Abstract
We explain by elementary means why the existence of a discrete series representation of a real reductive group G implies the existence of a compact Cartan subgroup of G. The presented approach has the potential to generalize to real spherical spaces.
Dedicated to Joseph Bernstein for his appreciation of soft methods
Acknowledgements
We thank Joseph Bernstein and the referee for valuable comments.
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