A Critique of the German Welfare State

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A critique of institutions can turn into a defense of the nation as the only space of politics. It's entirely a kind of rearguard strategy of defending what is left of the german welfare state and what's left of the left. And i think that's been quite disorienting for a lot of people, says sarah jeffey.

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