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Although everyone watching has been convinced that Europe’s disastrous economy and related debt crisis would be the spark to unravel the European Union project, it appears history has its own plans.
While EU technocrats have demonstrated an uncanny ability to scheme, threaten, kick the can and lie their way around the debt crisis, the migrant crisis will prove to be a much graver threat to the project. Strikingly, all it took was a few weeks of unrelenting migrants crossing into EU borders to put an end what is essentially the only achievement of the European Union — the Schengen system of borderless travel.
Without that, what is the EU really? A collection of nation-states forced by bureaucrats to pretend they are part of an artificial fantasy superstate called Europe? An amalgamation of debt serfs and technocratic overlords? See what I’m getting at?
– From the post: Does the Migrant Crisis Represent the End of the European Union?
Before I get into the heart of this post, I want to make something perfectly clear. I am not cheering on any of what I see coming to the European continent. It will most likely be ugly, divisive, reactionary and potentially violent.
I am no more happy about what may become of Europe as I am happy about the destruction of the middle class in America. Or the decimation of civil liberties in the post-9/11 surveillance state. I could have echoed happy thoughts of solidarity and hope for the past five years of Central Bank, Wall Street and government theft as opposed to exposing oligarch crimes, but that wouldn’t have saved the American middle class either. Likewise, happy thoughts and positive thinking will not help Europe.
Actions have consequences, and people can only be pushed so far before they snap. I believe the Paris terror attacks will be a major catalyst that will ultimately usher in nationalist type governments in many parts of Europe, culminating in an end of the EU as we know it and a return to true nation-states. Although I think a return to regional government and democracy is what Europeans need and deserve, the way in which it will come about, and the types of governments we could see emerge, are unlikely to be particularly enlightened or democratic after the dust has settled.
My thoughts and prayers go out to all the victims of these horrific events, but the Paris attacks didn’t happen in a vacuum. The people of Europe have already become increasingly resentful against the EU, something which is not debatable at this point. This accurate perception of an undemocratic, technocratic Brussels-led EU dictatorship was further solidified earlier this year after the Greek people went to the polls and voted for one thing, only to be instructed that their vote doesn’t actually matter. Here’s what I wrote in the post: Greeks Flock to Grassroots Alternative Currencies in Affront to Euro Debt Slavery:
Hundreds of millions of people throughout the Western world are being forced to admit an obvious, yet uncomfortable reality. Democracy is dead. Your vote and your voice doesn’t matter. Not at all.
No group of people understand this as intimately as the Greeks. They voted for one thing, got something else, and in the process were unceremoniously reminded of their political irrelevance.
The key point I’m trying to get across here is that an increasing amount of people across Europe feel voiceless and alienated from their governments. Governments have in turn done absolutely nothing to address these concerns. Indeed, similar to in the U.S., the ruling EU power structure cares about only one thing; a further consolidation of money and power within the ranks of the entrenched status quo. People get this, and are becoming increasingly angry about it.
So what does growing anti-EU sentiment have to do with terrorist attacks? A lot, particularly with the current refugee crisis still underway. For example, the refugee crisis has only exacerbated this feeling of hopelessness, despair and chaos on the part of an increasing number of Europeans. They feel like they have already lost control of their democracies, and now they are losing control of their towns and villages. This feeling of helplessness will manifest in a desire to restore order to a world they no longer understand. It will manifest in a push to elect a “strongman” or “strongwoman” who can flip the bird to EU bureaucrats and give a voice to their anger. So while nationalist movements have been gaining momentum across Europe, they have up until now been contained by the status quo. I believe that the Paris attacks will be the catalyst to further fuel many of these nationalist movements, and ultimately bring some of them to power across the continent in the years ahead.
Of course, none of the above is inevitable. If status quo politicians in Europe make some big changes, such as restore democracy and come up with a sane refugee policy that the people can accept, the trend toward anger-feueled nationalism can be avoided. As someone accurately noted to me on Twitter last evening:
My prediction is that this event will lead to a dramatic surge in nationalism throughout Europe.
