The inclined reader might have noticed it already: www.secarts.de is not satisfied with the situation in our dear country. Things are in disorder; no doubt about that. And little is done.

Even from this little, a lot is wrong - exactly here it gets creepy. Besides a merciless social reality, a forced dismantling of social security systems, decreasing chances for education and profession and overall social stagnation it was but a question of time until it comes to counter-movements. These can be new groups undermining the traditional scenery of public parties, big demonstrations; maybe a turnover to alternative, critical social theories.

A counter-movement is now presented to us by a syndicate of media combines who themselves like to contribute a whole lot for masking the situation:
Under patronage of the Bertelsmann group and due to "creative" management of the advertising company Jung von Matt great ones like "BILD" of Springer, the "Spiegel", the "WAZ-Gruppe" and others are involved. 30 million Euro cost the joke - in a flashing garment well-known nationalism appears; the liberal-democratic basic order packed as educated multi-cultural "patriotism".

"You are Germany" is the slogan; with endless film spots accompanied by piano and a website hastily cobbled together the desperate consumer, seeing his purse shrinking every day, is getting hammered-in that he "is a part of it", too; of Germany's glamour and glory.

Right. We are pope, chancellor - and Germany. Of course you can't buy nothing from that; the metaphysically constructed community of destiny called "nation" doesn't catch their children who are struggling with long term unemployment. The curative confederation is therefor of rather immaterial nature: At the social office everybody lucky enough to get hold of one of the rare seats can warm himself with the kind feeling of "being a part of it". Those without a seat can at least do that while standing. He or she "is Germany", too.

Silly, ridiculous to cynical one could name the fuss about homeland emotions. Too obvious is the intented psychological effect behind; too dramatical were the consequences of the last German tryouts of living out their patriotic feelings: As is well-known, they ended in Auschwitz and Stalingrad.

On the other side, the idea is barely new, because long before the nice guys and girls presenting themselves on the website www.du-bist-deutschland.de (e.g. "I am overjoyed to see this campaign running and I am convinced, that Germany will emotionally be hero once again." or "I want to be able to say that I am proud to be German without a bad conscience.") others had the same idea.

Certainly, it may really be a silly coincidence that Hitler was promoted with exactly the same slogan - still, it is symptomatical. "We", we are not Germany. Germany, that may be a territory on a map, a governmental construct, a historical appearance, a metaphysical term, a company's name. Ms. Meier one floor above, the fat bus driver from number 7 or the woman at the counter at supermarket, they are probably female or male, poor or rich, happy or unhappy. "Germany", they are certainly not. What remains for the individual? Perhaps the German citizenship. Or the belief in being German because of the "blood". Or to participate in the German cultivated landscape or the German leading culture.

If self-identification with Germany is an adequate agent against increasing poverty and shrinking chances for self realization and fortune everyone may judge for himself. At this point, I just want to point out the following as I see this as my duty: "Even in case of complete, positive or proud identification with the governmental or cultural construct 'Germany', there is absolutely no claim to material advantage, preservation of employment or good education. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded."
I am sorry may I have destroyed any illusions.