The Forbidden Song of the Ancestors
Das verbotene Lied der Ahnen
This is a German folk song, or, more properly, it would be if it were not forbidden. It is a song of people of German heritage whose ancestors departed Germany long ago.
Germany remains to this day a land of forbiddenness to us, symbolized by the black bar at the top of the flag.

They had no money for uniforms so they dyed their clothes black and wore them with gold buttons and red facings on the sleeves. The victory flag they waved resembled their uniforms. This flag is presumed to be the precursor to the German flag. Ever since, the colours have symbolised unity and freedom of the people.
Out of the blackness (black) of servitude through bloody (red) battles into the golden (gold) light of freedom.
[A saying from the time of the Napoleonic wars]
The symbolism of forbiddenness and servitude remains at the top of the flag. Some Germans feel that the flag is upside-down, and that the golden light of freedom should be at the top, symbolizing a victory in the bloody battle over such servitude and forbiddenness which was apparently not achieved in the Second World War. Some feel that the German flag represents the colors of fire and smoke, where it is very appropriate that black smoke would be represented atop yellow and red flames.
It is very curious that a folk song of people of German heritage outside of Germany would be sung in Germany, where it is, presumably, forbidden, as again, presumably, we ourselves are to some degree or another.
Although the song is sung in the German language, it is not properly a German song, and is it not really meant to be understood by Germans still living in present-day Germany, who apparently live their day-to-day lives without ever experiencing such forbiddenness, abandonment and desolation, why the song is so strange and evocative of sadness and grief to them.
It is, as some U.S. Marines have noted, as if they cry out in pain whenever they strike us, and not the other way around.
We are curious if the singing and playing of this song in Germany and the German government's inquisition for the listeners or fans of it has to do with Alice Weidel, Sarah Bossel, Tino Chruppala and the Alternative für Deutschland. It does not look inviting, and it very much does appear subject to punishment in Germany.
Far-left party wins Berlin election, pledging to nationalise housing
What's this? Female-only nationalized housing? Same party, or at least a very similar agenda as that of Seattle's mayor Katie Wilson. The reason for that sort of housing to exist of course is that too many men have joined male-only labor unions, homosexualized themselves, and left women out cold.
In such a district, apparently far too many apartment managers and landlords as well as business owners, police officers and military officers are pimps who love to create situations and circumstances that force young women into distress.
"From today, we're changing Berlin together," she told celebrating party members in Berlin. The Left Party took 25.3%, ahead of the CDU on 19% and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on 16%. It also far outstripped the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on 12.1%. In her first remarks after the polls closed, the 45-year-old daughter of left-wing Turkish parents who fled a coup in 1980 said the increasingly difficult rental situation was "the biggest social problem" in the capital.
Maybe if the Berliners quit socializing and drinking beer and went back to work, then they'd have much less trouble paying for housing and food.
