i like the way you can interpret the phrase "wir müssen nur wollen" either as "we just have to want something enough (to achieve it)" or as "the only thing we're really forced to do is to want to do something." i think it's about the empty promises of "self-actualization" in modern society, maybe of consumerism, of believing that achieving big dreams is the only purpose of life, that individuals control their own destinies completely - and that we always have to want more than we have. all this of course without thinking about how meaningful the goals we're trying to achieve really are.
i like the way you can interpret the phrase "wir müssen nur wollen" either as "we just have to want something enough (to achieve it)" or as "the only thing we're really forced to do is to want to do something." i think it's about the empty promises of "self-actualization" in modern society, maybe of consumerism, of believing that achieving big dreams is the only purpose of life, that individuals control their own destinies completely - and that we always have to want more than we have. all this of course without thinking about how meaningful the goals we're trying to achieve really are.