EU: Controlled Demolition

Guest Post by

As I read through the multitude of daily news articles about Russia, Ukraine, NATO and EU, it’s getting ever harder to escape the idea that there is a controlled demolition of the continent happening. And that neither its “leaders”, and certainly not its people, have any say in this. All we get from those “leaders” are NATO or World Economic Forum talking points. The only independent voice is Victor Orban. Who is either silenced in western media or painted as fully insane.

But Orban’s Hungarians won’t freeze this coming winter. He just signed a new gas deal with Russia. The main reason that is provided for all the others not doing that is of course Russia’s Special Military Operation in Ukraine. Which is as insane as Orban is, and “totally unprovoked”, say the western media. Noam Chomsky summarized that best: “Of course it was provoked. Otherwise they wouldn’t refer to it all the time as an unprovoked invasion.”

And no, it wasn’t just Russia/Ukraine, way before that Europe had already screwed up its economies beyond recognition -if you cared to look under the hood. But why make it worse? I get a very strong feeling that those EU “leaders” have alienated themselves far too much from the people they purport to serve, and they’ll regret it. For now it’s obvious among farmers, for instance, but when people start freezing, they will want to know why. And if no answer is forthcoming that is both honest and satisfactory, many “leaders” will have it coming for them.

The entire energy and food crisis is being sold as “inevitable”, but it is nothing of the kind. They are the result of choices being made in Brussels, Berlin, Amsterdam etc., about which nobody has asked your opinion. Something I jotted down a few days ago:

Is the west using Ukraine as an excuse to commit mass economic suicide? And, you know, fulfill some WEF-related goals? Why else would they cut off all economic ties to Moscow, at a time when it’s obvious they have no alternative sources for much of what they import from Russia? Moreover, why does a country like Holland aim to close 10,000 of its farms when it’s crystal clear that that will exacerbate the coming global food crises?

If you don’t like Putin, that’s fine, but why should your own people suffer from what you like or not? And of course you can ask whether it’s a good idea that a country the size of a postage stamp is the world’s no. 2 food exporter. But it is. And if you try to change that by doing a 180º, also on a postage stamp, it is very obvious that is not going to go well. And all the so-called leaders know this. But they still do it.

Prices for heating, petrol, as well as food, are set to go much higher than they have already, mitigated only -perhaps- by the fact that ever fewer people will be able to afford the ever higher prices. But now it’s starting to look like this was all scripted. Because “we” could have kept communication channels with Russia open, “we” could have negotiated for peace for the past 6 months. Not doing that was a deliberate choice. A choice that you and me, another “we”- had no voice in whatsoever.

The Dutch could have negotiated with their farmers, and slowly addressed their perceived problems with nitrogen oxides, while keeping food production going. And we could have found a way to keep Russian and Ukrainian crops available on world markets too. But it doesn’t feel at all like “we” wanted that.

Someone made a list of what EU won’t get anymore with the Russia boycott.: “nat-gas, rare earths, inert gases, potash, sulfur, uranium, palladium, vanadium, cobalt, coke, titanium, nickel, lithium, plastics, glass, ceramics, pharmaceuticals, ships, inks, airplanes, polymers, medical and industrial gases, sealing rings & membranes, power transmission, transformer and lube oils, neon gas for microchip etching, etc., etc.”

And that’s not all. Fertilizer!! Why they do it, I don’t know. Do they WANT to kill their own economies? It makes no sense. And this will not be over soon.

 

Reuters of course seeks to blame Putin. But he’s not the one who introduced the sanctions. He’s offered to let the gas and oil exports continue.

 

Putin Bets Winter Gas Chokehold Will Yield Ukraine Peace – On His Terms

Cold winters helped Moscow defeat Napoleon and Hitler. President Vladimir Putin is now betting that sky-rocketing energy prices and possible shortages this winter will persuade Europe to strong arm Ukraine into a truce — on Russia’s terms. That, say two Russian sources familiar with Kremlin thinking, is the only path to peace that Moscow sees, given Kyiv says it will not negotiate until Russia leaves all of Ukraine


“We have time, we can wait,” said one source close to the Russian authorities, who declined to be named because they are not authorised to speak to the media. “It’s going to be a difficult winter for Europeans. We could see protests, unrest. Some European leaders might think twice about continuing to support Ukraine and think it’s time for a deal.”

