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This is a paragraph hard to translate but it is a core of the reason, why I founded an anarchist youth group, but I forgot about that:

"The moral of the stories: It's not a question of the political system, of how someone behaves, but of oneself. Everyone could say “I” on their own and take responsibility for both themselves and their surroundings. Nobody needs to tell you that. That is freedom in action - something that is difficult to convey in contexts where people are used to authority.

Kowalczuk, Ilko-Sascha. Freedom Shock: A different history of East Germany from 1989 to the present day (p.147). C.H.Beck. "