New emperors
Celebrities
like Trump, Putin and some Trump and Putin trainees have in common a
self-esteem beyond doubt that rests primarily on the conviction that they
belong to a select race and a country that deserves its Lebensraum - nowadays economic - because 'all nation needs enough
space to meet its growth and ensure its survival.’
According
to the article by Luke Cooper, October 28, that appeared in The Guardian, this new way of dealing
with political, geopolitical activities, I would say, is making it possible
that there are strong interests in extending the presence of some countries
over others that have to bend and accept a 'help' in exchange for, when not
'protection' versus to.
Mr
Cooper says that the hope that had been placed in multilateral relations in
Europe and in the presence of supranational institutions is being cornered in
favour of the new empires. He is right. In my opinion, History is a cyclic
organism, which is repeated always looking for a balance. Thus, when the
columnist says that 'Emmanuel Macron has strengthened nationalist across the
Balkan region' reminds us that the EU has not sat at the table for entry talks
with Albania and North Macedonia. Breaching a commitment made previously. In
this case, Europe looks, like so many times, to the other side, so it would not
be surprising that these lands fell into the hands of the new thugs.
The
nationalist sentiment is the lack of a more generous vision of society, of
brotherhood and solidarity. I got this idea some time ago from a book by a
writer born in one country and raised in another.
What´s
happening with the Kurdish conflict in Syria? There they are both, Tsar and
King, hand in hand, to see who is more powerful in helping one or the other. Outcome?
For now, what has been lost has been the democratic ideals of the vast majority
of Syrians.
On
the other hand, they have been told me that Boris Johnson is a cult chap; I
understand that he ‘knows’ Latin and Greek, but that he behaves as if he were
not because he´s interested in convincing the populo. He is a politician who has signed up for the emerging
fashion of populism, a path that has real danger. Possibly he will elected in
the next elections and with the reins of the British government and the support
of the masses, who worship him as a leader who understands their desires, he will
be thrown into the arms of one of the modern emperors. By then, I will have
renewed my passport and will be savouring um
copo de vinho verde sitting at a
table on the terrace close to my house.
From
my Borstal.
LDR
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