@LibertyBlitz Only because in Europe we are not allowed a true Centre-Right space. It will force people further Right.
Bingo. This is so important it must be said again and again. It is also why hate speech laws lead to more hate. The way you really fight hate and ignorance at the root level is by allowing hateful ignoramuses to say whatever they want. This allows rational, thoughtful people to debate them publicly and expose their views for the nonsense that they are. Banning hate speech breeds more hate because you don’t provide an outlet. You stifle speech, make hateful people even more hateful, and prevent decent people from having the chance to publicly debate them into oblivion.
You can’t legislate morality and you can’t legislate positive thinking. Similarly, if EU bureaucrats are constantly doing everything they can to stifle democracy and alternative views, then the ultimate explosion against the status quo will be that much more vicious, hateful and ugly. This is precisely what I see coming to Europe unless status quo politicians change course.
So what would a change of course entail? As I mentioned earlier, it would entail a restoration of actual democracy and a sane refugee policy. Will this happen? I doubt it. In fact, I expect more of the same. I expect the same tired rhetoric and further moves to deprive innocent citizens of their civil liberties as the pointless and ineffective solution. So in other words, not only will they will not placate the seething anger, they will further enrage the populations of Europe. This will create that political vacuum that must be, and will be, filled.
The key variable here, whether people want to admit it or not, is the refugee crisis. People are already pissed off about it, and today I saw the following headline from the Guardian: Syrian Passport Found on Paris Attacker’s Body Belonged to Refugee Who Passed Through Greece. Here’s the story:
The holder of a Syrian passport found near the body of one of the gunmen who died in Friday night’s attacks in Paris passed though Greece in October, a Greek minister told Reuters.
“The holder of the passport passed through the island of Leros on 3 October 2015, where he was identified according to EU rules,” said Nikos Toscas, Greece’s deputy minister in charge of policing.
While this heavily implies that one of the gunman came into Europe along with refugees, Syrian passports are known to be valuable currency amongst those trying to enter Europe, and it is not yet confirmed whether the holder of the passport is indeed the perpetrator.
So the real question is, how will the status quo react? Will it hear the concerns of the people and change course, or will it stubbornly proceed with a failed strategy? Personally, I think the following tweet represents how the status quo will respond.
#BREAKING Don’t link Paris attacks to migrant crisis: German interior minister
Now I am not saying that people should link the attack to the migrant crisis, I am saying that they will. Because they will, there needs to be a political response. If no political response is forthcoming, the people will demand new leadership. The longer their concerns are left unmet, the more radical this leadership will be. Poland’s new government provides a perfect example of what I expect to eventually see throughout the continent.
From Bloomberg:
Poland’s new government won’t accept migrant quotas imposed by the European Union, as the terror attacks in France have exposed the weakness in the bloc, the nation’s future minister for European affairs said.
“In the wake of the tragic events in Paris, Poland doesn’t see the political possibilities to implement a decision on the relocation of refugees,” Konrad Szymanski was quoted as saying on Wpolityce.pl website on Saturday. “The attacks mean there’s a need for an even deeper revision of the European policy regarding the migrant crisis.”
Szymanski’s rejection of the EU quotas hours after Paris was rocked by terrorist attacks underscore the divide among governments in the bloc over the influx of Middle Eastern migrants. His Law & Justice party will take power in Poland this week after winning last month’s general election on a campaign that tapped into concerns among the country’s conservative Catholic base that too many Muslims are arriving in Europe.
I want to emphasize that it is still early days, and I hope the report about one of the attackers being a refugee turns out to be false. Because if not, the backlash against Muslims generally, and refugees specifically, is likely to be sustained and unjustifiably harsh. Which is truly a shame, because it is the EU politicians and Brussels technocrats who are mostly to blame for everything happening. While they are likely to be ejected from power in a coming nationalist wave, this wave will unfortunately likely be fueled by stereotyping Muslims and extreme hatred.
I really hope I am wrong about everything I wrote. I hope those advocating for positive statements and solidarity will win the day. I hope EU politicians change course before it’s too late. I hope all of those things, but hope is not going to save Europe.
