‘End of Nationalism’ Dream Dying in Belgium
11th July 2011
Herman Van Rompuy, the EU’s president and a former Belgian Prime Minister, used a keynote speech last year to warn that “nationalism leads to war”.
“In every member state, there are people who believe their country can survive alone in the globalised world. It is more than an illusion: it is a lie,” he said.
Since nationalism is one of the most potent impediments to a universal Crust, it is no surprise that the ruling classes oppose it.
Many believe that a Belgian bust-up would signal the break-up of the wider European “project” which is already under intense strain from popular German, Dutch and Finnish pressure over the soaring cost of bailing out the euro and growing Greek, Portuguese and Irish protests over savage austerity imposed on them by EU central bankers.
Since the ‘wider European project’ is merely another way of privatizing profit while socializing losses, it ought not to come as any surprise that eventually the cattle will get tired of the leeches.
July 12th, 2011 at 22:08
I thought keeping the profits for oneself while convincing others to shoulder the risk was a Good Capitalist Principle. Now you tell me it’s a “Crustian” myth??
How terribly disappointing…guess I’ll have to buy back all those credit-default swaps I sold–don’t want to be confused for a Liberal, after all.
July 13th, 2011 at 03:09
That merely demonstrates your ignorance of capitalism.
July 13th, 2011 at 08:41
Is that “capitalism” as you define it, or “capitalism” as it’s actually practiced? The two are not, sadly, synonymous.