The sociologist Hartmut Rosa sees the election results in Saxony-Anhalt as the long-awaited end point of a social development that he compares to a journey through a tunnel, and is critical of the political situation.
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Hartmut Rosa sees the election result in Saxony-Anhalt as a long-awaited result of long-term social development, which he compares to traveling through a tunnel.
DIE ZEIT: Hartmut Rosa, what do you think about the election results in Saxony-Anhalt?
Hartmut Rosa: We have been heading towards this disaster, as we have to call the election results, for a very long time. It almost seemed as if we were on some kind of social tunnel ride. And perhaps we are now at a point where this tunnel journey can end.
ZEIT: What do you mean by that? Should the AfD now govern?

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