For related articles, see:
Does the Migrant Crisis Represent the End of the European Union?
Yanis Varoufakis on “Europe’s Vindictive Privatization Plan for Greece”
A Political Earthquake Hits France: Is a European Union Referendum Next?
Greeks Flock to Grassroots Alternative Currencies in Affront to Euro Debt Slavery
In Liberty,
Michael Krieger
So his big fear is the stereoyting of muslims? Krieger is an unserious person. I don’t think democracies have the guts to do what must be done – kick all of the Muslims the fuck out of Europe. It would probably take a dictator or a monarch or both to do that.
I’m not cheering what I see coming, it might be …….devisive. the types of governments that might emerge might not be particuarly enlightened. You can’t legislate morality. I am not saying people should link the attack to the migrant crisis. I hope the report about one the attackers being a refugee is false. Because if not, the backlash against muslims is likely to be unjustifiably harsh
Which is truly a shame. This wave will likely be fueled by stereotyping muslims
Ever wonder why I think libertarianism has been corrupted?
sack
Every law on the books of any country is based in one way or another on legislating morality.
“You can’t legislate morality” is one of the most idiotic phrases ever invented.
Wise up and dismiss it from your thinking.
sack of hammers, I think you seem to have a few loose liberal screws and nuts in your sack too. Some facts may help your thinking: the terrorist are directly proportional to the refugees; the terrorist(s) was 100% muslim refugee: the backlash will not be harsh enough.
I want to emphasize that it is still early days, and I hope the report about one of the attackers being a refugee turns out to be false. Because if not, the backlash against Muslims generally, and refugees specifically, is likely to be sustained and unjustifiably harsh. Which is truly a shame, because it is the EU politicians and Brussels technocrats who are mostly to blame for everything happening
WHAT THE BLUE FUCK?
Yeah, the pols and technocrats let them in, but they didn’t MAKE them travel to a place they are openly hostile towards… they did that shit on their own.
And while he makes the weasel statement “Now I am not saying that people should link the attack to the migrant crisis, I am saying that they will.”, the sad truth is that if there were no fucking Muslims in Europe, there would be no fucking attacks like this…
Let’s see… HOW did hundreds of thousands of Muslims get into Europe recently?
And they’re not “migrants”… they’re INVADERS.
Shifting the responsibility from those who are most definitely responsible to a convenient scapegoat is pretty piss weak… as much as I detest the EU leadership, the onus isn’t on them – it’s on the invaders. I give a fuck about them – there’s PLENTY of Muslim countries who are NOT at war and are flush with Western Oil Cash – it would be easy peasy to set up all the “migrants” and more with comfortable digs and something to do other than blow up soccer games and concerts…
I think the musloids are very adept at stereotyping themselves with their actions.
But ,I think it is part of a larger plan to herald in the NWO of some sort.
Any nation with a privately owned central bank is in on this period . They are just consolidating for their next preplanned push for their ultimate goal .
It will take another Hitler to remove those Damn Moslems. It will take another Hitler to restore a sound money system in Europe. Of course that will probably start another War.No easy answers.
Most likely CIA Black Ops.
You guys should learn to read for comprehension. I got every single word of that liberal spew out of mike kreiger’s article, and he wrote it TODAY. I may be dumb as a sack of hammers, but I can’t be bought. In liberty, mike
And you guys tagged ME down?
I’m red tagging all you guys for lack of reading sklls
Stereotyping Muslims? Hey asshat, it’s not a stereotype if it’s REALLY HAPPENING.
The more people know, understand, and ACCEPT nationalism (the nation state), the better off we’d all be. Less wars, better cooperation.
Example. Russia defines the heart and soul of Vladimir Putin, not the other way around, just the same as America defined someone like Dwight Eisenhower. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, see the United Nations and tell me how well that’s working out.
Has anyone an explanation of why the leftards have made “stereotyping” a damnable offense?
