Posted on May 7, 2016 by Joseph P. Farrell • 8 Comments
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Last Thursday I blogged about the increasing
opposition in Europe to the sanctions regime on Russia, and on the increasing
role of France in leading European opposition to the diktats of Washington and
the globalist regime that it fronts for. I also did my News and Views from the
Nefarium about this topic, and about my suspicions that we are witnessing the
beginning of a long term game. In short, my thesis is (1) that the European
powers, like Russia, have analyzed the American "deep state" and financial
structure, and concluded that the US federal government is but a front for a
massive, interlocked, globalist corporate structure with, yes, a strong Fascist
component or faction, and that this structure is (2) inimical not only to
Europe's cultural and economic interests, but to the national interests of its
member nations, and particularly to the major continental economies and powers:
France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. I advanced the hypothesis in my last News
and Views that we can expect, over time, an increasing public analysis
and opposition to this structure along the lines of the critiques of the
globalist dogma that (American-centered) global corporations should run
everything, and as well critiques of the globalist dogma that the nation-state
is obsolete.
Along these lines, there is growing local opposition
to the sanctions regime against Russia from various German Laender (states),
in this article shared by Mr. B:
The heart of the problem is suggested by this
paragraph:
Led by Bodo Ramelow, the governor of Thuringia,
and Wolfgang Tiefensee, minister of economic affairs, an economic and
scientific delegation of about 40 members has arrived in Moscow on Sunday.
Tiefensee insists on building bridges to Moscow despite all geopolitical
problems.
...
Sanctions are naturally still to be perceived,
continues Tiefensee: “We have a share of 3% of Thuringia’s GDP, that is
generated by the relationships between Thuringia and Russia. This seems little,
but if you take a look at various enterprises, for example in the branches of
nutrition, car industry, metal industry, machine construction or optics, you
will see enterprises that are significantly suffering under the sanctions. They
have to arrange short-time working, they lose jobs and have to orient
themselves in another way”.
He therefore hopes for a rapid loosening or removal
of the sanctions:
“To us Russia is a very pleasant partner. Russians are wonderful, hospitable
and open people. I am glad that we can strengthen our relationship even at such
difficult times”. (Emphasis added)
There are really two issues here, and one is
the growing movement in Europe to bypass the central governments and even the
European commission and conduct affairs on a local or state-provincial level.
If the central government is unresponsive to the genuine wishes and interests
of the people, then simply ignore them and go around them.
But the second issue cuts much deeper, and
herewith is my high octane speculation of the day. As noted above, I suggested
in last Thursdays News and Views from the Nefarium that one
would eventually see the emergence of an anti-globalist critique similar in
nature to that which has been consistently voiced by Mr. Putin, and his
advisors such as Foreign Minister Lavrov, and economics advisor Sergei Glazyev,
and more recently by Prime Minister Orban of Hungary. This critique has zeroed
in on the ability of of globalist corporate elite to govern with a view to the
interests of the people it purports to represent. This, of course, has been an
impossibility all along, and everyone knows it. No corporate chater enshrines a
Bill of Rights. People are nothing but "human resources," chattle, to
corporations, and particularly global ones. One need only look at the miserable
track record of agribusiness giants like IG Farbensanto and the GMO issue in
general.
In addition to this, I've entertained the
notion that, in one respect, the Muslim refugee crisis is being driven in
Europe precisely in order to create a "European identity" as
opposed to the various national identities of Europe, precisely in order to
give a cultural and civilizational cohesion to the continent and to the
European Union that it currently lacks. This is hinted at in the article
itself:
The highlight of the Moscow-visit — the
performance of Bach’s “Reformation cantata” in the Lutheran St. Peter-and-Paul
cathedral in Moscow — gave the trip a symbolic note. It was said, as well as
the Cranach-exhibition in Moscow with paintings from Goethe’s collection, the
event should call up for cultural and spiritual unity.
In his greeting the governor of Thuringia Bodo
Ramelov appealed for love to ones neighbours despite all differences: “I’ve
brought the original facsimile Bible of Martin Luther as a present. Afore I’ve
given the same example to Pope Francis. As an evangelic Christian I am
especially excited for the 500-year anniversary of our Reformation — it is not
a distinguishing, but a uniting feast of all the people, who both want and must
endure their differences in their believe(sic)”.
In other words, "European culture" is
big enough to embrace Russia.
So how might all this play out? What's the high
octane speculation? Well, it is simply this: if that anti-globalist critique
begins to be voiced in other European countries besides Hungary, then that
critique will come from localities and regions, such as the German Laender,
or the French political-bureaucratic class. It will begin quietly, but I
suspect that it is an inevitability. Europeans are tired of falling on their
swords for Washington and NATO. And increasingly, they are aware that the real
government of the USSA isn't in Washington, and that it's dangerously out of
control. The critique will be the beginning of a process of breaking from
it.
See you on the flip side...
Joseph P. Farrell has a doctorate in patristics
from the University of Oxford, and pursues research in physics, alternative
history and science, and "strange stuff". His book The Giza
DeathStar, for which the Giza Community is named, was published in the spring
of 2002, and was his first venture into "alternative history and
science".
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