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Friday, 25 November 2011

Happy sights, happy thoughts

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Don't get me wrong here, I'm not gloating. Well, to be honest actually I am gloating a bit, but not all that much. That partly because it's not happened yet and we should keep the champagne on ice until it does, and partly because I'm not philosophically opposed to the idea of single currencies or federalisation as such. I think living in a federation of competing states (with a small 's') has got a lot to be said for it providing they really are competing to attract citizens, and as far as I'm concerned people can do business in Altairian Dollars, Flanian Pobble Beads or the Triganic Pu, or even a single currency with a stupid name if they want, as long as both parties agree to it. What I find so objectionable about both the Euro and about EU federalism is the attempts to impose both on half a billion people whether they want them or not, and the lack of any real efforts to make either really worth wanting much.

The only note of caution I'd sound, and this is aside the view of the experts that the whole process is likely to be painful and bloody even for nations not directly connected, is that I suspect the death of the Euro will lay the grounds for the next battle. "We know what went wrong," they'll say. "We should have done it like the Americans did when the USA was born: political union first and monetary union second." Prepare yourselves, Europeans, because this might not be the beginning of the end, but just the end of the beginning.

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nisakiman · 696 weeks ago

"Prepare yourselves, Europeans, because this might not be the beginning of the end, but just the end of the beginning. "

I fear you are probably right. The faceless ones who hold the reins of power are sitting pretty. They have shitloads of money pumping into their accounts every month and they have the power to break countries. A heady mix, and not one to be given up lightly. You can rest assured that they will deploy every weapon in their armoury; they will fight tooth and nail to keep their show on the road. Collateral damage is assured.

It's the nature of the beast.
1 reply · active 695 weeks ago
Don't forget the technocrats. I don't doubt that they have noble motives, or most of them, but the road to hell is paved and all that. No matter, the main thing is that everyone is ready for the next round if/when the Euro dies.

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