In deductive logic, the stereotype is a reliable approach to categorization, from which basis the process of “ruling out” begins. When you see a person presenting with the physical and behavioral hallmarks of a certain medical condition, and elicit a history compatible therewith, your tentative diagnosis HAS to fit the stereotype. You then begin more discriminatory assessment (lab tests, diagnostic imaging, electrophysiologic observations, histopathology, cultures, whatever) to confirm or refute your surmise, and determine what should be done to get the patient’s condition improved.
Stereotyping is a GOOD thing. Heck, it’s a NECESSARY thing. You’re lost in the woods. You hear howling in the distance. Could be dogs let out into somebody’s back yard to do their business, could be wolves or other feral canids gathering up the pack to come after you and kill you.
Which stereotype do you assume, given the conditions in which you find yourself?
So Krieger rehashes the General Casey speech: “the the real tragedy would be losing ‘diversity.”
How about demanding the refugees go to Saudi Arabia or other oil rich sheikdoms that are responsible for intervening in Syria? Or how about Israel given the neocons starring role?
Germany has no moral responsibly for the middle east disaster, nor are Muslims compatible with the culture. As long as Muslims are in Europe, periodic attacts will continue. To hell with diversity!
“We are the world”, “The lion shall lie down with the lamb”, “Diversity is our strength”, etc. Reality says otherwise.
“We” are our immediate circumstances in our immediate surroundings and would be far better off conducting our affairs per the principle of subsidiarity.
I’d rather be the lion than the lamb both individually and as a cultural collective if the zoo-keeper decides to put us in the same cage.
“Diversity” dilutes the character of a nation and a “nation” is characterized first and foremost by cultural homogeneity.
Nobody could have known! Bullshit!
The populist pendulm swings hard left and then when it gets a far as it can go , it swings back hard right….as far as it can go.Libertarianism , Anarchism , Volunteerism, is just abstract fantasy we rattle around in our noggins while we desperately await the inevatble return of chaos.
“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one.” Charles Mackay
This is the fault of moderate fence straddlers for not enforcing rule of law , but attempting to accommodate the FEEELINGS of every shittard that cries offense.The pendulum begins it’s swing back right. I think NOW would be a good time, for those who can to begin to tribe up. Those caught on the wrong side will regret it later. Of this I’m sure.
I always read comments before I post because sure enough every last word I would have written has already been said.
Whenever someone from the other side tries to engage me in a debate about topics like this-extremely rare these days- I always resort to one of two suggestions for them. Get a dictionary and get a map. The degree to which people can suspend their reasoning is directly proportional to the way in which they will stray from definitions of words- like discrimination, toleration and stereotype for example. The other problem is their complete inability to actually visualize the layout of the planet and where the various nations and geographic borders exist. UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Brunei, Kuwait and Bahrain all have higher GDP than Germany the top refugee destination and every one of those is walking distance of Syria compared to the cross continental hike required to reach northern Europe. They also feature fewer inhabitants per square mile, so why isn’t everyone asking the question, WHASSUP?
Here you have a genetic kinship, a similar climate and the same religion with a higher standard of living and plenty of space, but we’re expected to believe that the only place on Earth that can possibly work for them are in Europe and now the USA? How do people swallow this crap and ask for more? Why aren’t they aware of these facts and why have I not yet, not one time in the past year on any MSM outlet, in any debate, in any political ad or sound byte ever heard a single human speak this truth? It’s as if it has been forbidden by law. Sure, maybe in the most cobwebby corners of the Net someone might ask in a desulatory fashion why that option is off the table, but no, keep the pipeline open and for God’s sake let’s not stereotype no matter what kind of atrocity is heaped upon us, no matter how low our standard of living must eventually become, no matter how hostile and unassimilable these people are, the golden rule is to hope that no one objects or does anything to the new anchor knotted around our collective necks
Hardscrabble Farmer asks: “How do people swallow this crap and ask for more? Why aren’t they aware of these facts and why have I not yet, not one time in the past year on any MSM outlet, in any debate, in any political ad or sound byte ever heard a single human speak this truth? It’s as if it has been forbidden by law.”
If not by law, then by the hard and fast rules of political correctness, which hold that “the Narrative” (whatever it might be – at the moment – determined by the hive mind to which all Social Justice Warriors belong) must not be questioned or otherwise challenged.
