The ruling elites of Europe (and beyond perhaps too) have become totally distanced from the peoples whose interests they are supposed to serve. They have become aligned with finance capitalism to the extent that they now serve that master rather than their people.
I was going to add, rather than their people who pay them through their taxes. But they are serving those who pay them. The various banksters who fund their parties. And only indirectly by their taxpayers who have now been made to pay the banksters rather than their own social services. Greece is an excellent case in point where the governments have signed up to paying off all debt first, before the needs of the people such as health and education.
Citizen’s needs not only take second place, but citizens must be squeezed dry, driven to penury and suicide in order to satisfy the banksters.
Something of the same is happening all over Europe where the dogma of austerity is being used not to put the economy right; because they way it is being imposed there is no way it could do that, but to destroy the very foundations of European civilization.
This is not happening by chance, but by design. The so called economic policy being imposed is dud. An excuse. And they know it. And now we know it too. After all, there can be no excuse for any of them for believing this policy will achieve anything other than what it has. Growing unemployment and depression, and the undermining of what Europe used to stand for.
So what has happened? Well, look at election results: Beppe Grillo’s party in Italy, now the Ukip surge in the United Kingdom. Marine Le Penn has been enhanced in France. And worse of all in Greece it is the nazi Golden Dawn Party that has shot up and not only entered Parliament but is set to become the third largest party.
This in a country that never had mass fascist feelings before, only imposed dictatorships which were universally opposed.
So rather than ringing hands over the rise of Nigel Farage or Beppe Grillo or talking about how to outlaw Golden Dawn, the ruling elites of Europe should address their own priorities. Soon. Unless they want a new manifestation of an old reaction. Rebellion and Revolution. Perhaps even with scaffolds and guillotines.
They still have ample time to address this. Provided they open their eyes to what is happening. And get rid of the pernicious, unelected, unaccountable Olli Rehns destroying our civilization.
P.S. Apart form being ignorant of economics Olli Rehn is also ignorant of diplomacy and politics. On the eve of the Ukip surge he wags his finger an the United Kingdom ordering Cameron to keep inflicting the useless austerity pain on his people. Bravo Olli! However did you get to such a position? How? Well we all know the answer to that one. He is just what the banksters ordered!