Since I`m German there is nothing more I can do than to pray for President Trump and the United States. Trump is the leader of the free world therefore he is my president as well. KEEP FIGHTING!!
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Since I`m German there is nothing more I can do than to pray for President Trump and the United States. Trump is the leader of the free world therefore he is my president as well. KEEP FIGHTING!!
k, I'm glad you think our European allies are so critical. Now ask them if they think it is BARBARIC that we don't have a NHS system and a rationing board called NICE.
There are gradations in Western Culture and each people and nation have a different history, culture, tradition, language and affinity. However, despite these differences, there's even a more stark difference between our Constitutional American Republic and the Parliamentary systems in Europe and the history that gave rise to both systems. Our system is the result of the Enlightenment reconciled to Christianity in a remarkable and unique way. Europe's parliaments are a result of centuries of popular revolts, uprisings and a rigid aristocratic system. The problem is when the European left, devoid of all the respect for religion, meritocracy, law and order and preservation of culture/tradition, started exporting their crazed extreme ideas around the world. Our left has been infested with European style rebellion ever since a Serbian anarchist assassinated McKinley and the spread of such ridiculousness has only increased within the Democrat party. There's a reason why our Democrats sound like the European political class elites and those elitists on both continents can share and spread movements so quickly and seamlessly.
I'm going to tell you something right now that our European brethren will never admit...back in the 2000's when their lefties were accusing George Bush and American Christians of being similar to the Taliban and CIA agents like MIchael Sheuer were going half cocked comparing George Washington to Osama Bin Laden, the real comparison was always to the aristocracies and monarchies of Europe to the monarchies of Arabia. Here's how they're the same sort of thing: 1) They have monarchies and aristocracies, which is a most obvious point. Here we pause to give Europeans a chance to utter the requisite "but our kings, queens, lords, ladies and sirs don't have any real political power" ahem, the power is the title. 2) Has it escaped the notice of every American globetrotter jet setting climate conference attendee that just about every single nation in Europe has a state based religion that comes with financial support and even the "public" schools are often affiliated with the national religion? Religious education is mandated as the primary and secondary schools systems in almost every European nation. Finland, the most successful European public school system right now, even brings in state paid lutheran ministers to teach in every single school. Who here exactly has the problem separating religion from state? 3) America's laws are written and codified and are designed to limit favoritism, patronage and classism. By and large, European law is however an individual judge decides it to be given the class and social status and the elites' group think as it pertains to any case. Just look at the case of Tommy Robinson and Amanda Knox and I could go on and on. Just exactly how could any society with a legal system like that be able to adjudicate anything without heavy influence in favor of the global elite?
It would not be a good thing for the MAGA movement to align itself with any movement in any EU state that does not first recognize the very real and different cultural, class and religious traditions. Despite what Europeans may think, they lost themselves generations ago and have been slowly suiciding their own populations for at least a century now for one ridiculous ideological reason after another. It is the ideology, the very search for the perfect political ideology that is knocking them down and sends them chasing after their tails. America is quite different. We have never had left and right before WWII, when it was imported from Europe. Left and right should have never become part of our political lexicon. We have always been a more practical political system that addresses problems as they arise instead of seeking an eternal, universal, political/economic system of governance that would usher in a utopia. America has never bothered with seeking a perfect utopian system that wipes every butt and wipes every tear prior to the importation of European political ideologies into our borders. Can you imagine Lincoln and Douglas debates with each accusing the other of being on the left and on the right and being part of a conspiracy or what have you, rather than that those epic and deeply valuable debates addressing the issues themselves? That's how we used to be and we should get the heck back to it! There is nothing for our body politic across the Atlantic except misery.
I enjoyed reading your lengthy post. Thank you.
I absolutely agree with you. I have one minor bone to pick...they aren't ex-royals. Almost every western European nation has a royal family. All those Scandinavians we hear about, they all have royal families. They all have kings, queens, princes and princesses. Their aristocracies have been intact and craving to get their political power back for over a century.
As much as our Ivy League schools seek to govern the world by educating the elites, the aristocracies of Europe still seek their power to rules the world and re-establish their colonies. Their only beef with China is that China's Belt and Road initiative is beating them at the global game.