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell wants Europeans to be obedient little critters, and take the punishment for the policies he and his ilk have carved out. Because “we” are destined to win. Mr. Borrell is planing to do just fine this winter, mind you. With the best steak your money can buy, real fine wine, to be consumed in comfortably heated homes, restaurants and offices. A picture of Marie Antoinette pops up in my brain.

 

‘Weary’ Europeans Must ‘Bear Consequences’ Of Ukraine War As Putin Will Eventually Blink: EU’s Borrell

EU high representative and foreign policy chief Josep Borrell gave a surprisingly blunt assessment of the Ukraine war and Europe’s precarious position in an AFP interview published Tuesday, admitting that Russian President Vladimir Putin is betting on fracturing a united EU response amid the current crisis situation of soaring prices and energy extreme uncertainty headed into a long winter. Borrell’s words seemed to come close to admitting that Putin’s tactic is working on some level, or at least will indeed chip away at European resolve in the short and long run, given he chose words like EU populations having to “endure” the deep economic pain and severe energy crunch. He cited the “weariness” of Europeans while calling on leadership as well as the common people to “bear the consequences” with continued resolve.

Borrell explained to AFP that Putin sees “the weariness of the Europeans and the reluctance of their citizens to bear the consequences of support for Ukraine.” But Borrell suggested that Europe will not back down no matter the leverage Moscow might have, particularly when it comes to ‘weaponization of energy’ – and called on citizens to continue to shoulder the cost. Who will blink first? …appears to be the subtext here. He urged: “We will have to endure, spread the costs within the EU,” Borrell told AFP, warning that keeping the 27 member states together was a task to be carried out “day by day.”

And yet, as some like Hungary’s Viktor Orbán have consistently argued since near the start of the Feb.24 invasion, it is inevitable that some will be forced to bear the “costs” much more than others. Already this is being seen with initiatives out of Brussels like rationing gas consumption, which has further led to scenarios like German towns and even residences being mandated to switch off lights or resources for designated periods at night. “More cold showers” – many are also being told. As we round the corner of fall and enter the more frigid months, we are likely to only see more headlines like this: “German cities impose cold showers and turn off lights amid Russian gas crisis.”

Talking of Marie Antoinette. Emmanuel Macron is the little man of grand vision. He foresees the ‘End Of Abundance’, a veritable “tipping point” in history. And he’s just the man to lead you through it. I’ll give him this: he’s got good speech writers. But speech writers don’t keep the people warm and fed.

 

Macron Warns Of ‘End Of Abundance’

France is headed toward the “end of abundance” and “sacrifices” have to be made during what is a time of great upheaval, President Emmanuel Macron told his cabinet on Wednesday upon returning from summer break. The country has faced multiple challenges lately, ranging from the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine to the unprecedented drought that has battered the whole European continent this summer. Yet, Macron believes that the crisis is actually of a much bigger scale and that structural changes are imminent.“

Some could see our destiny as being to constantly manage crises or emergencies. I believe that we are living through a tipping point or great upheaval. Firstly, because we are living through… what could seem like the end of abundance,” he said. The country and its citizens must be ready to make “sacrifices” to meet and overcome the challenges they are facing, he continued. “Our system based on freedom in which we have become used to living, when we need to defend it sometimes that can entail making sacrifices,”Macron added.

“Faced with this, we have duties, the first of which is to speak frankly and very clearly without doom-mongering,” Macron stressed. The president called upon his cabinet to show unity, be “serious” and “credible” and urged ministers to avoid “demagogy.” “It’s easy to promise anything and everything, sometimes to say anything and everything. Do not give in to these temptations, it is demagoguery,” the president said, adding that such an approach “flourishes” today “in all democracies in a complex and frightening world.”

There is a pattern in the messages of today’s Marie Antoinettes. Borrell wants you to take it lying down, Macron wants you to do that for a long time (like the rest of your lives), and the Belgian PM makes it more concrete: you’ll be freezing for the next 10 years. After which, supposedly, renewables will have been built to keep your kids warm. Spoiler: they won’t be.

 

Belgian PM: “Next 5-10 Winters Will Be Difficult” As Energy Crisis Worsens

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo might have spilled the beans about the duration of Europe’s energy crisis. He told reporters Monday, “the next 5 to 10 winters will be difficult.” “The development of the situation is very difficult throughout Europe,” De Croo told Belgium broadcaster VRT. “In a number of sectors, it is really difficult to deal with those high energy prices. We are monitoring this closely, but we must be transparent: the coming months will be difficult, the coming winters will be difficult,” he said. The prime minister’s comments suggest replacing Russian natural gas imports could take years, exerting further economic doom on the region’s economy in the form of energy hyperinflation.

