Lord, do not forgive them, for they know what they are doing! E-Book

Michael Ghanem

• Herausgeber: tredition
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 118

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2026

Beschreibung

The author decided to write this pamphlet to express his disappointment with Germany. In particular, Germany's development over the last 20 years gives him cause for concern, frustration and, very often, anger. On closer inspection of our country, especially from an international perspective, it is clear that there are significant signs of social decline, be it a lack of respect, dishonesty, insincerity, or a lack of commitment to anything or anyone, which is embodied by the so-called Merkel generation in particular. ‘What do my neighbours matter to me, as long as my life and my advancement are secure?’ Since 2005, under the governments of Angela Merkel and her successors, Germany has fallen into a deep sleep, and waking up from it will be very painful. The idiotic austerity measures at any price and the reduction of state services are based on no foundation and no reasonable economic knowledge. The so-called black zero in the budget does not exist in economic theory. Germany's entire infrastructure, its moral state, its social constitution and its international reputation have suffered greatly. Intolerance, racism, hatred, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia have increased significantly. Politicians can no longer get this under control, and it is now up to us, society, to stand up and put a stop to these developments. The future of our country and our children, our prosperity, our happiness and our position in the world depend on it. Against this backdrop, this book puts its finger on the wounds of today's Germany. It adresses those who question themselves and society, a book against the hypocrisy and cowardice of German society and politics. But this behaviour can also be found in a similar form in other Western societies.

Leseprobe

Table of contents

Dedication

Title

Copywright

About the author: Michael Ghanem

1. Foreword

2. Sayings from culture, and religion

3. Marriage and family

4. School

5. The Church

6. The elderly

7. The media

8. The judiciary

9. Politics

10. The environment

11. Peace

12. Social competence

13. The moralists

14. The intolerant and racist

15. The flock of sheep

16. The lazy thinkers

17. Prejudices

18. The Merkel generation

19. Forgetting

20. The rule of law

21. The Berlin Republic

22. The opportunists and the do-gooders

23. German society

24. The white man and his fear

25. Germany and Europe

26. Do we even need politicians?

27. Democracy in danger

28. Will Germany wake up before it is too late?

29. And they have learned nothing !

30. Africa

31. Epilogue

32. Bibliography

Dedication

This book is dedicated to all those who sound the alarm and cry out in isolation, who care deeply about the well-being of our society. Every critical mind is lonely and belongs to a minority. However, today's minority may be tomorrow's majority.

This book is also dedicated to my wife Marlene for her critical and wise advice, which has accompanied me throughout my life and who is always a good advisor.

Bonn, February 2026

Title

Michael Ghanem

"Thoughts are free"

Lord,

do not forgive them,

for they know

what they are doing!

Copywright

© 2026 Michael Ghanem

Website: https://michael-ghanem.de/

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About the author: Michael Ghanem

https://michael-ghanem.de/

https://die-gedanken-sind-frei.org/

Born in 1949, he grew up in France and graduated from an elite French university for industrial engineers. After moving to Germany, he completed his studies in economics, sociology, political science, philosophy and ethics.

Bonn, February 2026

In the field of philosophy, he was strongly influenced by the philosophy and teachings of Zarathustra, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, Rabelais, Michel de Montaigne, Baruch de Spinoza, Thomas Aquinas, Ibn Khaldun, Niccolo Machiavelli, René Descartes, Blaise Pascal, Voltaire, Jean Jaques Rousseau, Immanuel Kant, Gottfried W. Leibniz, Auguste Comte, Arthur Schopenhauer, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Karl Marx, Henri Bergson, Karl Popper, Karl Jaspers, and Erich Fromm. The Frankfurt School, with its teachers Jürgen Habermas and Adorno, had a strong influence on him, as did Michael Schmidt-Salomon, Claude Levy-Strauss, the Dalai Lama, Luc Ferry, Peter Sloterdijk, Werner Lachmann, Amartya Sen, Oswald Nell-Brauning, and Niklas Luhmann.

In sociology, he is strongly influenced by the Cologne School with its teachers Rene König and Erwin K. Scheuch, as well as Gustave Lebon. In political science, he is also influenced by the Cologne School and the Cologne-Mannheim School.

In the field of economics, he has been strongly influenced by the post-Keynesians and behavioural economists. He is very critical of the teachings of Milton Friedman, the Chicago Boys, the Freiburg School and Friedrich A. Hayek. He feels a strong affinity with Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Krugman, James K. Galbraith, Daniel Kahneman, Thomas Piketty and the Club of Rome.

His professional career initially took him to an international organisation, where he worked for five years as a project controller for large water projects, mainly in Africa, and got to know a large number of countries and their leaders. He then worked for many years at a European organisation and in several international consulting firms as a consultant for the modernisation of a wide range of industries and companies.

