That's the frame from populist in Europe to the fourth theory of Alexandre Dugin (the Putin whisperer). Imo there is not A folk and An Elite. The representative of the populist are mostly from the elite...
It's nothing to do with Dugin, and everything to do with Aristotle. The elite can promote the common good of their people, or they can act against the common good. And yes, if true populists come to power in Europe, they will form a new elite. The question is how they will rule.
Europa is guaranteed in this winter. LPG from the USA, the Norwegians deliver also gas (the explosion of the Norrdstream was-coincident or not- exactly when the near connection with Norway was laid.
Can its industries remain in operation and its people kept warm at the same time? We shall see. You put a lot more faith in the ruling class than me.
so with all the respect I prefer the knowledge society above the apparatsjik style of the Kremlin
You misunderstand my point. I don't think that an ever-expanding "knowledge sector" can or should replace productive labor or the harnessing of natural resources. First, labor has its own dignity, and skilled labor is the source of all higher culture. And technological know-how in truth belongs to the people, not to the cooperations that ship manufacturing & component processes abroad. Technologies should have their own AOC protection the same as wine or cheese. So if you're from Sancerre, you have ownership of the technologies of Sancerre. Second, all societies and states should strive toward self-sufficiency, especially continental states like the USA or continental unions like the EU. With the exception of certain rare minerals, Europe should be able to produce all that it requires, and when it runs into limits, it should devise technological solutions. That is how technique advances. And most of its people should be employed as engineers, technicians, farmers, engaged in real processes, not in the so-called "knowledge sector" or service sector or financial sector.
The West-Europeans will survive no doubts. WW2 was much more devastating...
I have to admit, a long winter of chaos and suffering sounds good in theory. Not sure if I would want to live through it myself.
Yes away with that "cnut collectivism" hunt it fare beyond the Ural as a vazal state of Xi's China. When they threw a few nukes on the Ukraine- can't stand loosing- then the BRIC is also adios. The gap with Europe will be greater and what Putin wanted to prevent wil happen NATO from Finland to the Ukraine.
That's why I said Russia's long term interest is with Germany. But in the short term, BRICS is supporting her.
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Conspiracy, conspiracy on the wall....who is the deepest of them all. Really hocus pocus for me .....
The US makes a helluva lot more sense as the Nordstream culprit than Russia.
However, if you want a more sophisticated theory, with multiple actors and factions, and with Davos as the true culprit, and the US as scapegoat, then read Tom Luongo's take ==
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/luongo-curious-whodunit-nordstreams-1-2
But regardless, nobody with any sense thinks that Russia blew up her own pipelines. That was the only non-military leverage she had.