Make Europa Great Again, MEGA!
MEGA = BACK to OUR COMMUNITY
back to our European Community for and by the people and away from this “Union” that doesn’t mean anything more than an easy ‘common’ MARKET for banks and corporations frequently favored by lobby’s and corrupt politicians.
Once there was a dream, a European Dream.
Contrary to the once USAmerican dream, the once European dream was not simply based on “making it” as an individual by working hard to achieve your big house and your big car, but on “working it out” together as a team in spite of, or maybe precisely thanks to, the rich and colourful diversity of the European history, languages, cultures and peoples.
Instead of prioratizing maximum personal financial gain, Europa, originally, was more focused on maximum collecctive social gain. Instead of every individual striving in full competition to achieve 11 on a scale from 1 to 10, most Europeans were happy enough to reach 7 or 8 collectively in harmonic collaboration. Once, the European mindset was in the line of “The sum of the parts is greater than the whole”.
Europa’s loss of Democracy?
As expressed in the most concise manner by Yanis Varoufakis in 2015 in this 16 second clip…
There is a thirst and a hunger for something extremely radical to happen in Europa, like for instance… Democracy.
At the same time it’s most ironic in a very subtle way. Because how can it be that for the supposed example and beacon of democracy and freedom that Europe used to be, Democracy in itself could become something “radical”?
Well, because our good, old, sweet Europa as a diverse but harmonious COMMUNITY for and by the people was taken over in 1989 by neo-liberalism, under pressure of US UK, and degrated to this “Union” which actually means no more than a bare, emotionless, ‘common’ MARKET USAmerican style, based on just ruthless and frequently corrupt commercial competition by faceless banks and corporations with industrial efficiency, optimized productivity and maximum profit as only goals, while setting all empathy, ethics, morals, culture, tradition and humanity aside.
It not only meant loss of European Democracy but also of European sovereign identity of each country. Where once on street level every city center was distinguishible for its characteristic regional or national shops, they now all turned into the same homogeneous panorama of essentially international characterless chains of fast food, fast clothing, smart phones and banks.
Also on an external, geo-political level Europa essentially became a second-rate extension of the US .
Missed opportunities
The European elections of 2019 or 2024 could and should have meant a turning point to shift Europa back towards its lost Democracy, Community mindset and its own Identity. However, maintaining and even reenforcing the comfortable ‘common’ market scheme in favor of banks and corporations prevailed and the people lost.
Will the EU(rsula) continue to float in the same direction by inertia?
Over the decades Europa has shifted from being a fairly independent ally of the US to being practically just an extension and a meek follower of all US policies, including wars, starting after the Maastricht Treaty of 1989, more so after 9/11 and especially recently under EUrsula von der Leyen, who essentially seems to have played the role of a representative of the US Democratic party here in Europa. Now, in 2024, she seems to have been re-established (not elected) to continue this role and she appointed her new commissionars accordingly. Most probably a victory for the Democrats was expected with the intention to continue “business as usual”.
However, Trump’s MAGA-MAHA victory will mean a significant change of course in US (foreign) policy. Once the current push of the US disappears, for how long will the EU(rsula) insist to continue to float in the “old” direction just because of some kind of inertia? The clearest example is the anounced intention to make peace in Ukraine. Even so, for the moment the EU(rsula) still insists on sustaining the war in Ukraine by sending weapons and/or money. But
The same question can be asked about Frau EUrsula’s future position regarding censorship, wokeness and health-questions that clearly have all been adopted from the almost passed US policies. It will be interesting to observe how the EU(rsula) is going to cope with all these sudden changes.
MAGA-MAHA in Washington D.C. is a chance for MEGA in Europa
The old EU(rsula) establishment will surely have some trouble to adapt to the coming new global balance. This will allow the time and space for new political ideas and forces to develop. One of them could be the idea to Make Europa Great Again as well, more independent from US influence, corporate lobbies and back towards a Europe for the people, back to true Democracy and who knows, maybe back to a Community!
