apparency

the doctor told you:every system of power in the world has a vested interest in weakening the individuality of its subjects and tries to weaken or if possible completely extinguish it. the best thing to do is not to confront these powers, which are always stronger than the individual,but rather to retreat and live your life in peace and quiet, psychologically unharmed. it is not beyond the realm of possibility that a day might come when people can live openly again:if that day comes, we will see that the repression of their individuality has not caused any genetic mutations, that their dna has remained untouched, and that a new generation will be capable of living without spiritual chains.                   christa wolf