Saturday, December 8, 2018

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Les Déplorables Demand The Fall Of The Regime



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8 comments:

Unknown said...

The article referred to by Pat Lang was originally written by Ilargi at the Automatic Earth - Macron Heralds The End Of The Union

Konrad said...

Les Déplorables Demand The Fall Of The Regime

“The regime ordered 89,000 policemen onto the streets to counter any potential violence. 8,000 of them will be in Paris alone.” ~ Moon of Alabama (MoA)

The police began by preemptively “kettling” and arresting every yellow vest they saw. I presume that the victims were taken to special detention areas (e.g. sports stadiums) for processing. The victims will be fined, so that more money goes to the bankers who lend to France. The victims’ names will be entered into a database for continual monitoring. They will be told that if they are arrested again, they will be imprisoned for lengthy terms.

This will not stop the protests, since neoliberals will not stop their attack. And even if neoliberals did stop their attack, and even if Macron was purged, France could not stop bleeding, because of its trade deficit combined with the French government’s inability to create its own money.

At present France owes the bankers 4.7 trillion euros (USD $5.36 trillion). This is why Macron keeps increasing taxes, cutting pensions, and cutting social spending. It’s why Macron keeps letting France die.

Solution: DUMP THE EURO.

“A problem is that police are often the cause of riots. Dressed like storm troopers and angry after way too many hours on the street they tend to attack with much brutality even when calm defense would be more appropriate.” ~ MoA

Yes, there are many videos that show extreme police brutality against the protesters.

“The people are now demanding more measures like a reintroduction of the wealth tax which Macron had abolished in one of his first acts in power.” ~ MoA

For the USA a federal wealth tax is useless to the masses, since the U.S. government destroys tax revenue upon receipt. By contrast the French government is desperate for tax revenue (in order to keep paying the bankers). Therefore a wealth tax is necessary. Let the wealthy pay the bankers.

Konrad said...

US analysts: Russian electronic warfare systems deployed in Syria allow Assad to carry out chemical attacks

How exactly does this happen? Do electromagnetic fields cause chemical weapons fumes to spread farther and faster? Do they magically transform tear gas fumes into clouds of nerve gas? Do they make 100% invisible chlorine gas more invisible?

What nonsense.

The U.S. government spends trillions on toys (e.g. the F-35 jet) while Russia leads in electronic warfare, rendering American toys useless.

Konrad said...

Macron heralds the end of the union

“The concept of the EU might have worked if a never-ending economic boom could have been manufactured to guide it on its way.”

EU states are too different in size and in nature to ever be fully unified. This is especially the case with the euro-zone, where states that have trade surpluses (e.g. Germany) suck the life out of states that have trade deficits (e.g. Greece and France).

“There are 28 countries in the Union at this point, and one of them is already preparing to leave. There are 28 different cultures too, and almost as many languages. It was always going to be an uphill struggle, a hill far too steep for mere greed to master and conquer.”

When economies become fully financialized (as opposed to industrialized) the money masters always seek to make a quick killing, before moving on to the next host. They do this with corporations, stripping their assets and destroying them, and they do it with nations. Attach to a host, suck it dry, and flee to the next host. Therefore the money masters created the EU, knowing it could never survive for long.

“The main fault of the EU is that the biggest party always gets its way. The people that rule Germany de facto rule the 500 million of the Union. No important decision can or will ever be taken that Berlin does not agree with. Angela Merkel has been the CEO of Europe Inc. since 22 Nov 2005, gathering more power as time went by. That was never going to work unless she made everyone richer. Ask the Greeks about that one.”

Exactly.

“And on the other hand you have the Brussels elite, who continue to insist that Europe’s problems can only be solved with more Europe.”

THIS BRINGS US TO THE ESSENCE OF MACRON. France can never hope to economically compete with Germany, or even compete with the Netherlands. Every day France gets weaker, while Germany gets stronger. Therefore Macron tries to make France “important” by serving the elitists in Brussels, which Macron falsely imagines is a counterweight to Frankfurt. To serve Brussels, Macron clings to the euro currency. To keep the euro currency, Macron must continually borrow euros, since (unlike Germany) France has no euros coming in from a trade surplus. In order to pay France’s debt to the lenders, Macron must continually increase taxes, and continually reduce public spending.

In short, to make France “important,” Macron is making France commit suicide. Macron is an insane midget. A mad dwarf.

“Macron won his presidency last year solely because he ran against Marine Le Pen in the second round of the elections, and a vast majority on the French will never vote for her; they’ll literally vote for anyone else instead.”

Until mid-2017, French workers denied their pain enough to snobbishly condemn Marine Le Pen as a “Nazi.” Workers could afford to stupidly believe media lies about the so-called “far right” and “far left.” Workers could afford to ignore economic reality by championing things like #MeToo and “gay rights.”

Now, 18 months later, French workers can no longer afford to indulge in self-righteous bullshit about “Commies” and “Nazis” and “homophobes.” Workers can no longer afford to believe media lies about neoliberal “moderates” and “centrists.” Le Pen is now more popular than Macron.

Konrad said...

Al-Qaeda tricked West into War on Terror to create Middle East ‘Islamist structure’ – former member

Got it. Al Qaeda tricked the West into creating Al Qaeda to harass the Soviets in Afghanistan. Then Al Qaeda tricked the West into continually supporting Al Qaeda against governments that the West wants to destroy.

Likewise the Contras tricked the USA into creating the Contras to overthrow the Nicaraguan Sandinistas. Entities that did not exist tricked the West into creating them into existence.

Al Qaeda tricked the innocent West into creating the West’s War of Terror.

The clown who says this nonsense claims to be a former member of Al Qaeda who then became a James Bond-type agent for MI6.

This is why I say we must be on guard against RT just like the Western media outlets.

RT’s silliness sometimes rivals the Guardian’s.

Konrad said...

Ukraine's president poses with ‘elite’ paratrooper sporting…SS insignia

One guy in the photo sports the SS Totenkopf symbol, which the German military has used since 1815. He probably thinks it looks cool.

Where’s the rest of the “SS insignia”?

GLH said...

Konrad: "Al Qaeda tricked the West into creating Al Qaeda to harass the Soviets in Afghanistan. Then Al Qaeda tricked the West into continually supporting Al Qaeda against governments that the West wants to destroy.

Likewise the Contras tricked the USA into creating the Contras to overthrow the Nicaraguan Sandinistas. Entities that did not exist tricked the West into creating them into existence.

Al Qaeda tricked the innocent West into creating the West’s War of Terror."

Just give them time and they will realize that it wasn't Al Qaeda but Putin and Russia who did all of that. The sad part is not only that people read crap like that but that they believe it.

Konrad said...

"Just give them time and they will realize that it wasn't Al Qaeda but Putin and Russia who did all of that." ~ GLH

Speaking of “Russian did it,” Twitter is alight with people laughing at neocon warmonger Max Boot for his 15 June 2017 tweet: “To defeat populism, America needs its own Macron--a charismatic leader who can make centrism cool.”

So many people are ridiculing Boot’s idiocy about Macron that Boot says they are all Russian bots. If you question Boot’s nonsense about Russian bots, then you too are a Russian bot.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/08/france-online-extremists-put-centrism-torch/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.0f7415f2bc36