From Greece, even more concrete: energy subsidies. €1.9 billion in one month. To keep the hordes out of the streets. Wait, that Belgian guy said this will last 5-10 years. How is the country going to pay for that? One thing that comes to mind is Greeks will vote for anyone in the next election who vows to talk to Putin ASAP, restore the countries’ good relationships and sign a gas deal.

 

The Electricity Subsidy Shock

A significant rise in the price of electricity announced by state-controlled Public Power Corporation (PPC) for September forced the government to raise its electricity subsidy for September to 1.9 billion euros, from €1.1 billion in August. The subsidy level inevitably follows the PPC’s pricing policy, since it is the dominant player in the market, with 63% of consumers choosing it. While PPC had the lowest price of all electricity providers in August (€0.48 per kilowatt-hour) it raised its September price to €0.788 for those consuming up to 500kWh per month and €0.80 for heavier consumers. In order to stick to its commitment for an actual charge to consumers between €0.14-0.17 per kWh the government had to adjust its subsidy level accordingly, raising it by over 72%.

How long will this last, you said? Well, according to AP, “Washington expects Ukrainian forces “to fight for years to come.” “Included in the package are advanced weapons that are still in the development phase..”

 

‘Months Or Years’ Before US Arms Reach Ukraine – Media

Years could pass before some of the weapons in the upcoming “largest ever” package of US military assistance to Kiev actually reach Ukraine, according to Western media reports. On Tuesday, a number of mainstream media outlets cited anonymous US officials as describing the impending announcement of a $3 billion package of military aid to Ukraine. If confirmed, it would be the largest of its kind so far. Washington is by far the biggest supplier of military hardware to Ukraine as it fights against Russia. However, some of the promised equipment “will not be in the hands of Ukrainian fighters for months or years,” according to NBC News, one of the outlets that reported the upcoming package. Included in the package are advanced weapons that are still in the development phase, it explained.


The same caveat was cited by the Associated Press, which said that it may take “a year or two” for the arms to reach the battlefield, according to its sources. Washington expects Ukrainian forces “to fight for years to come,” US officials told the AP. The AeroVironment Switchblade 600 drone is an example of a weapon system that was promised to Ukraine months ago but has yet to be delivered. Defense News said this week that the Pentagon plans to sign the contract necessary for sending 10 of the so-called “kamikaze drones” within a month. Last month, Ukrainian Defense Minister Aleksey Reznikov called on foreign suppliers of arms to use his country as a testing ground for new weapons. He pledged to provide detailed reports about the experiences of Ukrainian soldiers with the prototypes provided to them.

This is not going to go well. Not for the European “leaders”, not for the EU, not for Ukraine, and not for Europeans. We could start a little bet as to how many leaders will still be in place by spring, and I bet you Zelensky won’t be one of them. Putin will. As for the rest, Rutte, Macron, we’ll see. But don’t underestimate the wrath of people with hungry and cold children. It feels like almost an alien image for 99% of Europeans, but it no longer will be.

And there is no logical reason for this, there is only the ideology of a few handfuls of little men with grand visions. Hate of everything Russia has kept the west going for 100 years or more. And these little men feed off of that. They can only do that by refusing to talk. Because that’s exactly what Russia does not refuse. Only, they want to talk as equals.

-----------------------------------------------------
It is my sincere desire to provide readers of this site with the best unbiased information available, and a forum where it can be discussed openly, as our Founders intended. But it is not easy nor inexpensive to do so, especially when those who wish to prevent us from making the truth known, attack us without mercy on all fronts on a daily basis. So each time you visit the site, I would ask that you consider the value that you receive and have received from The Burning Platform and the community of which you are a vital part. I can't do it all alone, and I need your help and support to keep it alive. Please consider contributing an amount commensurate to the value that you receive from this site and community, or even by becoming a sustaining supporter through periodic contributions. [Burning Platform LLC - PO Box 1520 Kulpsville, PA 19443] or Paypal

-----------------------------------------------------
To donate via Stripe, click here.
-----------------------------------------------------
Use promo code ILMF2, and save up to 66% on all MyPillow purchases. (The Burning Platform benefits when you use this promo code.)

