{"id":3941,"date":"2026-04-07T05:22:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T05:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/?p=3941"},"modified":"2026-04-08T04:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:02:35","slug":"exil-221-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/exil-221-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Exile221 \u2013 Marla's Time Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Today is day 221 of my exile.<br>Exile 221.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two thousand twenty-one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The year is defined by an ongoing state of exception in which political decisions and societal responses continue to be heavily shaped by the global situation. At the same time, signs of fatigue and growing tensions emerge as a result of the prolonged crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Germany, measures, debates, and adjustments continue to shape everyday life. Discussions about restrictions, vaccinations, and social responsibility remain prominent. Differences between East and West reemerge, particularly in trust in government decisions and in how developments are handled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The federal election further shapes the political year. After a long time, there is a change of government that signals new priorities and directions. At the same time, it becomes clear that political change rarely happens abruptly, but that existing structures continue to have an effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Europe remains in a field of tension between collective coordination and national interests. Measures are coordinated but implemented differently. The question of unity and ability to act remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International dynamics continue to shift. The withdrawal of Western troops from Afghanistan marks a turning point, while other conflicts persist. Global developments once again show how closely political decisions are interconnected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">This year makes it clear that transitions are rarely clearly recognizable.<br>Exile 221.<br>A year that knows no fixed point between ending and new beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2021 remains in a state of exception. Germany elects a new government, tensions persist. The world searches for a transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/exil-217-2017\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/marlas.army\/exil-217-2017\/\"><strong>Exile 220<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/exil-219-2019\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/marlas.army\/exil-210-2010\/\"><strong>Exile 219<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/exil-218-2018\/\"><strong>Exile 218<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Exile Chronicle<br>All previous (from 130 \u2013 earlier entries are on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarlaSvenjaL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X\/Twitter<\/a>) and ongoing entries of my Exile Chronicle are collected and documented here:<br>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/exil-chronik\/\">https:\/\/marlas.army\/exil-chronik\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marla Svenja L Exil221 2021 Wandel in Deutschland, anhaltende Spannungen, globale Einschnitte\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qkK6SJMiw0k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"marlas-author-box\">\n  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/marla-svenja-liebich\/\">Marla Svenja Liebich<\/a><\/strong>\n  is the author and publisher of <strong>Marlas Army<\/strong>.<br>\n  On Marla\u2019s Army, she publishes analyses, commentary, and personal accounts on social and political developments in Germany.\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heute ist der Tag 221 meines Exils.Exil 221. Zweitausendeinundzwanzig. Das Jahr steht im Zeichen einer fortgesetzten Ausnahmesituation, in der politische Entscheidungen und gesellschaftliche Reaktionen weiterhin stark von der globalen Lage gepr\u00e4gt sind. Gleichzeitig zeigen sich Erm\u00fcdungseffekte und wachsende Spannungen, die aus der Dauer der Krise entstehen. In Deutschland bestimmen Ma\u00dfnahmen, Debatten und Anpassungen weiterhin den [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26],"tags":[1702,1154,1307,55,1152,1703,1232,1548,1704,590],"class_list":["post-3941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exil-posts","tag-1702","tag-afghanistan","tag-bundestagswahl","tag-deutschland","tag-europa","tag-exil-221","tag-pandemie","tag-politik","tag-wandel","tag-weltpolitik"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/exil221-2021-deutschland-bundestagswahl-afghanistan.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3941"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3961,"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3941\/revisions\/3961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marlas.army\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}