Politics
„Ein starker Staat begegnet Bürgerinnen und Bürgern und Unternehmen mit einem Vertrauensvorschuss“, heißt es da, und: „Reformen werden transparent erklärt und tragen dem Gerechtigkeitsempfinden der Bürgerinnen und Bürger Rechnung.“
Steinbrück, Voßkuhle, de Maizière: Was ein „handlungsfähiger Staat“ nun braucht
A republic requires citizens; entertainment requires only an audience. – Megan Garber
People aren’t really looking to be economically stable before they start families; they’re looking to be existentially stable. They will opt-out of important life decisions altogether because they are waiting for the day when they will feel like more of a confident person with a firmer sense of self before making a commitment—not knowing that it’s
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A society’s structure and government are linked at the core to the organisation of space, and vice versa. For Foucault (2007) the definition and regulation of space is seen as governmentality, a tool for controlling and governing society. Defining certain spaces by assigning them certain properties, regulating their use and exchange, controlling
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Manpower without unity is not a strength unless it is harmonized and united properly, then it becomes a spiritual power.
Vallabhbhai Patel
„Fünf Bundesministerien verantworten etwa 170 Leistungen, die von fast 30 Behörden (...) teils unterschiedlich umgesetzt werden.“ Der Sozialstaat stehe unter erheblichem Druck, es brauche dringend eine Vereinfachung der Begriffe sowie eine Bündelung der Leistungen. Deshalb schlagen die vier Autoren vor, die Zuständigkeit für alle Sozialleistungen... See more
Dominik Fürst • Steinbrück, Voßkuhle, de Maizière: Was ein „handlungsfähiger Staat“ nun braucht
We’ve reached what Tocqueville described: downright egotism. It’s the ideological wall I find impossible to scale: I don’t know how to make you care about other people.
The Dark Heart of Individualism
EZRA KLEIN: No, and I really mean this, and everybody is right. I’ve come to think of this kind of thing. And I think there are many dynamics like this, that you have to think of it like an ecosystem. We always want people to be the right balance, but ecosystems need to be in balance. You need young political thinking that is kind of wild and... See more