… with human emergency braking
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… with human emergency braking
At the same time, this crisis has led us to a human ›emergency stop‹. And this does not come off without bruises: Crises awaken unpleasant feelings that we prefer to avoid: At the beginning of the pandemic, some people avoided being near ›Asians‹ in the supermarket or in public spaces. Or they didn’t want to admit it, felt and still feel uninvolved and thus justified in their lack of solidarity: ›After all, I don’t belong to the risk group!‹ Still others search for a coping mode in restless activism: And in the face of existential fear of their own finiteness, they stock up with toilet paper in their striving for infinity. Still others find their last resort in a rage that searches for culprits and stoops into all kinds of conspiracy myths that save them from the impositions of taking their own stand in the face of the factual. At worst, however, their own helplessness is directed against others in their immediate environment who seem even more helpless: the fear of increasing domestic violence is not a fear of expectation, but bitter reality. – Our vulnerability makes us insecure, and no one – really no one – remains uninvolved.
