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Related: About this forumEurope's Controlled Demolition
http://www.theautomaticearth.com/2015/06/europes-controlled-demolition/....What changed is that after Junckers speech, the discussion is no longer about data or numbers or facts anymore (but who understands that?), because he never mentioned them.
Its instead now about fear and fight and flight and various other base instincts, you name them. And thats not a coincidence. The reason he, and the EU as a whole, resort to this message (and no, these guys spin teams are not stupid) is to a substantial extent that its simply all they have left....
....Europe has moved, at a very rapid clip, from a union of 28 different sovereign states, each with their own governments and political views and directions, to one where a top heavy bureaucratic structure, hand-puppeted on by a mere handful member states and systemic banks, dictate what each member state, both its politicians and its citizens, may do or not do. Or think. Electing a left wing government, for instance, equals asking for trouble.
There is no democracy left in Europe, people have no direct say anymore, theres just a two-pronged dictatorship: theres Merkel and Hollande, who in the Greek crisis have proven themselves to be mere tools to vested interests, and Im being extremely kind now, and theres Juncker and Tusk and Dieselflower, who are really just inconsequential sociopathic wankers that could at any moment be replaced by other hammers and screwdrivers.
In that light, it can only be a fitting irony that it was Juncker in his speech yesterday who said:
Playing off one democracy against 18 others is not an attitude which is fitting for the great Greek nation..
He could have easily followed up with:
Because thats what we in Brussels have a monopoly on.
....For the ECB to freeze ELA for Greek banks is the biggest blunder it has ever made, and arguably the biggest one it is capable of making in its present mandate. For one thing, its a purely political move, and the ECB has no place in politics, or politics inside the ECB.
That the Eurogroup added to the insult a refusal to grant Greece a one-week extension so preparations for the referendum could be executed in peace, tells us loud and clear what it thinks about democracy: its a mere afterthought....
...I love that the EU does this, and the Troika with it, because they ensure their own demise. What I dont like is the people who will fall victim in the interim, starting with the ones here in Greece. If this is the best the EU can do on a human scale, it has no reason to exist. And everyone better get out while they can.
Europe can form a great union, peaceful and prosperous and happy. It has many many wise and smart people who can make that work. But those people are not in Brusssels, where the decisions are being taken. And theres a reason for that....
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Europe's Controlled Demolition (Original Post)
magical thyme
Jul 2015
OP
I think the new world order is now becoming a very timely topic, for everyone. It's
mother earth
Jul 2015
#4
Interesting, magical thyme, got some reading to do with an actual opinion, so much agenda out there,
mother earth
Jul 2015
#2
This is article is a must read IMHO, states clearly what we've all been thinking, at least those
mother earth
Jul 2015
#3
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)1. When we first mentioned New World Order here, there was much disagreement
even aftr Bush-wa used the term in public.
Now TPP threatens to surpass what was accomplished for Europe control.
mother earth
(6,002 posts)4. I think the new world order is now becoming a very timely topic, for everyone. It's
one of these moments in time that everyone is acknowledging, there is far more here at play, and none of it is good. Whatever label is given is unimportant.
mother earth
(6,002 posts)2. Interesting, magical thyme, got some reading to do with an actual opinion, so much agenda out there,
TY
mother earth
(6,002 posts)3. This is article is a must read IMHO, states clearly what we've all been thinking, at least those
following the situation. This from your article:
Many of you will say that you cant say that kind of thing, you cant call Juncker a sociopath. But the fact is, I can. Who can not say it are Tsipras and Varoufakis, not in public. But I wouldnt even want to guess at the number of times theyve done so in private. And its high time we lift the veil on this. We are being governed by sociopaths, and thats by no means just a European thing.
Doesn't this just cut right thru the BS? In one stroke the naysayers & yes, the ones here, are either willfully ignoring or lazy in what's playing out before them. Excellent article, TY, MT.
The same poison sweeping the nation is desperately trying to go global, and they have been winning at class warfare, but me thinks the times...they are a changing.