They're tearing down the Wall!
The East Side Gallery, for those of you who don’t know, is the longest surviving intact piece of the Berlin Wall, which was mostly torn down in the heady days after November 9, 1989 for the right reasons – the unshackling of chains and restrictions, the unburdening of repression, and a strike for freedom.
I cannot believe the city is allowing this take place. It makes no sense whatsoever. Like Tacheles before it, the East Side Gallery is/was a tourist attraction, something unique to Berlin – there was only one Berlin Wall, yes, in Berlin! – drawing visitors from everywhere to marvel at its artwork and ponder its era-defining past. They even restored it a couple of years ago for their benefit.
It stood as a chilling reminder of the Cold War, something visitors could look upon with gratitude for the freedom they now have to come and go as they please.
This is history, we have a duty to preserve it.
I’d have brought my son there one day, told him all about it. He mightn’t care but that’s his business, that’s his choice. Now the choice is being taken away.
What the fuck are we going to do with luxury apartments? Who’s going to come to Berlin to see them? What do they stand for? Who’s profiting from this? Seriously, these are to questions to be asked to find out how and why this is being allowed. This has the stench of corruption emanating from its very cores.
The Wall stood as a symbol of oppression for almost 30 years. Don’t let them build another one.
Fucking infidels! I will KILL THEM ALL!!! DEATH TO GENTRIFYING BANKERS!!! (and the old classic) DIE YUPPIE SCUM!!! I will glue myself to the wall with the jelly of 100 berliner jelly donuts in protest! The wrecking ball will bounce off my ample belly and smash back into the weasels who would wield it!
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p.s. IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING? Berlin isn't THAT stupid, is it?