37
Leave a Reply

avatar
  Subscribe  
Notify of
hardscrabble farmer

It seems foolish to spend so much time trying to figure out what the motivations of people at the top may be for things they are doing instead of spending that time preparing for what we know is coming.

Who cares what their motives are? All you should care about is providing for your family and friends, everything else is academic.

Anonymous
Anonymous

“Who cares what their motives are?”

if you don’t know why something is happening then you don’t know what is happening. if you don’t know the cause then you can expect to see the consequences again. you have to eliminate the root of a problem before you can solve the problem.

hardscrabble farmer

if you don’t know why something is happening then you don’t know what is happening.

That’s nonsense.

We’re talking about human behavior. If someone murders a member of your family, it doesn’t matter if it was a thrill kill, some kind of negligence, or motivated by love- they’re still dead and the person responsible is no less culpable regardless of their underlying motivation.

I know there’s a problem with the directives and mandates issued by these people because I can see the effects. Understanding what motivates them is meaningless. They could be doing it because they really love you, but that doesn’t mean they have a right to do so.

We have plenty to prepare for and that is going to take a lot of time and effort. Wondering if Klaus Schwabb had a sad childhood or that other kids bullied Zuckerberg is the kind of thing women do.

cS
cS

“If someone murders a member of your family, it doesn’t matter if it was a thrill kill, some kind of negligence, or motivated by love- they’re still dead and the person responsible is no less culpable regardless of their underlying motivation”

true, but that’s a single-instance event. what we face is a world-wide multiple-generation cross-coordinated take-down of western civilization, and understanding the motivations of the millions of perpetrators is necessary to 1) fight it intelligently and 2) prevent it from happening again.

Two if by sea.
Two if by sea.

Anon suggests we can can prevent this from happening again through understanding.
Nah…All people’s have ever needed to understand is that they’ve been put upon and are called to mete out justice.

cS
cS

“All people’s have ever needed to understand is that they’ve been put upon and are called to mete out justice”

then you’ll be led around by the nose, being scammed into attacking all of THEIR enemies instead, while never touching, even protecting, the ones who ride you like a horse.

Ken31
Ken31

That’s it. Nothing but domesticated dogs and conditioned slave mentality.

hardscrabble farmer

Your call. I have chores to do.

cS
cS

the ones behind this have chores for you to do too.

knute
knute

That is how they keep their slaves enslaved. Keeping them too busy to learn what’s been done to them.
” rights for a poor man are no more than a bitter piece of irony, for the necessity he is under of toiling almost all day gives him no present use of them, but the other hand robs him of all guarantee of regular and certain earnings by making him dependent on strikes by his comrades or lockouts by his masters.” -The Protocols of the Elder Men of Zion.
Just by your few posts here, I’m sure you’re familiar with this book, cS. 🙂
The above is from Protocol 3, paragraph 5.

knute
knute

IMO, you are correct, cS. As one piece of evidence, I submit this quote from the US Navy, Office of Naval Intelligence, document entitled; “Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars”.
“It is patently impossible to discuss social engineering or the automation of a society, i.e., the engineering of social automation systems (silent weapons) on a national or worldwide scale without implying extensive objectives of social control and destruction of human life, i.e., slavery and genocide.

This manual is in itself an analog declaration of intent. Such a writing must be secured from public scrutiny…” -end quote
It must be secured from public scrutiny because if the public learns of it… they could stop it. Ignorance may well be bliss, but it isn’t conducive to a long life.
QUOTING AGAIN: “Otherwise, it might be recognized as a technically formal declaration of domestic war. Furthermore, whenever any person or group of persons in a position of great power and without full knowledge and consent of the public, uses such knowledge and methodology for economic conquest — it must be understood that a state of domestic warfare exists between said person or group of persons and the public.” -Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars, Operations Research Technical Manual TM-SW7905.1
Complete copy available (for now…) using the above title information from the ONI under FOIA, or here ( https://educate-yourself.org/cn/silentweaponsquietwarsmay79.shtml ), and other sites for free. I do recommend the real copy from the ONI though, because it includes the illustrations that the online copies lack. It not only outlines their motives in their own words, but covers their methods too. It’s like having the opposing team’s playbook in a football game. It’s a huge advantage.

