For They Don’t Know What They Are Doing – Goerdt Abel

It seems to most people who are inundated with news from the press, television or the internet that the problems in their own country or in the world are getting bigger and bigger and that politics and politicians are getting worse and worse.
Politicians are unable to solve the problems at hand, or can only do so poorly. They lack a focus on the common good of all citizens, and their actions frequently constitute the root cause of the issue. Almost everyone is aware that only “bad” news sells well, but they are usually unable to free themselves from this misjudgment.
Maybe this book can help people overcome this trap of thought and point out ways to make positive changes in the future. Indeed, by analyzing the social development of Homo Sapiens since the acquisition of the ability to write, this work, aims to demonstrate ways in which our political culture can be improved through a more effective selection of politicians and, in so doing, avoiding potentially catastrophic misappointments.

Dipl. Kfm. Dr. Goerdt Karl Friedrich Abel was born in Amorbach, Lower Franconia, in 1944. After attending technical college in Vienna, he continued his studies at the Hochschule für Welthandel (today the Vienna University of Economics and Business) and graduated with a “Dipl.-Kfm.” and a doctorate in commercial sciences (1970). In 1973, Dr Goerdt Abel took over the ABEL family business as managing partner and at the same time set up a subsidiary in the USA together with his wife Maria. In 1989, he bought the East German pump factory and iron foundry Steinach in Thuringia from the Treuhand’s predecessor company. After great initial difficulties, the company was able to establish itself successfully in Germany and neighbouring European countries thanks to the hard work of all those involved.
The foundry was later sold to a West German foundry group and today provides around 60 jobs. After many years in the global cloud software industry, Dr Goerdt Abel has retired from active business life and now lives in Austria and Mexico. Since then, he has devoted himself to his sporting, cultural and family interests and has written an autobiographical book as a case study on the subject of German reunification from an economic and political perspective entitled “Steinach und die Wahrheiten” (“Steinach and the Truths”).