Prohibition culture
01/24/2026
Sometimes I long to go back to the freedom oriented and easy going sixties, even though as a child I probably only experienced them to a limited extent. But when I look at the threatening bans I read in one day, it makes me sick to my stomach.
The young VCS members in Switzerland want to abolish first class on public transport, and the Greens want to ban (and automatically monitor) the passage through the city of Zurich if there is no traffic.The Greens want to ban (and automatically monitor) driving through the city of Zurich if it is only to avoid a traffic jam on the highway, and finally, the "traffic turnaround initiative" wants to ban cars from Zurich's metropolis on a large scale.
In Berlin, according to a now admissible petition for a referendum entitled "Berlin car-free", private cars will only be allowed to travel on twelve days in future if the petition is approved. There is no need to cite other examples such as Paris here.
Really? Just ban everything you don't like? Is that really the way we want to go? And create a surveillance state at the same time? Then "1984" really isn't far away.
Instead of that, how about a little more tolerance in all camps, more goodwill and more positive thinking?
As a classic car driver, you are practiced in these things, because these virtues are somehow part of the old automobile if you want to be happy with it. Perhaps the world should take an example from the (mostly very peaceful) classic car drivers?
