I think Germany didn't intend to arrive at this outcome. There was no intent to dominate. Benign but nonetheless it seems to be the outcome-the ability to set the agenda.
From: Keith Hudson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 1:57 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'; Arthur Cordell Subject: RE: [Futurework] Jumping with delight At 15:32 23/06/2012, Arthur wrote: In speaking with a retired govt economist the other day he thought that Europe is in the position today that legions of German troops couldn't achieve during WW2. Which is that it is has the power to set the agenda for the future of Europe, one way or the other. It still seems to be the case, though, that Germany wants to redeem itself for what it inflicted on Europe and Jewry more than half a century ago. Whatever epigenetic traces of the "might is right" mentality of the 1860-1945 period might remain seem to be very faint in the two young Germans I know well. They very much want to be regarded as good Europeans. They regard my scepticism (re the Eurozone) as being unfortunate (to say the least!). Nevertheless, Western Europe can never be unified unless it has a minimum of cultural cohesion that's typically a byproduct of nationalistic warfare (offensive or defensive) or civil war. Keith Arthur From: [email protected] [ mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Keith Hudson Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 4:14 AM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, , EDUCATION Subject: [Futurework] Jumping with delight One had only got to see Angela Merkel jumping up in her seat with every German goal (all four of them!) scored in its soccer match with Greece last night, to realize that she's not going to allow Germans to subsidize the rest of the Eurozone in any significant quantity for much longer. The Eurozone faces only two alternatives now. It can only be some sort of attempt at dictatorial take-over by some newly-concocted Eurozone entity in order to impose budgetary control on all member governments whatever their different socio-economic cultures, or it will be an unpeeling of the Eurozone in one way or another. Keith Keith Hudson, Saltford, England http://allisstatus.wordpress.com <http://allisstatus.wordpress.com/> Keith Hudson, Saltford, England http://allisstatus.wordpress.com <http://allisstatus.wordpress.com/>
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