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  • True and false.
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    The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists. Hannah Arendt in The Origins of Totalitarianism Faschismen/ Feuilleton/ Medien/ Politik/ · Quotation/ · Hannah Arendt/ · · · · English/ Einen Fehler gefunden?…

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  • Die römische Regierung wars.
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    Although Italy’s fascist past is officially condemned, the monument stood untouched until a 2011 directive from the national government formally required the municipal administration to do something about it. Eine doch einigermaßen kreative Interpretation der Umstände, die zur Historisierung des Mussolini-Reliefs in Bozen geführt haben, die Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti da in seinem Guardian-Artikel vom Stapel lässt. Cëla enghe: 01 02 03 Faschismen/…

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  • The European crisis.
    Quotation

    The Catalan crisis is the Spanish crisis. It is the European crisis. It is the return of the face of authoritarianism within the heart of Europe. It is more than just a shame that short-sighted political interests, such as maintaining Mr Juncker in office or promoting a right-leaning Spanish European Finance Minister mired in allegations…

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  • The New.
    Quotation

    The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle. — Hannah Arendt See also: 01 02 Feuilleton/ · Quotation/ · Hannah Arendt/ · · · · English/ Einen Fehler gefunden?…

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  • The guilty silence.
    Quotation · Alex Salmond tells it like it is

    You see, the guilty silence in this issue is not because people are for and against independence for Catalonia, not because of for and against Catalonian self-determination. These are arguable cases. What is not an arguable case is to stand idly by and say nothing when violence is perpetrated against a civilian population. That is…

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