I found this essay on modern politics, particularly in Germany, to be illuminating. It seeks a new kind of center, defining the unsustainable polar positions as Lennonism (based on John Lennon’s song, “Imagine there’s no countries”), and Bannonism (an era of walls and rules and strongmen). The debate that Hillary refused to join now shifts to Germany.
As Angela Merkel gears up for an election, a chance for the political center to redefine itself.
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