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Henrik Dahl

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Henrik Dahl

@SociologenHD

Medlem af Europa-Parlamentet for Liberal Alliance.

Joined August 2014

Henrik Dahl
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It’s been clear for a while now that this Football World Cup was the sport’s Berlin 1936. And fortunately, the comparison holds up. Football 1 – Power Politics 0
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Henrik Dahl
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The people who are glad that Folarin Balogun’s suspension has been lifted are just as corrupt as those who made it happen.
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Henrik Dahl
@SociologenHD
Jul 4
The "Captain of Köpenick" was in fact the shoemaker Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt. On 16 October 1906, he put on a second-hand captain's uniform (which he had bought from a junk dealer), assumed authority over a squad of soldiers who happened to pass by, and marched to Köpenick Town
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Henrik Dahl
@SociologenHD
Jul 3
In English, this headline reads: “New Trump statement: We must have Greenland”. I say: enough with the velvet gloves. The United States is acting as an adversary of Greenland and Denmark. Therefore, the U.S. Consulate in Nuuk should be closed. All American diplomats in
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Henrik Dahl
@SociologenHD
Jul 2
I hear it's Austria-Spain tonight. Against whom?
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Henrik Dahl
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Jul 2
The Iron Fist of Centrism Let me begin with a confession that is hardly dramatic: I am a centrist. I believe politicians have responsibilities long before they try to implement their favourite policies. They have a duty to ensure that institutions function. That citizens can
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Henrik Dahl
@SociologenHD
Jul 2
A sad atmosphere hangs over Brussels this morning. I think it’s due to Senegal’s defeat against Belgium in the World Cup.
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Henrik Dahl
@SociologenHD
Jun 30
Citizen Vigilante is responsibility porn. That is why people want to watch it. An important disclaimer: I do not support vigilantism. Criminals should be arrested and punished by the state. The state must retain the monopoly on the legitimate use of force. That is the only way
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Henrik Dahl
@SociologenHD
Jun 30
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Henrik Dahl
@SociologenHD
Jun 30
In Germany, the authorities have used a bureaucratic maneuver to make it more difficult for citizens to watch the film Citizen Vigilante. It tells the story of a European-looking man who takes revenge on judges and perpetrators of immigrant background because he holds them
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Henrik Dahl
@SociologenHD
Jun 30
If I know Germany’s political elite correctly, the coming days’ talk shows on ARD and ZDF will gradually arrive at the conclusion that, through its gracious gesture towards Paraguay, Germany actually won the entire FIFA World Cup. The argument will be that, in today’s world, it
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Henrik Dahl
@SociologenHD
Jun 28
Are there books that really could have changed the course of history? If only the right people had read them at the right moment? I am convinced there are. In The Closing of the American Mind (1987), Allan Bloom offers an astonishingly accurate prediction of the world we live
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Henrik Dahl
@SociologenHD
Jun 27
As this post illustrates, parts of the political establishment - certainly in Germany, and probably elsewhere as well - have been misleading the public about the effects of air conditioning. There are also countless examples of political elites across Europe misleading the
Andrew Hammel
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Jun 26
The official advice of the German government's Federal Environmental Ministry, here conveyed by the state broadcaster, is that portable air-conditioning units are "not effective" because they vent hot air outside, causing a pressure drop which brings air into the room, making the
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