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Germany's Economy At The Point Of No Return Submitted by Thomas Kolbe If anyone still needed a concrete figure to illustrate the dramatic state of the German economy, the Federal Statistical Office has now delivered it. The country’s investment ratio is negative, as depreciation exceeds nominal investments. Slowly but surely, the lights are going out. Public discourse in Germany often sounds monocaudal and lacks complexity. Regardless of which social conflicts, administrative difficulties, or economic issues are being debated, for the majority of Germans, the state is not the cause of many problems...

President Donald Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will come to a “mutual” agreement about the outcome of the war with Iran.  The US and Israel launched an unprovoked attack on Iran last week that ignited a regional war. The White House has offered a myriad of excuses for starting the war and offered […]

Germany's Elites Demand "Location Patriotism" As Green Industrial Policy Unravels Submitted by Thomas Kolbe As social glue and as a bond tying the individual to a higher purpose of existence, patriotism has acquired a dubious reputation in Germany after decades of culture war. The United Left has succeeded in amalgamating this binding and integrating cultural ferment with the historical catastrophes of National Socialism, imperialism, and chauvinism, ultimately banishing it from the nation’s self-understanding. Today, the patriot is regarded as a social outsider, a contrarian, an intolerant antagonist of humanistic values. The mills of...