The ruling classes in the West have turned to tabloids as their megaphones, romanticizing war and fanning the flames of conflict, pushing public emotional exploitation to unprecedented levels.
What should the miserable EU politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen do? They are intensely unpopular, after 30-40 years of misruling the economy and the society in general, and need a foreign enemy to direct people's wrath at. It is an old trick. One can hope that the not-yet-formed opposition can make them seem as ridiculous as they are.
Personally, I think they will be perfectly contented with a cold war, enlivened now and then by a little hot war in the periphery (Palestine, perhaps Iran). They know fucking well that a hot war between great powers would end the human civilization. But they are stupid enough to believe they can go on with brinkmanship forever.
I believe tabloids were a frequent weapon also in the cold war of the 50s. So they have used it before. And found it workable.
What should the miserable EU politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen do? They are intensely unpopular, after 30-40 years of misruling the economy and the society in general, and need a foreign enemy to direct people's wrath at. It is an old trick. One can hope that the not-yet-formed opposition can make them seem as ridiculous as they are.
Personally, I think they will be perfectly contented with a cold war, enlivened now and then by a little hot war in the periphery (Palestine, perhaps Iran). They know fucking well that a hot war between great powers would end the human civilization. But they are stupid enough to believe they can go on with brinkmanship forever.