[readthenotes1]

Perhaps It reminds me of commentary of 1900 Germany in the book _3 Men in a Bummel_.

And "When the majority believe they live in a free society, it is often a sign that the society is not free. "

Is a pertinent observation

[thenaturalist]

While I chuckle at the fact Ai Weiwei choose to dump on Germany while enjoying unbothered refuge here, this sentence I disliked the most.

It reeks of over-thinking, philosophical elitism.

As someone who was raised by parents born in Communist Romania, talk to anyone born in an Authoritarian regime and they’ll tell you what the absence of freedom means like.

When it comes to assessing freedom, I’d stick closer to German-Romanian literature Nobel prize winner Hertha Müller.

Coincidentally, just like Ai Wewei she’s been living here in Berlin and seems not to feel particularly unfree.

[twixfel]

> talk to anyone born in an Authoritarian regime and they’ll tell you what the absence of freedom means like

You mean like Ai Weiwei, born in Beijing in 1957?