Friedrich Neuser
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57 appearances
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard Nov 2024
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And today, in 2024. It's sunny, a little windy, and people are milling around, mostly dressed in jeans and hiking boots. But there's also a man dressed in lederhosen and a woman in a red velvet dress with puffy sleeves and a crown. Is that the empress? Kunikunde is coming. Kunikunde is coming. When the lottery begins, hundreds of people spill out of the tent and onto a gravel path.
I guess we should walk a little faster. No, there are a lot of people behind us. They won't start until we all get there? Yeah, absolutely.
Oh, there he is. Hello again. Hello again. We're going to walk plot to plot and watch as they randomly draw winners at each one. In total, the group will walk to about 600 plots. It's a long walk. It's a long walk? It's a long walk, yes. I hope I wore the right shoes. We never walk alone.
The master of ceremonies stands in the middle of the crowd with a bag that has the names of all the farmers in it. Friedrich has a blank map of the Olsing, ready to be filled in if they call his name. We check out this first plot. How is this land? Is this good or this bad?
This would be good?
What is so good about this land here?
A kid from the community reaches their hand into the bag, pulls out a slip of paper. The name of the winner trickles through the crowd. Tony! The name they call is Tony. Not Friedrich. Tony gets this plot. There's some celebration as the new landowner makes their way to the center of the crowd and hammers a stake in the ground. And then we start moving to the next plot.
Each plot is a little different. Varying sizes, different soil quality. And that adrenaline Friedrich felt earlier? It's stronger. Because the land at the beginning of the lottery is some of the best, it's fertile, workable. He really wants his name to get called. Oh, here we go. Here's another one. See what happens now. Again, not him.
This is Friedrich's fourth lottery. When his son was little, he was one of the children who pulled the names out of the bag. Kids love to do it because the farmers whose names they pull tip them. Today, his eight-year-old neighbor Obi is one of those kids getting handfuls of euros.
After two hours, the lottery is starting to get stressful. Because the Goodfields get doled out in the beginning, Friedrich is missing out. And he's worried they'll run out of the good land.
Friedrich says the most important thing is fairness. And Markus says that's why the lottery has stuck around.
And if any of that were to change, you might lose what makes this so special. They're willing to give up some efficiency for more fairness. But still, people are getting impatient. Like eight-year-old Obi, who is waiting to pull names from the bag.
Now, there are only about ten good plots left. If his name isn't called soon, he'll be stuck with Badland. Friedrich, though, is still holding out hope. And then... That's you. That's mine, yeah. Friedrich and his son start hammering in the steak with their name on it. Friedrich has a full smile. This is a good one. Yeah. Yeah. This is your claim? Yes.
So we're looking at a map of all of Osing and you're going to write what you just got.
It's so gloriously analog.
Today is a good feeling. And then, another few plots later, his name is called again. Yes, it is perfect in Franconian.
After a bit more walking, he gets a few more okay plots. But it's now hour six. We've walked about 10 miles. And at this point, we start crossing over into the Badland.
They definitely feel like scratchy, scritchy roots of something.
Yeah, your son said, and walked away. So that seems like he didn't like this land too much.
Friedrich has gotten nine plots through the lottery. Two are really good, a few are medium, and two are schlumpy. But these might not be the plots he ends the day with. Because in all the rules of this land lottery, there's another move that can be made. Friedrich says it's not over yet. Hope dies last. There's still a possibility.
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