Please let’s stay mediocre – Diepresse.com
The wilder the geopolitical pendulum, the more important is a broad social socket that can cushion this blows. The middle has not passed its exam in the United States – so far in Europe.
Admittedly, the term « solid mediocre » does not have what it takes to make hearts beat faster. In times when every school work has to be a Nobel price, every short vacation, a self -awareness trip, every visit to the tavern A fireworks of the flavors and every holiday internship The course for a sensational career, the middle is no longer considered a golden, but as a residual ramp of the lifestyle. Or to quote the recently deceased British singer Marianne Faithfull: If you don’t rush through Paris with the convertible at the latest 37 at the latest, because you have to take care of job, house and children instead, you can leave it right away.
The paradoxical thing is that (if we are honest with ourselves) nobody wants to be mediocre while we all rely on the middle. And more than ever: Because the wilder the political and the economic pendulum, the more important a broad social socket becomes as much as possible, which cushions the force of the rashes.
So what is the middle and where can it be found?