Das kommunale Koma

In: Osteuropa, Band 53, Heft 9-10, S. 1353-1356

Abstract

This article addresses the current preoccupation with the myth of the social responsibility of business. Economic democracy must fit the circumstances & be comfortable, or it will be put off in favor of the existing structure. Elections mean nothing, as democracy appears where the market exists on the lowest levels. Constructive cries from the Russian empire are based on hopes for the possibility of democracy & markets. Every nation has its history. The US has a communal arrangement, with the most developed local self-regulation, while Germany, France, & Switzerland have faced different struggles in their development. While a myth can never be fully grasped, the myth of social responsibility of business in Russia results from the desire to live in a democratic society. In full agreement with the doctrine of economic imperialism, the burial of communal self-regulation in Russia is the burial of hope that the people grasp the spirit of democracy. The indifference of the intellectual elite with respect to this, & their increasing focus on the existence of the social responsibility of business, suggest that they are in a coma. L. Kehl