He raises his worker’s fist. But does that still help the poor man?
Photo: dpa/Hannes P. Albert
Advent, Advent… the air is burning. In Germany. Bright lights. The traffic light burns out. Despite everything, Red clenches his fist again. Anyway. Green continues to work undauntedly at party conferences. For yellow, however, the little light may now have gone out completely. Sadness everywhere. No savior to be seen far and wide. What a gift for Advent!
The 1st Advent falls on December 1st this year. The word Advent comes from the Latin adventus, arrival. The four weeks of prescribed contemplation are intended to symbolize the 4,000 years that humanity had to wait for the arrival of the Savior. What are three years of earthly chaos in such historical dimensions?
The first Advent is marked by joyful expectation of the “Lord”. Who can we look forward to? By the way, Jesus didn’t seem prototypically male, not macho, with little or no excess testosterone. The second Advent is intended to prepare the mood for redemption and salvation. Huh? “No higher being saves us/ no god, no emperor or tribune/ to free ourselves from misery/ we can only do it ourselves!” Exactement! On the third Advent, Christianity sings “Gaudete”. Rejoice. For heaven’s sake, what for? On the fourth the arrival is near or is just happening. So the birth of Jesus. Shortly before her birth, the pregnant Maria is said to have sang a happy song. She was visiting her sex mate Elisabeth, who was also in different circumstances. I would have liked to have eavesdropped on the conversation between the two who gave birth shortly before the caesura. Did they gossip about their husbands? Speaking of which: Imagine if the three wise men from the East had fallen out as hopelessly as our three warriors Olaf, Robert and Christian. There probably wouldn’t have been any presents for the little boy in Bethlehem.
We don’t know what February 23rd will bring us. Wait and drink mulled wine. However, I would be interested to know: Who set the election date on Red Army Day? Are there Trotskyists among German officials?