Europe

The fear of power

11.11.2024

Authoritarian democracies, as ours proved to be during the Covid flu epidemic, as well as tyrannies, deliberately instill fear in their subjects to keep them in a state of awe. Fear is a primary reaction common to all humans and animals, with an indispensable function of adaptation to the environment.

Is European Parliament a war council?

02.10.2024

When the European Union as a political institution was established on 1 November 1993 with the Maastricht Treaty, following the already established European Common Market, the intention to make it a political prosthesis of the will of the United Kingdom and the United States of America was unequivocal. In fact, the respective political and military leaders participated in the foundation, in particular the then leaders of NATO, a military entity that was the necessary precondition for the ‘New World’ to control the ‘Old World’.

Common good, common goods (Part 1)

02.10.2024

The Festival of the Italian Distributist Movement, committed to disseminating the economic thought of the great Catholic writer Gilbert K. Chesterton, is being held in Bergamo. It is an opportunity to reflect on a central concept of the author of The Tales of Father Brown and his companion Hilaire Belloc, the dioscuri of Distributism. 

Appeal to a President

12.09.2024

The Russian intervention in Ukraine was the result of a trap set by the West to force the Kremlin into choices that in Western plans should have led to Russia's defeat and ultimate submission. But reality often differs from our expectations and Russia has instead shown uncommon and heroic resistance. At the start of the Special Military Operation, the big boys of the West (sic) and their pimps rubbed their hands in anticipation of a victory that was already improbable at the time and now seems increasingly unlikely. Others, on the other hand, have stood up and continue to do so, loudly denouncing the dangers of the crisis before our eyes and the existential threat that has pushed Russia into action.