at my door and ask me: “Süßes oder Saures?” (Trick or treat?).
I do not mind that. What I do not like though is Halloween in politics. And that seems to be happening these days. And November 4th might well be the spookiest day of all.
In my home state Hesse, the Social democratic party leader Andrea Ypsilanti will try to get elected State Governor with the votes of Die Linke (= The Left). And this party, called The Left, is not just left-wing, it is as far left-wing that it is actually being observed by our “Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz Hessen” (= Office for the Protection of the Constitution) This party includes people that want the Wall back, want to change “The System”. Actually they are enemies of our Constitution and they might soon get quite a lot of influence in Hesse. That is a nightmare!
And in the US a politician who thinks that “spreading wealth is a good thing” might become President. This is beyond me. Socialism has not worked in the past and it will not work in the future!
I know what I am talking about. I grew up in a country that was divided by a wall. Even back then there were people in the West who stated that Eastern Germany was the “better Germany”. But no, it wasn`t. People were shot dead when they tried to escape. Finally, the system collapsed, the Wall came down, people were free! That is not even 20 years ago. But still, the ghost of anti-capitalism is spooking around.
I am afraid there are not enough sweets in my cupboard to appease this ghost. But you can`t treat with him anyway, after all he is anti-capitalist ;-)
And this might well be his biggest mistake.
Because he does not have a clue what to do once all the wealth has been spread.