He sees himself as a critic of today's globalisation and has been a strong advocate for water resources and water management issues since 1974.

This experience has given him a deep understanding of geopolitical issues and enables him to assess current political developments, particularly against the backdrop of economic interdependencies.

Since his retirement, he has lived a secluded life in Bonn and works as a writer. In his publications, he focuses primarily on the pressing social, economic and political issues of today, as well as water management.

To date, he has published numerous works on politics, geopolitics, society and economics. He is the author of more than 100 books. In the field of politics, he focuses primarily on a critical examination of Germany. Other key topics include health, identity, racism, the environment, migration, water management, Africa, population development and alternative economic systems such as the anti-fragility economy. He has also published several short stories and fairy tales.

This is an excerpt from the publications that have appeared to date:

Non-fiction books on politics, economics and society

Geopolitics

"The Deep Fall of the West and the Bitter Tears of Europe, Part 1 – Introduction – A Critical Assessment of the West 1949–2025"

"The Deep Fall of the West and the Bitter Tears of Europe, Part 2: The Deep Fall of the Military, Building Blocks of Geopolitics, World Order in Transition, Potential for Conflict"

"The Deep Fall of the West and the Bitter Tears of Europe, Part 3: Building Blocks of Military Potential - The End of Hegemony"

"The Deep Fall of the West and the Bitter Tears of Europe, Part 4: Country Profiles - Multiple System Failures - Accidents of History - Water and World Hunger - Climate and Energy Meltdown - BRICS versus G7"

"The Deep Fall of the West and the Bitter Tears of Europe, Part 5: Problem Cases: Population Bomb, Migration, Integration, Poverty and Hunger, Raw Materials"

"The Deep Fall of the West and the Bitter Tears of Europe, Part 6: The Sins of the West, World Trade, Bazaar Economy, Corruption, Taboo Topics

Inflation, Deflation, National Debt"

"The Deep Fall of the West and the Bitter Tears of Europe, Part 7: Financial Markets and Money Markets in Transition, Financial Crises, The Crisis of the Dollar

Alternatives to the global monetary system, The deep fall of the Western financial system"

Africa between curse and blessing, part 1: Water

"Water as a global power – Part 1: Overview and assessment for 2021"

On the state of Germany

"Germany's Deep Fall, Volume 1A Health"

Germany's Deep Fall, Volume 1B Health

"2005–2021 Germany's Lost 16 Years – The Assessment of Angela Merkel and Her Successors"

"2005-2018 Germany's Lost 13 Years Part 1: Angela Merkel and Her Successors – An Interim Assessment"

"2005–2018 Germany's Lost 13 Years Part 2: Political System – Quo Vadis?"

"2005–2018 Germany's lost 13 years Part 3: Society – Assessment and outlook"

"2005-2018 Germany's lost 13 years Part 4: German economy – Quo vadis?"

"2005-2018 Germany's lost 13 years Part 5: Internal security – Quo vadis?"

"2005-2018 Germany's lost 13 years Part 6: Justice – Quo vadis?"

"2005-2018 Germany's Lost 13 Years Part 7: Health – Quo Vadis? Volume A"

"2005-2018 Germany's lost 13 years Part 7: Health – Quo vadis? Volume B"

"2005-2018 Germany's lost 13 years Part 7: Health – Quo vadis? Volume C"

"2005-2018 Germany's lost 13 years Part 8: Poverty, old age, care – Quo vadis?"

"2005-2018 Germany's Lost 13 Years Part 9: Building and Renting in Germany – No Thanks"

"2005-2018 Germany's Lost 13 Years Part 10: Education in Germany"

2005-2018 Germany's lost 13 years Part 11: The decline of the media

2005–2018: Germany's lost 13 years, part 12: Literature – Quo vadis – Part A

2005–2018 Germany's lost 13 years Part 13: Development policy – Quo vadis – Part A

German politics

"German identity – Quo vadis?

"German Identity and Homeland – Quo vadis?

"I know we can! An opportunity for Germany"

"The Germans – a cursed people?

"The Greens or The Feminist Club – 10 reasons NOT to vote for the Greens"

"AKK – No thanks!"

"An opportunity for democracy"

"Non-voters are also voters"

"Germany's Titanic – The Berlin Republic"

"In the stranglehold of the political parties, part 1"

"Lord, forgive them not! For they know what they do!"

"Symptoms of Germany's decline – Do we have to put up with this?"

"Is Germany built on sand?"

"Four million disenfranchised Germans"

"The German subject in 2025 – Can we still trust the Germans?"

