It’s funny how we all used to believe that one of the core values if not The Core Value of Europe was a dedication to Democracy. It’s funny how so many people fought and died for these values, both in wars and revolutions. We were all so terribly misguided of course. Democracy is no longer a European Value. Oh no, it is anathema to the Great European Project right now.
In the current edition of The London Review of Books Slavoj Zizek has written an excellent piece on Europe and the Greeks entitled “Save us from the saviours”, reiterating a sentiment that has been going round in Greece for a while now. Zizek describes the erosion of Democracy, how the only elections tolerated are those that do not represent a real choice, as between centre left and centre right parties who will do exactly as they are told whoever is elected. The panic over the Greek elections has arisen because this time there is a real choice.
The unelected, irresponsible, very well paid (and I expect untaxed) so called President of the EU Herman Van Rompuy has struck again. Precisely for the reasons described by Zizek. The Greek election is dangerous!!! What if they don’t return the usual subservient, submissive government? What if they dare challenge The Frau’s omniscience and her commandments set in stone?
This can NEVER be allowed to happen! So out trots Mr “Who are you?”, as most aptly dubbed by Nigel Farage, and threatens the Greek people on the eve of the run up election that if they don’t vote the right way they wont get any more money and will be left to starve to death and die on the streets in droves! (Failing to point out, however, that that will be their fate anyway if they continue with The Frau’s evil policy of economic destruction.)
I would like to close with Zizek’s closing paragraph: “Greece is not an exception. It is one of the main testing grounds for a new socio-economic model of potentially unlimited application: a depoliticised technocracy in which bankers and other experts are allowed to demolish democracy. By saving Greece from its so-called saviours, we also save Europe itself.” (my bold print).
And with a little video of one of Nigel Farage’s speeches in the EP which has turned out to be very prophetic. And he is right. We do not want this German dominated Europe. And yes, our parents and grandparents fought and died to prevent this.
