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By the writer of The Darkish Secrets and techniques of Survival
Too many issues are occurring to me personally and worldwide, so this text may look to you want ranting and even blabbing, however I see it as my very own reactions to occasions and my very own tackle that occasion from the earlier perspective. So…
1.“Previous wh*re“ with a violin
Not too many occasions within the final years introduced so many reactions as the newest presidential election ends in the US. I’m speaking about reactions in Europe(EU).
You might conclude, primarily based on these reactions, that the gates of hell opened and demons gonna assault Europe, or rain of fireplace gonna fall on it as a result of People elected their president.
The information is stuffed with reactions and eventualities of the way forward for Europe now that Trump has gained, and what strikes me most is the image being portrayed the place media and large pictures in Europe act like they’re one of many states within the US. They act like they acted for many years, absolutely depending on the US for something that’s actually necessary, and now when somebody from the opposite aspect tells the reality in a method, “I’m not paying or cleansing your sh*t anymore,” Europe is form of stunned and insulted.
We ( who’re in Europe geographically however not within the EU, who’re like on the margin on it) felt the hypocrisy of the EU many occasions, and we’ve been saying that Europe is an outdated mendacity wh*re.
So, Europe will develop, have ties with everybody, deliver its personal army energy to ruins, and make investments that cash in one thing else…however on the similar time, it can really feel insulted when somebody from the US says, “It’s a must to defend your self, I’m not doing that for you or paying for that.”
It’s like two brothers dwelling in a harmful neighborhood. One is investing in his violin, and courses of violin taking part in, as a result of he needs to enhance himself within the arts. The opposite brother is investing in weapons and expertise, and he’s defending each of them, to maintain each of them safe for years.
After which one-day the weapons-investing brother says, “It’s sufficient. It’s a must to spend money on your individual weapon, expertise, and protection.”
Effectively, now you could have solely your violin, and you’re a virtuoso in violin taking part in in a really harmful neighborhood.
Is Trump’s election gonna have repercussions on the state of affairs within the EU? In fact, it can.
Large.
Who’s at fault for that? Undoubtedly the outdated mendacity (unprepared) wh*re. Wh*re with violin.
So, for all whining EU massive pictures…develop up and settle for actuality: these usually are not your elections, not your president!
EU is plagued with infinite discussions and animosities between itself (members), privileged components of societies, its personal definitions of democracy, and a sick understanding of liberties and rights (or the absence of these).
Europe as we all know it, or as we need to realize it, is dying if it ever existed in any respect. Europe that’s coming is just not gonna be good.
2.East vs. West…Ukraine
Battle in Ukraine, in its bigger image, is being portrayed as a conflict between the East and the West.
The West, in essence, doesn’t perceive how the East works. The East has (I’m there, and was “East“ within the closest time period) a historical past of arduous occasions. A really latest historical past of arduous occasions. Folks keep in mind arduous occasions, the communist system, meals rationing, secret police terror, and so forth and so forth.
The typical Russian has lived or has a father who lived within the Soviet Union, stripped of all the things that the common EU citizen or EU citizen father had. The typical Russian is rather more ready to reside in conflict situations than the common EU citizen.
The principle factor right here is phrase “length.”
The EU alone is just not able to serving to with the conflict in Ukraine for too lengthy of a time. After a really brief time, the EU (of us within the EU, public opinion, majority, name it what you want) will need their violin again. They aren’t prepared for conflict. They’ll need facilities of the great life, and most of them will need to neglect Ukraine, to show their heads to the opposite aspect. “We would like our violins again.”
To not point out that the EU is just not able to taking a extra lively function in that conflict for an extended time frame as a result of the pool of individuals eager to struggle there may be positively extra petite and fewer prepared than the pool in Russia.
Programs are totally different, histories are totally different, or, for instance, the coffins with useless troopers coming again residence have totally different results in Russia and the EU.
The EU with out the US doesn’t have an excessive amount of probability, and who in charge for that? Learn above once more.
3. People
Now, to comply with all of the above about “not my elections,” I’ll restrain myself from an excessive amount of commenting on it, aside from to say that a number of the media work throughout the marketing campaign and lengthy earlier than jogged my memory of hate and conflict media right here in Balkans. That alone exhibits me how heated the state of affairs is there.
With concern, hate, polarization, and dehumanization, all the things is feasible. It has occurred earlier than in historical past, and it will probably (will ) occur once more.
The American media actually heated issues and continues to take action.
By watching the media, you possibly can conclude that there are two reverse sides, sure, but additionally two sides which might be nearly able to struggle with one another over fallacious automobile stickers, hats, opinions…
From the prepper aspect, don’t get mesmerized with occasions from the massive circle solely (elections, world state of affairs) and neglect to concentrate to your individual small circle occasions ( household, metropolis…).
By paying an excessive amount of consideration to massive occasions, you may miss small however necessary issues that may have greater affect on you as soon as when SHTF.
Keep ready!
What are your ideas?
What do you consider this? Do you suppose Selco is appropriate about why the EU is so upset about Trump’s victory? What are your individual ideas about American ties with Europe, Russia, and Ukraine?
Let’s focus on it within the feedback part.
About Selco:
Selco survived the Balkan conflict of the 90s in a metropolis below siege, with out electrical energy, working water, or meals distribution.
In his on-line works, he offers an inside view of the truth of survival below the harshest situations. He opinions what works and what doesn’t, tells you the arduous classes he discovered, and shares how he prepares at present.
He by no means stopped studying about survival and preparedness for the reason that conflict. No matter what occurs, likelihood is you’ll by no means expertise excessive conditions as Selco did. However you could have the possibility to be taught from him and the way he confronted loss of life for months.
Actual survival is just not romantic or idealistic. It’s brutal, arduous, and unfair. Let Selco take you into that world.
