Arthur,
Yes, whatever happens -- whether there'll be a
draconian centralised taxation/budgetary
authority set up to hold the Eurozone together or
a dissolution of the flimsy thing that already
exists -- Germany will be blamed. The irony is
that it was all a French idea in the first place!
Keith
At 16:37 24/06/2012, you wrote:
I think Germany didnt intend to arrive at this
outcome. There was no intent to
dominate. Benign but nonetheless it seems to be
the outcomethe 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
couldnt 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
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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
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