The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything comes together and can be controlled in a centralized way is now erroneous.
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And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world - a deeply felt hate that cannot easily be overcome with a few good words.Ulrich Beck
I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.
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In their daily lives, people can see they are affected by questions that do not only relate to one location, but affect civilization as a whole.
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Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.
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Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an appropriate form of democracy and centralized government.
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Strong ties with a particular place, the fact that something flourishes there and has a special smell or taste - all this is being lost.
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