What's going on in Europe doesn't make sense.
If a King saw a mass migration (as big as we see now) coming, he would set up barriers, threaten violence, or send an army to intercept them as to keep them from coming inside the kingdom or perhaps even just kill them where they stand if they refuse to leave.
The reason? His incentive is to maintain his throne. To maintain the throne his father or mother once held, and their parents and so on and so forth. Also, if he were to lose the thrown he would be executed immediately (can't have a legitimate king organizing a resistance) as we have seen throughout history, shit even babies were killed to kill off lineage of the throne.
The point being, in a monarchy the power is consolidated..as well as the wealth. The King doesn't need outside money because he has all the money he could ever want or ask for (pretending its a rich nation, think USA, China, Japan or any other top 5 GDP countries) therefore any outside attempt to bribe him would be seen as a threat. Not saying it didn't happen in the past, but we know that Kings were wealthy enough to have "fuck you money" and as we have seen throughout history, they go to war.
As I have seen so far, all of these post-WW2 democracies lack one thing that is very common throughout history: War.
War is fought to achieve goals. Whether they are material, egotistical, ideological, or theological it doesn't much matter. Other options were exasperated or they figured war was easier than espionage or bribery.
There has been a disturbing lack of war between the developed nations ever since World War 2.
I mean real war. The war that gets called out and recognized by the governments and people on each side, the war that dominates news channels, newspapers, orators and however else news was passed along in ancient times.
Yes, all of these wars have been fought in ages past and disputes have been ironed out, but there are many that have not been ironed out or solved whatsoever.
Take Islam for example. What we are seeing today is nothing more than revenge for centuries past. They call us Crusaders, they openly declare war on our people and rape our women. They constantly say they will out breed us and take over, it's not just a few...it's many (preaching to the choir) , but the first thing a government that is not corrupt would is stop the invasion. Through violence is necessary.
Everyone responds to violence, that is why it has always been used and will always be used. Violence would stop the immigration immediately, this is a universal truth.
That being said, the fact that we have not seen any sort of response to the mass immigration, or a threat of military response against the migrants and the governments sending them here leads only one simple answer in my mind: corruption.
Yes..yes it's obvious to all of us that our democracies in the West are corrupted, the Republic in the USA is facing a crisis like we haven't faced before, and our governments sit idly by while people from other countries put pressure on us, the people they are supposed to serve.
They do not protect us because they do not serve us. When a democracy is created, the balance of power is distributed but the concentration of wealth is distributed as well.
A wealthier player can enter the game and buy up the smaller competition just like a large company does to a smaller company, they buy up smaller ones to consolidate their market share and gain greater control over the whole market.
Other nations that don't follow our rules, that are ruled by a true monarchy or ruling family (saudi arabia) can have more money than the richest of the rich in the USA at their disposal, allowing them to buy up the market in the USA.
The reason there hasn't been a violent response to this attack is corruption...as Goats we all know this but the word needs to get out. We're corrupt.
Politicians serving in the government should not be millionaire's after they've been in public service for years.
It seems...democracies are destined to become corrupt.
I suppose any type of government can become corrupt, are democracies just easier?
Fuck, am I crazy to think this?
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[–] MaunaLoona 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I tend to be more cynical. At the end of the 19th century the elites realized democracy was more profitable for them than monarchy or dictatorship. It took them 50 years and two world wars to convert all of Europe to democracy.
Every four or eight years you put someone else in power and let them loot the country for you. Keeps the peasants happy as they get to kick the bums out of office every election cycle.