Times change and people with them. Some more, some less. And some very strong.

As a young man, a deputy federal chairman of the Young Socialists named Olaf Scholz organized large peace demonstrations against the NATO rearmament and protested against the stationing of American medium-range missiles in Germany. "Create peace without weapons" was a slogan.

The story of Scholz, the conscientious objector and peace demo organizer, is well known. Today, Olaf Scholz, the Federal Chancellor, would probably label the young version of himself with the adjective "immature". It would not be understood, but rather meant to be extremely unfriendly.

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