Immigration has become the explosive, bright-line issue in Europe. From Rod Dreher at theburningplatform.com:
Migrant stabs children. Irish riot for end to mass migration. A ‘far-right’ event?
Dublin bus with a message for illegal migrants
We need to understand that these things below are connected. First, let’s watch this important 12-second clip from the late Lord Benn, a Labour MP:
In it he lists his Five Essential Questions Of Democracy:
“What power have you got?”
“Where did you get it from?”
“In whose interests do you use it?”
“To whom are you accountable?”
“How do we get rid of you?”
So, let’s move on to tonight’s European news.
Item: read this CNN analysis of the meaning of the Dutch election. Excerpt:
Even if Wilders is unable to implement the more radical parts of his manifesto and is contained by Europe more broadly, concerns remain about what his success does the rest of European politics. Populist victories tend to drag others further to the right.
The most obvious examples of this are in France, where President Emmanuel Macron has aped anti-Islam rhetoric in order to not be outflanked by Le Pen, and in the United Kingdom, where the center-right Conservative Party is almost unrecognizable after 13 years in power and the influence of Brexit.
The other concerns are that Wilders is somehow locked out of government or decides to martyr himself, rather than sell out in office. In Italy, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has not been quite the radical right-wing firebrand some feared when she took power in 2022, and has to some extent been contained by the EU. She is, therefore, seen as a sellout by others on the right.
What a revealing piece of analysis. The author, someone named Luke McGee, simply takes it as a given that the proper function of the European Union mechanism is to manage the unruly people to prevent their democratic wishes from coming true. This is how the Eurocrats have always regarded the voters: as serfs to be milked for tax money and legitimacy, but in no case allowed to govern themselves as they see fit. It’s telling that nowadays, the people in the ruling class’s media arm don’t even try to hide it. They live in such a cultural bubble that they assume everyone surely agrees.
