Nothing new under the sun

Today I got around to re-read some essays from Kurt Tucholsky, a german author, journalist and satirist. One, called “A short outline of national economics”, had a paragraph I found exceptionally fitting for the situation of today. The essay itself was written sometimes in the 1920´s or 30´s:

“Every economy relies on the credit system, that is, the false assumption the other one will pay back money loaned to him. If he doesn´t do so, a so-called supporting measure is undertaken, by which all, except the state, will profit. Such a collapse can be recognized by the fact that the people are asked to have confidence. They oftenly have nothing else anymore anyway at this point.”

sneezy easter

All in all, the prolonged easter-weekend wasn´t that bad. Much opportunity to have fun with the friends, going to an easter fire etc.

What really goes on my nerves is that the weather, which was really cold just a few weeks ago, changed completely and we now have temperatures constantly well above 20 degrees. That´s not bad in itself, but it leads to an insane amount of plants that decided to bloom simultaneously. As a person suffering from allergies to various kinds of pollen, that means I have to pay dearly for every minute I try to have fun outside. Hopefully the situation will get better as fast as it got worse.