The legacy media is most definitely constrained thereby, and operates in service to this willful obliteration of skeptical observation, reasoned consideration, and open debate.
To quite the much-vilified Vox Day:
“[Social Justice Warriors] do not engage in rational debate because they are not rational, and they do not engage in honest discourse because they do not believe in objective truth. They do not compromise because the pure spirit of enlightened progressive social justice dare not sully itself with the evil of the outdated Endarkenment. They are the emotion-driven rhetoric-speakers of whom Aristotle wrote: ‘Before some audiences not even the possession of the exactest knowledge will make it easy for what we say to produce conviction. For argument based on knowledge implies instruction, and there are people whom one cannot instruct.’”
Stereotyping = Pattern Recognition
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@HSF +1000 Muslim countries are dumping their criminal element on Europe and North America in the exact same way that Castro dumped his hardened criminal population on the US during the Carter administration.
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AT LAST some intelligent thoughts on the subject are submitted for consideration by Hardscrabble Farmer. There is no logical reason for Soros and his buddies to send these mooslims into Europe and the US other than to destroy the countries and in the end indiginous people will kill these invaders.
The ire of the people should be directed toward those who are pulling the strings and moving migrant populations. Complete rage should be unloaded on these same criminal for fomenting false flag terror attacks for the purpose of tightening control and stirring deadly hate.
@Bea: “in the end indiginous people will kill these invaders.”
I wouldn’t count on that. The “indigenous people” of Europe have in large measure decided that the string-pullers know better than they, poor benighted provincials that they see themselves to be, thanks to 70 years of brainwashing. North Americans have clearly figured this out!
I hope this answers HSF’s question. Nigel Farrage does a better job than I. So does Aristotle (kudos Tucci).
Where would you rather live: an inhospitable desert bereft of productive possibilities and ruled by tyrants who consume most of the GNP if their nations or a wonderfully fertile, wealthy and distributive assortment of societies who thanks to their decadence are ripe for conquest?
Qui bono?
Michael Krieger is a cabal member and an incoherent essayist
This guy spins all of the liberal BS very insidiously….
Example #1–he continually refers to the muslim invaders as “refugees” and “migrants”..they are invaders–predominately male of youthful warrior age. If they are “refugees” then why did they leave their wives, elders and children in the supposed war torn countries they are fleeing from?
Example #2- ” you can’t legislate morality”…if I had a dollar for every time a liberal spews this nonsensical claptrap. Laws by their very nature are a construct of the acceptable MORAL behavior within a particular society…in western culture murder, rape, wife beating, beastiality, pedophilia are immoral and illegal ( not so much in muslim countries).
Example #3- you can’t link the attacks to the “migrant crisis”. Of course you can ! And as the volume and percent of the populace that are adherants of islam grows, so will the attacks, civil unrest and slaughtering of native europeans. become more common. Is it coincidence that the 2 cities in Europe with the highest muslim populace by % are Brssels and Paris and that these are the 2 cities involved in this attack? Of course it’s not–this is what happens once muslims reach the 25% plateau…watch what horrors await when they near 50%….
For the love of God…Europe with excrete the European Union…thousands of years of occupation…one by one the nation states will rise up and Nations will become Nations once more, if not we are all doomed to the banking cabal…Napoleon was escorted out, I do not see the mobsters being treated with the same level of respect…
Javelin: It wasn’t liberal bs that caused these people to move, it’s the U.S. and our proxies blowing their shit up. And the political force behind this is neo-con, not liberal.
Ass Clown Westcoater, Your Dog Bernie is saying its your bitch Hillary’s fault. Is that who you’re talking about?
Following the horrific attacks on Paris, Bernie Sanders went after Hillary Clinton for supporting the invasion of Iraq by suggesting it led to the rise of ISIS. Whose side are YOU on?
http://hollywoodlife.com/2015/11/14/bernie-sanders-attacks-hillary-clinton-iraq-invasion-isis-democratic-debate/
“This guy spins all the liberal bs very insidiously.” javelin. Bingo