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Explanation and justification

Being wrong is not a weakness – it is a prerequisite for development.
But we live in a culture of infallibility, in which admitting a mistake is not an expression of integrity, but rather the end of a career, a loss of reputation or an admission of guilt.
This fear of being wrong leads to a collective silence.
It is not the truth that rules – but the fear of being wrong.

The following applies:
Only those who are allowed to make mistakes can learn.
Only those who are allowed to recognize and admit mistakes can correct them.
Only those who are allowed to speak openly about not knowing can search for truth together.

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Why error must be recognized

• Truth is a path – not a possession. It comes about through trial and error, through exchange, through correction.
• Science, medicine, the media and politics operate in the incomplete. Mistakes are not a disgrace, but an unavoidable part of all knowledge.
• Dealing openly with error creates trust.
  A doctor who admits a mistake shows responsibility – not weakness.
  A politician who revises his position shows maturity – not insecurity.
  A journalist who publicly corrects himself shows credibility – not failure.
• When error is outlawed, a culture of self-censorship emerges.
  People avoid what makes them vulnerable – and that kills any real debate.
  The result is not truth, but an ideology of infallibility.

“A mistake that is recognized and not corrected is a second mistake.”
(attributed to the Buddha)

This principle applies universally: the problem is not being wrong – but persisting in error out of pride, fear or calculation.

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The consequences of an error-hostile society

• Politicians defend proven wrong decisions just to save face – even if millions suffer as a result.
• Journalists refuse to correct their disinformation – because they don’t want to “help the wrong people”.
• Doctors and scientists stick to wrong therapies – because revealing an error would have professional and legal consequences.

This creates a system of irresponsibility – a regime of assertion in which error is not only avoided, but made invisible.
The truth becomes a tactic.
And error becomes a taboo.

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The moral reversal

Those who make mistakes are despised.
Those who never correct themselves are admired.
Those who warn early and differentiate later are portrayed as fickle.
But those who stick to wrong assessments because it is “politically prudent” are considered consistent.

In this way, it is not insight and a willingness to learn that are rewarded – but stubbornness, dogmatism and maintaining power.

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Our position

We2030 says:

• Everyone – even those with the highest level of responsibility – has the right to make mistakes.
  But also the duty to correct them.
• We demand a culture of honesty instead of infallibility rituals.
• True greatness is not shown by being right – but by rethinking.
• If you want truth, you have to allow error.
• Anyone who forbids error does not want knowledge – but domination.

That is why we defend the right to error – as a sign of humanity, of responsibility, of mental agility.
Because real truth can only grow where error is allowed.

Everyone has the right to be wrong – including doctors, journalists and politicians.
Anyone who does not concede this does not want truth – but power.