Europe
The Most Dangerous Side of Racism
Racism can be described as discriminatory behaviour towards people based on their ethnicity. Though it existed for a long time as a behavioural trait, the concept itself is not as old as one might think, dating back roughly 300 years. Leaving the etymological discussion aside, the concept’s prominence as an influential part of popular discourse...
Limits of Political Calculation
In many contexts, we tend to believe that politics is highly elitist and controlled to the fullest by powerful interest groups. Regardless of the nature of those interest groups – may they be religious, economic or ethnic –, there is certainly a considerable truth to the claim that they exert power behind the political curtains....
White Democracies Are Fake
Probably all of us have heard conspiracy theories about elitist circles that control the political power within one or maybe even more countries. A central aspect of those theories is that the politicians are appointed by leaders in the background, rather than being elected by the citizens. So, there is this conception that the citizens...
Undankbar zur EU
Das europäische Projekt, wie die Europäische Union (EU) auch genannt wird, läuft nun seit mehreren Jahrzehnten. Angefangen hat alles als 6-Länder-Pakt, um die deutsche Kohle- und Stahlindustrie in der Nachkriegszeit zu kontrollieren. Diese Industriezweige sind nämlich die Standbeine der Rüstungsindustrie eines Landes. Nach zwei Weltkriegen, war die Angst um den Frieden zu groß und man...
The Brexit Dilemma
Since 2016 now, the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) are working to enable the UK to leave the EU. At the beginning of 2020, the UK officially left the Union, while there is still a transition period until the end of the year. This event, which is commonly known as the ‘Brexit’,...
Islam in Europe
Recently, the French President Emmanuel Macron claimed that the Muslim population in France alienates itself from the rest. This statement is in line with the overall negative attitude of Europeans (except for Bosnia, Albania and Kosovo) towards the religion of Islam. Among the core claims are that Muslims are not willing to integrate themselves and...