GrungeVet aka Scipio Eruditus

1000% HSF

Trying to understand the mind of a psychopath as a moral human is a fool’s errand. We know from the countless examples in history that there is no stopping this train once it leaves the station. We are talking about generations of cultural rot and degradation. That cultural inertia wont be stopped. Voting didn’t create it and voting can’t stop it.

Clan up folks, look out for your family and look out for your crew. Get out of the ZOG matrix while you still can.

luke2236
luke2236

Its not foolish, nor is it even difficult; just look at the talmud and/or the protocols – they spell it out to where any 8 year old can grasp it.

cS
cS

yep. and they’re just extensions of the old testament. it’s all there, for anyone to see.

Anonymous
Anonymous

” it’s all there, for anyone to see.”
But only for those who have eyes! 🙂
“Son of man, you are living among a rebellious people. They have eyes to see but do not see and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious people.” Ezekiel 12:2 NIV

Jay
Jay

They’ve told us what they’re going to do. Those WEF fuckers have vids all over the place explaining it.
You’re right. Start preparing for what is coming. No one is coming to save us or stop it…at least so far anyways. lol.

Hollowpoint
Hollowpoint

The Europeans will protest in the streets with little signs and cunning slogans and all that will amount to is a big fat nothingburger. White Heritage Americans won’t even do that. Just sit and take it. The communists will rig the midterms, the repubs will do nothing about it and that will be that.
They wanted and planned for another moneymaker like Viet Nam, they got it and won’t let this one go.

Cricket
Cricket

Exactly…all those Gilets Jaunes protesting in France and Macron is still in power. The trucker protests and martial law declared in Canada and Trudeau is still in power. The farmer protests in the Netherlands and Rutte is still in power.

Those who rule over us are quite open that they don’t care about the consent of the governed and their allies ensure our elections are rigged to keep friends of the WEF in power.

mark
mark

“all those Gilets Jaunes protesting in France and Macron is still in power”.

The majority of the Frogs have been socialist a long time…I guess???

VOTING IN FRANCE: PAPER BALLOTS, IN PERSON, HAND-COUNTED

French voters in Sunday’s presidential election will use the same system that’s been used for generations: paper ballots that are cast in person and counted by hand

BySYLVIE CORBET Associated Press
April 10, 2022, 3:18 AM

I like the way this guy talks about the WEF:

Clay Clark Drops Five Ultra Truth Bombs

Cricket
Cricket

You’ll have to excuse me if no longer trust any election in the West anymore, even those that are hand counted and use paper ballots.

Red River D
Red River D

Voting itself has proven to be an unfeasible institution in this world.

That’s why voting needs to go.

We need a King.

Which, incidentally, is just what’s on the menu.

YourAverageJoe
YourAverageJoe

Having to dip a left thumb in indelible dye after casting ballot was a great idea!

knute
knute

The Battle of Athens Tenneesee in 1946 was fought over crooked elections that were hand counted and used paper ballots. The crooked Sheriff just confiscated the ballot boxes and locked them up and then announced that he had won. That was what kicked off the battle. The people took the ballots instead of just rolling over and showing their belly. The crooked sheriff failed to realize that the town wasn’t just kids and old women in 1946. Instead it was full of combat vets, not far removed from the beaches of France on Dday. 🙂

Eddie
Eddie

“No logical reason for this”……………..can we just not admit what this is? Evil at all levels.

cS
cS

“Evil at all levels”

no, outsider hostility. name them and it all comes clear.

cS
cS

“Europe had already screwed up its economies beyond recognition”

it wasn’t europeans that did that. it was outsiders.

luke2236
luke2236

“it was (((outsiders))).”
There – fixed it for ya

TACOTACO
TACOTACO

Something familiar will happen in Europe. Nationalism will rise once again as it has throughout history. The EU experiment will fail just as Napoleon’s “Continental System” did. This time change will be a violent overthrow of all things WEF. The leaders in Europe are out of touch with reality, culture, and their citizens. The leaders and citizens have nothing in common. Either the leaders destroy their citizens or the citizens will destroy their leaders. Grab some popcorn because this looks to be the winter of discontent. I fear the United States may be the second act.

Erisa
Erisa

Lets hope America is the second act.

Ken31
Ken31

Nationalism is just natural, what is not natural is being ruled by an alien hostile elite: that is new.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Is it really new? Or have we always been ruled by outsiders, all the way back to the Anunnaki?

