"But what that suggests is that certain sectors of German society would fall into line with uncanny celerity. Not by agreeing with the AfD, of course. But by accepting its framings, by following where it directs our attention. Having lived through the Donald Trump presidency in the US has given many of us a pretty keen sense of this kind of collaboration: one that never abandons the stance of critical distance, but refuses to ignore, dispel or disengage, to say “this is not a thing and we
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