As a European I realized a long time ago that our politicians were totally sold out and corrupt. And where I live there was actually a party which pushed back against the globalist liberal mantra, you know the whole End of History thing. But they were utterly vilified for years, even as their popularity grew. At the last election they were the 2nd largest party after the Socialists (the ones whose policies caused all our problems). And they're still not in government, although the 3 parties which are rely on their vote to get things done.
Look at Germany. AfD is growing hugely, so the political establishment there is seriously contemplating outlawing them. sanctions, anyone? Well, we've seen how those spectacularly failed regarding Russia, and I think that would split Germany into a clear east / west divide.
Look at Romania. There a populist was winning and the governing party in cooperation with their intel services conjured up some big lie TikTok about Russian interference, and lo and behold the election was stopped by judicial review.
Georgia?
France?
In short, the people of Europe are being totally f*cked over by our politicians. And short of revolution we can do nothing about it. And, frankly, it's the same in the US, the only difference being you have the 2nd Amendment for exactly that purpose.
I suggest looking back at the situation in 2020 and compare it with today. Yes, viable political parties are being kept out of power sharing, but their power continues to grow as you note. Eventually the tide will rise too high, and the dam will break. If those now in power turn to totalitarian tactics to stem the tide, that will only cause it to rise further. The German election in 23 days and its aftermath will provide an indication as will what occurs in France. What happens in the negotiations over Ukraine will have an impact on European politics, just what being the great unknown.
in the case of romania they have resorted to shutting down the democratic process!! what is next?? elections in ukraine are on hold indefinitely... what else??? this is all thru the great guidance of that bastion of dumbocracy and freedumb, lol...
On the bright side, recall that the Romanians have some form when it comes to revolution. Their current freedom was attained after long and insulting difficulty and in that revolution they demonstrated a keen appreciation of ensuring the deposed tyrant could not return. Old and tested methods remain valid in modern times - even CEO's get the message.
the revolution in romania coincided with the other revolutions in 1989... i am not discounting it, but do you think we are at that place here yet in 2025? maybe, but i am not sure about that..
Hi Karl...for the past few weeks I've been following RT's posts on X and I agree with you. I'm not even going to follow them anymore. They are compromised somehow. I heard years ago it was Israeli owned. Partially anyway.
RT is partly owned by the Russian government as explained by RT, “RT is an autonomous, non-profit organization that is publicly financed from the budget of the Russian Federation." How much of its budget I don't know. "For more information, contact: mailto:press@rttv.ru.” The About RT page at its site has more info. Margarita Simonyan is the editor-in-chief and has taken a lot of undeserved crap from the West as it goes about censoring its content and banning it from broadcasting. RT is also a young organization as 2025 marks 20 years. Yes, I’ve gotten miffed at what IMO is incorrect policy before, but you can direct feedback to the management. IMO, lower echelon editors are the ones at fault. But RT has improved, and now at least links to the original, something that took years to change. RT also has a very extensive documentary section and has aired very good programs in the past, with the SMO having messed with that extensively.
Now I don't have X and probably never will, so I can't make any assessments. Unless you have translation software on your computer, it's hard to keep up as there are only a few Russian media English language sites. This Wiki page has links to many Russian print media and to other media forms. IMO, state/public owned media isn't any more or less likely to be biased than privately owned media. But that subject needs its own discussion. I read/watch almost no US/Western based media nowadays, nor do I cavort on social media; my wife does that for me.
Hi Karl, thanks for extensive reply. I agree that RT is much much better than any western news outlet, and its a bigger size than X pages so has so much more to contend with. And yet, I did start following them again a couple of months ago, yet yesterday I just shut down on them again, although right now I don't remember exactly why, but I just got sick of hearing a certain not quite truthful slant on some current event. And its frustrating when there is so much agony and criminality in the world, to got to RT and read on and on about everything except Gasa. I know they do publish some stuff, but you would think by their webpage that its just a trivial side topic. Not the worst thing the world has ever seen by 100 times. Anyway- I don't even know now if that was why I deleted their bookmark yesterday- before I read your article. It was one of the recent current events . I'm sick right now so have a bit of a foggy brain. Not from the vax but from a cold
Thank you Karl, looks like Klaus Schwab has had some success ratf**king europe in the short term :(
However, I like Medvedev's pov that this is a 100 year struggle with the UKUSA and some patience is recommended. Meanwhile the battle for the mind proceeds apace in Sweden as clearly evidenced here at Neutrality Studies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjjYWc8EJ3w
This well worth watching to the end, lots of diamonds in the dust :)
And on the economic viewpoint, this too is worth reading (Swedish Language but translates readily):
The Journal parabol.press is edited by the journalist Kajsa Ekis Ekman who is guest contributor in the Neutrality Studies report above. Seems like a good site imo.
