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"Peace Is a Fragile Thing", part 6 of the series "After The Pandemic. A Fictional Story" by Karin Sawetz

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"Peace Is a Fragile Thing" Part 6 of the series "After The Pandemic. A Fictional Story" by Karin Sawetz The Christmas tree stands half decorated in the side hall of the three parted glass and steel building of the winter garden. "History tells us that revolutions are a constant and necessary for the development of society. Revolutionary movements are like bells who signal war in societies where the legislation stands against the changes new technologies, migration waves, climate for example bring. After years of struggling with new challenges such as digitization which reformed people's life- and work worlds, the pandemic topped the list of problems in 2020. And in 2021, we experienced how fragile peace can be.”  Grandmother Naomi takes another box for storing the glass balls after the festivities. The Christmas tree decorations contain figures, houses,  trees, animals. When turned upside down, snowflakes begin to trickle over the small sized stage-like dis