Tuesday, August 23, 2016

European Union Chief ignores history...

Borders are the worst invention ever!' EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker widens rift with European leaders as he calls for open borders 

  • Says borders should be scrapped despite migrant rush and terror attacks 
  • Insists a stronger EU is best way to combating rising trend in nationalism

Funny how "nationalism" is the new dirty word for the progressives of the world. Even funnier that these same progressives are trying to make "nationalism" into a trend, like owning a Members Only jacket, carrying around a pet rock, or wearing jeans with preworn holes.  

Make no mistake here folks, this is just the tip of the iceberg of a larger political battle here. There are some (like the EU Chief) that would truly like to see a consolidation of our individual states and governments into a larger collective, controlled by a smaller number of people. Somehow, the new left has romanticized the ideal of a globalized government with a borderless society as not only representing a better world, but as something that should be considered the new norm. 

Problem is, that large borderless societies are what history has called an empire. However, empires have never been achieved by political means (only through military expansion), and they have always stretched itself to thin to be able to control by either political or military means. The larger problem, of course, is that people want their independence. I would go so far as to argue that a collective autonomy is built into our social fabric because of a basic human need for at least some basic freedoms. The freedom to live by your values and answer to those who share your values is at the core of this. 

The French want to live in France, speak French, and live by French customs and norms. The Italians want to live in Italy, speech Italian, and live by Italian customs and norms. The British want to live in the U.K, want to speak English, and live by British customs and norms. It's part of the charm of Europe and I see absolutely nothing wrong with it. 

More to the point, if history is of any help to us. People feel strongly enough about it to actually take up arms and fight those who would come into their country and try to change their ways and demand they live by someone else's rules. Our own American fight for independence was spurred by taxation without representation. In other words, we wanted the right to make our own rules and people were willing to die for that right. 

There is no romance in any large centralized system of government. Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and all power in between will corrupt according to how much power is consolidated. So unless you believe that corruption is good, consolidation of powers and the diminished capacity for people to have individual freedoms, autonomy, and some independence is not romantic, and should not be romanticized. 

Yes, this means that certain people my not live by the same customs and principles that you do. But it's not your place to demand that your values are just and their values are wrong. Any more than it's anyone else's place to demand that their values are just and yours are wrong. (Think about Radical Islamic Terrorist war on Western values). Better to live and let live in the case of larger societal issues. 

Ultimately this attempt at political revolution by globalist liberals will fail. Just as every attempt to build an empire fails. 


     

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