It would be an exaggeration to say that so-called mindfulness, which has long since grown into a real "culture", is already being heeded in all areas of life; it is actually only practiced consistently where one's own advantage is at stake. This can be easily observed on the e-scooters. If everything is not deceiving, the handling of it becomes less and less careful. The things are not only standing, but are now also lying around, like knocked out manifestations of a misguided, far too liberal mobility, everywhere, in driveways, in front of passages and especially in the middle of the sidewalk or on the bike path. There is a reason why this applies almost exclusively to rental scooters, which we will talk about later. Random inspections have shown that it is not due to the stand, which does not break off so easily. They are also not blown over, they are much too heavy for that.

Progressive infantilization

It's because of the tenancy: what you no longer need and what doesn't belong to you, you simply throw away – a pattern of behavior that used to be attributed to children. If, however, one considers that the progressive infantilization of society is expressed in the mere existence of these scooters and not only in the handling of them, then the matter fits again. The drivers behave like children. We do not know what the owners will say about this and how long they intend to continue to use the monetary advantage that undoubtedly lies in the free provision of public parking spaces. As far as in Paris, where the rental scooters will be withdrawn from circulation on September 1, it will probably not come here. Ownership obliges, even if only to the property – it would be something gained if you could make the scooter renters aware of this. You should dress warmly, not just in autumn.

Fictional style criticism

In the meantime, they are subjected to a critique of style whose purely fictional character should not tempt them to take them lightly. In Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre's recently published novel, it is formulated as follows: "There were many of these undignified e-scooters along the way that hadn't survived the night very well. I had never ridden with such a desperation device before, also because I had too often observed how people who had unlocked such a scooter and then stood on it always looked exactly the same when they drove off, with this e-scooter rider look that meant something very unlikely to them and the world around them: Now it's going to be great. And then, henceforth, they accelerated from one dreariness to the next. E-scooters were really the last FDP shit." Is that perhaps why this is a case for Transport Minister Wissing?