I am sorry. I couldn’t help myself. But with yet one more excruciating Euro Summit coming up, I couldn’t help being reminded that we have been here before and it is all becoming rather tiresome. History repeating itself, except the “Deciders” have progressed. They have realised that if they nuke the planet, then nothing will be left and they too risk no longer existing either.
Now, a previous idea was a kind of gas which just killed people but left all buildings and infrastructure intact. I suppose this idea did not find all that much favour because you still had to have a hot war, and in any case you would have to wait for the gas to get dissipated before you could walk in and take over the assets.
So what did the latter day Dr Strangeloves think up? Simple, slow, painful annihilation of the masses through Stringent Austerity! This method has the added merit that you are not even perceived as the enemy, the bad guys out to get you. No! With this Weapon Of Mass Destruction that has now been deployed with a vengeance in Europe, you take on the mantel of “friend” and “Saviour”, just as you are wreaking destruction. And when you walk in and take over the assets you tell those you have destroyed that you are actually doing them a favour!
Nevertheless, some things never change. The following clip from Dr. Strangelove could easily be just another summit of European leaders.
Don’t forget, this is a work of fiction and any similarities with real people is purely coincidental. Though I can’t blame you if you do see some rather upsetting similarities among the team of “Deciders”.