The Commission for Orthography would thus be the only instance of the executive branch to be removed from political control – it had never allowed for societal control from the outset.
And this in a matter that affects everyone's life. Is it stupidity, ignorance, or cunning scheming that is on display here? Were the spelling reformers, driven by a diffuse anticapitalism, not once set out to break the monopoly of a private enterprise, the "Duden" editorial office?
Well. For the political failures for whom there are no serious tasks one could entrust to them, there is always spelling to botch ...