„Germany: an ineptocracy and kakistocracy? Which democracy should we defend: A party octopus? A party autocracy?“

Economy and finance

"Approaches to an anti-fragile economy"

"In the stranglehold of the financial sector, part 1"

"In the stranglehold of government debt, part 1"

"In the stranglehold of government debt, part 2"

Population, Migration, Integration

"In the stranglehold of migration and integration"

"In the stranglehold of the population bomb, poverty, nutrition, Part 1"

Racism

"In the stranglehold of racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, right-wing extremism, fascism, Part 1"

"Theses on the equality of races"

"Balance sheet and decline and the fear of the white man, Part 1: Fundamentals"

Man and Society

"The Power of Words"

"The New Horsemen of the Apocalypse"

"Crises in the Time of Corona, Part 1"

"Corona 2021 – Waiting for Godot"

"Time – An Underrated World Power" Volume 1 of the series "People & Society"

"Take Courage – Stand Up"

Stories

"Adventure Germany Confessions about this country – Taking stock"

"A Little Prince and a Little Blue Siren"

"I often think ... of Rue du Docteur Gustave Rioblanc – Sunken Island of Tolerance"

"Tales of a shadow man"

"21 Days in a Clinic Full of Fools"

"Sayings and Wisdom"

"Leonidas the Great – I am a human being"

"50 years of living in Germany – A mistake? A destiny"

"A Street Without a Soul"

"The Devil's Pond – a fairy tale"

"The Legend of the House by the Lake"

"If I Were God"

"Love Means"

"Thank you, teacher."

"The Legend of the Spring"

"The Legend of Annette – Dream of an Unfulfilled Love"

"Peace and Freedom: I wanted to plant an olive tree - I wanted to plant an orange tree"

"The world is so beautiful"

"The Old Ship - A Tribute to Old Iron"

"If only you would read this, you brave little grande dame"

"I can never stop loving you. Fond memories of 50 years together"

"The forgotten strand of hair"

"The Lilac"

1. Foreword

The author decided to write this pamphlet to express his disappointment with Germany. In particular, Germany's development over the last 25 years gives him cause for concern, frustration and, very often, anger.

When we take a closer look at our country, especially from an international perspective, we have to admit that there are significant signs of social decline, whether it be a lack of respect, dishonesty, insincerity, or the fact that they stand for nothing and no one, which is embodied by them and especially by the so-called Merkel generation.

"What do my neighbours matter to me, as long as my life and my advancement are secure?"

Since 2005, under Angela Merkel's governments, Germany has fallen into a deep sleep, and waking up from it will be very painful. The idiotic austerity measures at any cost and the reduction of state services are based on no foundation and no reasonable economic knowledge. The so-called black zero in the budget does not exist in economic n theory.

Germany's entire infrastructure, its moral state, its social constitution and its international reputation have suffered greatly.

Intolerance, racism, hatred, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia have increased significantly.

Politicians can no longer get this under control, and it is now up to us, society, to stand up and put a stop to these developments. The future of our country and our children, our prosperity, our happiness and our position in the world depend on it.

Against this backdrop, this book touches on some of the sensitive issues facing Germany today.

But this behaviour can also be found in a similar form in other Western societies.

2. Sayings from culture, and religion

The following sayings could be helpful in overcoming challenges in life:

1

The Lord God failed because of the stupidity of mankind.

2

The complacency of nations

some democracies have been destroyed.

3

Human shortcomings are equally distributed

among the poor and the rich,

but they are more visible among the rich

4

Freedom and responsibility

are two sides of the same coin

5

Narcissism is a sign of self-destruction

6

You never marry a woman,

but a whole family

7

If you want to marry a woman,

you must first get to know her mother.

8

The truth is like a delicate white rose,

it has different perspectives,

it wilts very quickly

and has painful thorns

9

Freedom is like a citrus tree,

it beguiles with its fragrance

the senses of man,

it can have thorns

and tastes sweet, sour or bitter

10

Money is the greatest

mirage of mankind

11

The mirror is man's best critic

12

If Jesus came back to earth,

he would be crucified again,

only this time with his head facing downwards.

13

Some believe that God

is employed by them

14

More valuable than gold, silver and diamonds

is water, but time is more valuable because you cannot buy time

15

The most dangerous weapon in the world is the word

16

Politicians are the bloodsuckers of nations, for they promise everything and take everything.

17

The sweetest poison for people

is the promise of prosperity

18

When you eat sweet fruit,

always remember their price.

19

If you do not speak ill of anyone,

then you don't need to whisper.

20

No alternative

is the solution of the weak

21

Don't take yourself so seriously,

because you are only a blink of an eye in history.

22

Forgetting is one of Satan's tricks

23

Arrogance and stupidity

are two sides of the same coin

24

The four horsemen of the apocalypse are

Greed

Envy

Vanity

Falsehood

25

Journalists are the prostitutes of the powerful

26

Journalism is too serious a task

to be left to journalists

to journalists

27

The main task of the media is

to dumb down the population

28

People are flocks of sheep,

it always depends on the shepherd

29

Nations deserve the leadership they have

30