COMMON GOALS: Success will be achieved when everyone pulls in the same direction

Anyone who follows world events with open eyes and ears knows that real dialogues, where differing opinions are exchanged, rarely happen anymore.

- Henry J. Schumacher [e-mail]

Most discussions are now just about confrontation.

The boundaries of good taste are constantly being crossed.

Language has become so radical and exclusionary Fake news is the order of the day.

And when independent judges try to put a stop to this arbitrariness, the judiciary is seen as the actual problem especially in countries where the rule of law is weak and there are no stabilizing institutions. A small elite may achieve power and wealth, but the majority of the population is excluded from upward mobility.

I am convinced that this is, first and foremost, a danger to liberal democracy and therefore to the economy. And the dangerous compromises some are willing to make will not lead a country back to the desired strength.