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Behind the New German Right
The rhetoric of the rapidly growing Alternative for Germany party and its supporters indicates a potentially profound shift in German political culture: it is now possible to be an outspoken nationalist without being associated with—or, for that matter, without having to say anything about—the Nazi past. By Jan-Werner Müller.
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"Some intellectuals have criticized Sloterdijk for being an armchair philosopher who offers Volk-psychology with little awareness of the reality of refugees’ lives or, for that matter, of the complex political imperatives Merkel is trying to juggle."
And the German population are throwing intellectuals over the side as their own life situations become impacted by their policies. It's a tricky situation.
Something very familiar about all this...