December 5, 2005
WHY SHOULD THEY FAVOR INSTABILITY? (via Robert Schwartz):
Regime change is needed in Europe (Daily Telegraph, 05/12/2005)
As the American Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, arrives in Europe, it is instructive to look at the areas where her country's interests clash with those of the EU. They fall into six broad categories: Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Israel, China and what one might loosely call "supra-nationalism" - that is, the power of the UN, the Kyoto process, the International Criminal Court and so on. These disputes are not unrelated; they are linked by a common ideological thread. In each case, the United States is pro-democracy, the EU pro-stability.
The important thing to recognize is that it makes perfect sense for the dying secular peoples of Europe to favor even an evil stability elsewhere in the world so long as they are left alone themselves. Posted by Orrin Judd at December 5, 2005 1:06 PM
Nice formulation: EU pro-stability is anti-democracy. You don't vote in a Super Max.
Posted by: Luciferous at December 5, 2005 3:26 PMYeah, well that "as long as they are left alone" bit doesn't last forever, does it? As a matter of fact, don't I recall some vague mention of widespread riots in France, et. al. recently?
Posted by: ray at December 5, 2005 6:45 PMYeah, well, that "as long as they are left alone" bit doesn't last forever, does it? As a matter of fact, don't I recall some vague mention of widespread riots in France, et. al. recently?
Posted by: ray at December 5, 2005 6:45 PMCut to the chase: The childless existentialists of Europe don't care what happens to the world after they die. Why should they? And why should we pretend that they do?
OOPS. We double on this one:
http://www.brothersjudd.com/blog/archives/2005/12/for_the_elites.html
Posted by: Robert Schwartz at December 6, 2005 2:23 AM