Fleabaggs
Fleabaggs

It’s not controlled demolition, it’s murder.

https://henrymakow.com/2022/08/are-cabalists-planning-holocau.html

knute
knute

But isn’t the controlled demolition of a building full of people both mass murder AND a “controlled demolition”? In fact, isn’t the controlled demolition of a whole continent just a really cheap way to carry out the mass murder? Which is the easier way to kill everybody in a building, go in and hunt them down one by one… or just collapse the whole building in on top of them?

Anonymous
Anonymous

If you think this is contained on the European continent you are delusional it will be like coronavirus in china then the world. If it works well it will be imported.

falconflight
falconflight

Europe has a history of ‘crash and burn.’ Perhaps that is one of the reasons that the Framers of the constitution warned against European entanglements.
===
https://mises.org/wire/lessons-massacre-committed-450-years-ago

Lessons from a Massacre Committed 450 Years Ago massacre

James Bovard

On this day in 1572, French Catholics slaughtered thirty thousand Protestants (known as Huguenots) in the streets of Paris. The French king and the pope helped organize the the biggest religious massacre in Europe in the 1500s. Roughly half the Bovards living in Paris were killed in the bloodbath. Three surviving Bovards fled past drunken guards at Paris’s city gates, raced to the coast, hijacked a rowboat, and made it across the English Channel and took refuge in London. Or at least that’s the Bovard family lore I’ve read. (I know not to bet the rent money on that lore’s accuracy.)

Some years ago at a DC reception, I met a cultural attaché from the French embassy. She saw my name tag and asked about my last name.

“Yes, it’s French. My ancestors were Huguenots,” I said.

“Oh—they were victims,” she replied remorsefully.

“Hell no! Getting kicked out of France was the best thing that ever happened to the Bovard family,” I replied with a big grin.

She just stared at me kind of wild-eyed. I fear I shattered her stereotypes of Huguenots.

After fleeing France, my forebearers resettled in northern Ireland. My ancestors were reportedly linen and lace manufacturers in France but became flax growers after resettling in County Donegal. I came by rusticity honestly.

In 1846, my Bovard ancestors exited for America. I explain my family history with this thumbnail: the Bovards were kicked out of France because the king was prejudiced against Protestants, and they were kicked out of Ireland because the Irish were prejudiced against horse thieves.

Actually, they left at the start of the great potato famine, but the fact checking police haven’t caught up with me yet. My kinfolk settled in western Pennsylvania. My great-great-grandfather dodged Abraham Lincoln’s military conscription, a step that I appreciate both philosophically and genetically.

The 1572 carnage at least had some positive philosophical results. Philippe de Mornay barely avoided being killed in the massacre, but seven years later, his pamphlet Vindiciae contra tyrannos (A Defense of Liberty against Tyrants) was published in Switzerland. This pamphlet laid the groundwork for subsequent authors (including British philosopher John Locke) to clearly establish the right to resist oppressive rulers. The book contained far more solid thinking on the nature of political institutions than one will encounter in political science classes, where progressive professors exalt the power of benevolent rulers, the Constitution be damned. De Mornay observed, “There is nothing which exempts the king from obedience which he owes to the law, which he ought to acknowledge as his lady and mistress.” Invoking Aristotle, he stressed, “Civilized people reduced kings to a lawful condition, by binding them to keep and observe the laws. Unruly absolute authority remained only amongst those who commanded over barbarous nations.” The vision of “government under the law” was one of the greatest lodestars of early modern political philosophy. De Mornay also derided “the minions of the court.” We have made great progress since his time—now we have think tank minions.

Sixteenth-century French philosopher Michel de Montaigne was horrified by the carnage in Paris as well as in Bordeaux, where he served periodically as mayor. Montaigne sought to deter religious genocide: “It is putting a very high price on our opinions to have a man roasted alive because of them.” He admitted that he could not say all that he believed: “I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little the more as I grow older.” But he never forthrightly condemned the St. Bartholomew Day’s Massacre. He did give a few winks to skepticism: “Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.” He also recognized how adulation spawned some of the most dangerous illusions: “The strange luster that surrounds a king conceals and shrouds him from us.”………

hardscrabble farmer

Great post, I learned more from this passage then I have all week.

Thanks.

Ken31
Ken31

I don’t wish to defend any massacres, but Calvinism was an destructive evil that reverberates through the culture to this day.

Discover more from The Burning Platform

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading