Matthias Deutschmann - "Propaganda à la carte"

Matthias Deutschmann "Propaganda à la carte"

Political scientists have been churning out books for years, all with the same message: democracy is in trouble. It's fading, showing signs of decay, or simply running out of time. No democracy lasts forever. Is democracy heading the way of cabaret? An outdated model - or are we already living in a post-democracy?

There's no shortage of pessimism. So what now? Germany's federal owl at Schloss Bellevue doesn't have the answer either, but he's willing to help shed light on gloomy dystopias: "We can only find the way to the future in the light." The audience falls into darkness. The stage shines bright. Let the show begin.

As an aside: pessimism, too, is rooted in a lack of information.