The conflicts and contradictions of the European Union are explained, in particular the manner in which its monetary policy breaks the treaties of the Union. Populists and nationalist reactions in the "north" are explained in this context. The episode ends with a poem by W.B.Yeats The Second Coming:
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Part B will follow in the next episode which examines the centripetal and centrifugal forces acting on the EU government and the member states. It will examine the idea that contrary to the centralising tendency of the EU government it might be that the abandoning of the Euro (and therefore the currency union) is the only way of saving the European Union.
References:
1.The Bitcoin Standard (2018) by Saifdean Ammous. especially chapters 4-7;
2. The blog of Tuomas Malinen on the www.gnseconomics.com website; also youtube videos;
3. Fredrick Hayek’s classic 1944 book: The Road to Serfdom.
S2 Ep82. Jung and the Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation
S2 Ep81. The Turning of the Year
S2 Ep80. Answer to Job. Part 8. Appraisal.
S3 Ep32. Respuesta a Job Parte 9. Relevancia al mundo moderno. Spanish language series
S2 Ep79. Answer to Job. Part 7. Questions and Responses.
S3 Ep31. Respuesta a Job. Parte 8. Valoración crítica. Spanish language series
S2 Ep78 Answer to Job. Part 6. God wants to create humanity ... but not quite
S3 Ep30. Respuesta a Job Parte 7. ¿Hay una explicación en la historia judaica y cristiana para la literatura apocalíptica? Spanish language series.
S2 Ep77. Jung’s Answer to Job. Part 5. The Contemporary Apocalypse.
S2 Ep76. Answer to Job. Part 4. The Dark Side of the Creator
S3 Ep29. Jung y la Respuesta a Job. Parte 6. ¿Un Verdadero Apocalipsis? Spanish language series
S2 Ep75. Jung’s Answer to Job. Part 3. The Drama between Mankind and God.
S3 Ep28. Jung y la Respuesta a Job. Parte 5. Dios quiere entrar la humanidad. Spanish language series.
S2 Ep74. Jung’s Answer to Job. Part 2. Jung’s Different Voices.
S2 Ep73. Exploration of Jung’s Answer to Job. Part 1. The Background.
S3 Ep27. Jung y la Respuesta a Job. Parte 4. El lado oscuro de Dios. Spanish language series.
S2 Ep72. Banishment from Eden and Emergence of Consciousness. The Spiritual Crisis of our Time. Part 15
S3 Ep26. Jung y la Respuesta a Job. Parte 3. El drama entre Dios y la humanidad. Spanish language series
S2 Ep71. The Fall from the Garden of Eden. Spiritual Crisis of our Time Part 14
S2 Ep70. The Transition from the Great Mother to the Patriarchy. The Spiritual Crisis of our Time. Part 13.
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