World War I was one of the largest and most devastating wars of all human history. The reasons for it were really complicated, and a complete mess, with allied nations being dragged into the war because of their alliances and whatnot. However, the central pundit of the whole conflict, the major villain, was Germany, with a couple of essentially vassal states being dragged into the conflict by their alliances with Germany.
Eventually the Allied Powers were finally able to defeat Germany in 1918, and as a result its empire was split and all of Germany's colonies were transferred to other countries or gained independence.
Germany was devastated by the war, yet it took it but a mere 20 years for it to raise from the ashes again, and start yet another world war, even bigger and more devastating this time, almost destroying Europe in the process. Once again the allied forces were once again able to defeat Germany in 1945, again at a great cost.
This time the allied forces weren't taking any chances. They split Germany into two separate countries, controlled by the west and the east.
While East Germany, under Communist rule, quite quickly became an absolute totalitarian hellhole of literally Orwellian proportions, if there's anything positive to say about this split is that, at the very least, it kept Germany in check. At least for the next 35 years.
Then, in 1989 the split country was once again unified...
and what do you know, the European Union was officially established a mere 4 years later, with Germany at its head. While at first the Union was at least in theory governed equally by all the member nations, in practice Germany became relatively quickly the de facto head of the entire Union, with only perhaps the United Kingdom and France to have any kind of equivalent power. However, since the UK is (apparently) leaving, and France has just become essentially a vassal state of Germany, that means that Germany is the de facto head of the Union.
So much so that Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, is pretty much considered the head of the entire European Union. (So much so that many europhiles even consider her the leader of the entire world. I'm not even making that up.) Angela Merkel is pretty much Hitler reincarnated. She is the supreme Fuhrer of the entire Union.
When Theresa May, the previous Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, went to the European Union to discuss the terms of their leaving the Union, who do you think she went to talk to? That's right. Angela Merkel. Because apparently Angela Merkel is the head of the EU, its supreme leader, and the person to talk to in order to discuss the terms under which you are allowed to leave the EU.
Especially now that the UK is (apparently) bailing out, Germany has pretty much all the power in the European Union. It decides, unopposed, pretty much all the policies of the entire Union. It decides on things like immigration policies, and the other states have no say in it. If Germany says that the EU is taking ten million immigrants, then the EU is going to take ten million immigrants, and no other country has any say on that matter. Germany alone bestows this flood of immigrants on its vassal states (which is every other EU nation), and they have no say in it.
What both the German Empire and Nazi Germany failed to do, Merkel's totalitarian Germany has succeeded in: Not only has it taken over the entirety of Europe, and is in the midst of destroying it, the conquered vassal states are willingly and gladly submitting to Germany's oppression and whims. What the two previous Germanies failed to do by force and war, the modern Germany succeeded by political propaganda. Why conquer other countries by force when you can make them willingly submit to you via propaganda?
I think the Allied Powers had the right idea after World War II. We need to split Germany once again, to stop it and keep it in check. (This time the other side should not be held under the rule of Soviet Communism. That would be cruel, sadistic and completely inhumane. But they should be kept separate and in check, governed by independent outside non-allied nations. Although perhaps Angela Merkel herself, alongside all the other unelected EU leaders, could be deported to somewhere like Saudi Arabia or Iran, since she loves them so much. Or North Korea.)
Eventually the Allied Powers were finally able to defeat Germany in 1918, and as a result its empire was split and all of Germany's colonies were transferred to other countries or gained independence.
Germany was devastated by the war, yet it took it but a mere 20 years for it to raise from the ashes again, and start yet another world war, even bigger and more devastating this time, almost destroying Europe in the process. Once again the allied forces were once again able to defeat Germany in 1945, again at a great cost.
This time the allied forces weren't taking any chances. They split Germany into two separate countries, controlled by the west and the east.
While East Germany, under Communist rule, quite quickly became an absolute totalitarian hellhole of literally Orwellian proportions, if there's anything positive to say about this split is that, at the very least, it kept Germany in check. At least for the next 35 years.
Then, in 1989 the split country was once again unified...
and what do you know, the European Union was officially established a mere 4 years later, with Germany at its head. While at first the Union was at least in theory governed equally by all the member nations, in practice Germany became relatively quickly the de facto head of the entire Union, with only perhaps the United Kingdom and France to have any kind of equivalent power. However, since the UK is (apparently) leaving, and France has just become essentially a vassal state of Germany, that means that Germany is the de facto head of the Union.
So much so that Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, is pretty much considered the head of the entire European Union. (So much so that many europhiles even consider her the leader of the entire world. I'm not even making that up.) Angela Merkel is pretty much Hitler reincarnated. She is the supreme Fuhrer of the entire Union.
When Theresa May, the previous Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, went to the European Union to discuss the terms of their leaving the Union, who do you think she went to talk to? That's right. Angela Merkel. Because apparently Angela Merkel is the head of the EU, its supreme leader, and the person to talk to in order to discuss the terms under which you are allowed to leave the EU.
Especially now that the UK is (apparently) bailing out, Germany has pretty much all the power in the European Union. It decides, unopposed, pretty much all the policies of the entire Union. It decides on things like immigration policies, and the other states have no say in it. If Germany says that the EU is taking ten million immigrants, then the EU is going to take ten million immigrants, and no other country has any say on that matter. Germany alone bestows this flood of immigrants on its vassal states (which is every other EU nation), and they have no say in it.
What both the German Empire and Nazi Germany failed to do, Merkel's totalitarian Germany has succeeded in: Not only has it taken over the entirety of Europe, and is in the midst of destroying it, the conquered vassal states are willingly and gladly submitting to Germany's oppression and whims. What the two previous Germanies failed to do by force and war, the modern Germany succeeded by political propaganda. Why conquer other countries by force when you can make them willingly submit to you via propaganda?
I think the Allied Powers had the right idea after World War II. We need to split Germany once again, to stop it and keep it in check. (This time the other side should not be held under the rule of Soviet Communism. That would be cruel, sadistic and completely inhumane. But they should be kept separate and in check, governed by independent outside non-allied nations. Although perhaps Angela Merkel herself, alongside all the other unelected EU leaders, could be deported to somewhere like Saudi Arabia or Iran, since she loves them so much. Or North Korea.)
Margaret Thatcher warned as much, but her hand was forced to approve it (the Allied powers had a veto). It was argued that the EEC - especially with monetary union - would minimize an united Germany's strength. The irony...
ReplyDeleteAnd isn't it the (un)spoken truth that the goal of European integration is the dissolution of the EU's member states as it federalizes? Which would also mean the dissolution of Germany? I think that the EU's goals are much more worrying than erstwhile German domination of it at the moment.