As a European I realized a long time ago that our politicians were totally sold out and corrupt. And where I live there was actually a party which pushed back against the globalist liberal mantra, you know the whole End of History thing. But they were utterly vilified for years, even as their popularity grew. At the last election they were the 2nd largest party after the Socialists (the ones whose policies caused all our problems). And they're still not in government, although the 3 parties which are rely on their vote to get things done.
Look at Germany. AfD is growing hugely, so the political establishment there is seriously contemplating outlawing them. sanctions, anyone? Well, we've seen how those spectacularly failed regarding Russia, and I think that would split Germany into a clear east / west divide.
Look at Romania. There a populist was winning and the governing party in cooperation with their intel services conjured up some big lie TikTok about Russian interference, and lo and behold the election was stopped by judicial review.
Georgia?
France?
In short, the people of Europe are being totally f*cked over by our politicians. And short of revolution we can do nothing about it. And, frankly, it's the same in the US, the only difference being you have the 2nd Amendment for exactly that purpose.
I suggest looking back at the situation in 2020 and compare it with today. Yes, viable political parties are being kept out of power sharing, but their power continues to grow as you note. Eventually the tide will rise too high, and the dam will break. If those now in power turn to totalitarian tactics to stem the tide, that will only cause it to rise further. The German election in 23 days and its aftermath will provide an indication as will what occurs in France. What happens in the negotiations over Ukraine will have an impact on European politics, just what being the great unknown.
in the case of romania they have resorted to shutting down the democratic process!! what is next?? elections in ukraine are on hold indefinitely... what else??? this is all thru the great guidance of that bastion of dumbocracy and freedumb, lol...
The public revolts or riots demanding the constitution be followed or holds its own plebiscite.
that's a bit like waiting for cows to revolt over the price of milk, lol... not likely to happen..
On the bright side, recall that the Romanians have some form when it comes to revolution. Their current freedom was attained after long and insulting difficulty and in that revolution they demonstrated a keen appreciation of ensuring the deposed tyrant could not return. Old and tested methods remain valid in modern times - even CEO's get the message.
the revolution in romania coincided with the other revolutions in 1989... i am not discounting it, but do you think we are at that place here yet in 2025? maybe, but i am not sure about that..
Ouch!
i agree with your last pargraph karl..thanks for the post..
Hi Karl...for the past few weeks I've been following RT's posts on X and I agree with you. I'm not even going to follow them anymore. They are compromised somehow. I heard years ago it was Israeli owned. Partially anyway.
RT is partly owned by the Russian government as explained by RT, “RT is an autonomous, non-profit organization that is publicly financed from the budget of the Russian Federation." How much of its budget I don't know. "For more information, contact: mailto:press@rttv.ru.” The About RT page at its site has more info. Margarita Simonyan is the editor-in-chief and has taken a lot of undeserved crap from the West as it goes about censoring its content and banning it from broadcasting. RT is also a young organization as 2025 marks 20 years. Yes, I’ve gotten miffed at what IMO is incorrect policy before, but you can direct feedback to the management. IMO, lower echelon editors are the ones at fault. But RT has improved, and now at least links to the original, something that took years to change. RT also has a very extensive documentary section and has aired very good programs in the past, with the SMO having messed with that extensively.
Now I don't have X and probably never will, so I can't make any assessments. Unless you have translation software on your computer, it's hard to keep up as there are only a few Russian media English language sites. This Wiki page has links to many Russian print media and to other media forms. IMO, state/public owned media isn't any more or less likely to be biased than privately owned media. But that subject needs its own discussion. I read/watch almost no US/Western based media nowadays, nor do I cavort on social media; my wife does that for me.
Hi Karl, thanks for extensive reply. I agree that RT is much much better than any western news outlet, and its a bigger size than X pages so has so much more to contend with. And yet, I did start following them again a couple of months ago, yet yesterday I just shut down on them again, although right now I don't remember exactly why, but I just got sick of hearing a certain not quite truthful slant on some current event. And its frustrating when there is so much agony and criminality in the world, to got to RT and read on and on about everything except Gasa. I know they do publish some stuff, but you would think by their webpage that its just a trivial side topic. Not the worst thing the world has ever seen by 100 times. Anyway- I don't even know now if that was why I deleted their bookmark yesterday- before I read your article. It was one of the recent current events . I'm sick right now so have a bit of a foggy brain. Not from the vax but from a cold
Thank you Karl, looks like Klaus Schwab has had some success ratf**king europe in the short term :(
However, I like Medvedev's pov that this is a 100 year struggle with the UKUSA and some patience is recommended. Meanwhile the battle for the mind proceeds apace in Sweden as clearly evidenced here at Neutrality Studies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjjYWc8EJ3w
This well worth watching to the end, lots of diamonds in the dust :)
And on the economic viewpoint, this too is worth reading (Swedish Language but translates readily):
https://www.parabol.press/krisen-i-northvolt-dagens-kapitalister-klarar-inte-att-producera/
The Journal parabol.press is edited by the journalist Kajsa Ekis Ekman who is guest contributor in the Neutrality Studies report above. Seems like a good site imo.