{"id":121899,"date":"2022-06-27T08:06:47","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T12:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=121899"},"modified":"2022-06-27T08:06:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T12:06:47","slug":"the-end-of-the-european-colonial-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=121899","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>The End of the European Colonial Powers<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Tyranny of Physics<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-121900\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Clown-World-With-Nukes.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"816\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Clown-World-With-Nukes.webp 816w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Clown-World-With-Nukes-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Clown-World-With-Nukes-768x510.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tom Luongo<br \/>\nGold Goats &#8216;n Guns<\/p>\n<p>I sat down last weekend for a long chat with Alexander Mercouris of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theduran.locals.com\/\">The Duran\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@cryptorich:e\">Crypto Rich<\/a>\u00a0to discuss the rapidly evolving situation in Europe. Long time readers know that I\u2019ve been handicapping the collapse of the European Union for years.<\/p>\n<p>That idea isn\u2019t based on my personal antipathy for Eurotrash commies and eugenicists, though it is quite large. In fact, the deeper we go into 2022 the more that antipathy rises to near unquenchable levels. The sheer arrogance and stupidity of Europe\u2019s leadership is nothing short of breathtaking.<\/p>\n<p>Today we are looking at a situation where an entire continent\u2019s leadership is in the process of committing ritualistic suicide and yet is obsessed with portraying these self-inflicted wounds to the world as Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s fault.<\/p>\n<p>A common trait among all malignant narcissists is the inability to take any responsibility for their own actions, seeking to always shift blame onto someone else. You see this behavior in children. And it only manifests itself in adulthood because the parents refused to put any boundaries on the child or inflict any consequences on them.<\/p>\n<p>Look at Europe\u2019s leaders today and to a person, man or woman, there is not one shred of self-reflection or contrition. The problem is just as endemic here amongst the\u00a0<em>Davos<\/em>-affiliated American leadership. Fungal President Joe Biden keep yammering on about the \u201cPutin Price Hike\u201d or blaming oil companies for not being patriotic enough to keep gas and diesel prices affordable for nearly every American.<\/p>\n<p>But it was just a few weeks ago where these same people were telling us that we had to endure slightly higher prices at the pump to starve Russia and defend Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Biden and his party apparatchiks simply can\u2019t give this idea up as we\u2019re now just over four months to the mid-term elections.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=tfl1728&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1539673078992601088&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftomluongo.me%2F2022%2F06%2F23%2Fmedia-the-end-of-the-european-colonial-powers-the-tyranny-of-physics%2F&amp;partner=tfwp&amp;sessionId=d4055ebd70e8cb5e053dadcda9b33490398dacac&amp;siteScreenName=TFL1728&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=b45a03c79d4c1%3A1654150928467&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1539673078992601088\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>I already told you what the real cost at the pump is all about, RINs, renewable offset blending credits, which are strangling small refiners.<\/p>\n<p>But in Europe the real story is beyond comprehension. It can be summed up in the following meme:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14663 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomluongo.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-7.png?resize=491%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomluongo.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-7.png?w=491&amp;ssl=1 491w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomluongo.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-7.png?resize=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomluongo.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-7.png?resize=102%2C150&amp;ssl=1 102w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomluongo.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-7.png?resize=55%2C80&amp;ssl=1 55w\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"720\" data-attachment-id=\"14663\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tomluongo.me\/2022\/06\/23\/media-the-end-of-the-european-colonial-powers-the-tyranny-of-physics\/image-7-18\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomluongo.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-7.png?fit=491%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"491,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomluongo.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-7.png?fit=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomluongo.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-7.png?fit=491%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>And yet if you listen to Europe\u2019s leadership what are they talking about? Expanding NATO to include Finland and Sweden. Backing Lithuania\u2019s disastrous blockade of overland goods into Kaliningrad, in clear violation of that country\u2019s treaty with Russia. The EU parliament and the leaders of France, Germany, and Italy all backing Ukraine\u2019s invitation into the bloc.<\/p>\n<p>These are all to which Russia will correctly respond with shifting its exports East rather than West and put paid Putin\u2019s words from his speech at SPIEF 2022 last week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cThe European Union has lost its political sovereignty, and its bureaucratic elites are dancing to someone else\u2019s tune, doing everything they are told from on high and hurting their own people, economies, and businesses.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The whole speech is worth your time and the best highlight reel\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stackhodler\/status\/1539888526589820929\">is this Twitter thread<\/a>, not for what it implies for crypto, as the author implies, but for humanity in general. Debt is a slave\u2019s system. It\u2019s not real wealth, only the pretense of wealth.<\/p>\n<p>The big takeaway is exactly what I\u2019ve been talking about on this blog for years: The end of sovereign debt as the basis for global reserves. The world will move, quickly, towards a commodity-backed monetary standard, where some form of discipline will be enforced on governments, who are torching their credibility by the day, because of reality.<\/p>\n<p>Real wealth is in things which sustain your life.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually physics and the limitations of time catch up with every central planner and their grand dreams of global domination. The tyranny they decry isn\u2019t racism, a lack of tolerance or even tribalism, it is simply math and the physics of energy production.<\/p>\n<p>That is Putin\u2019s big crime, reminding everyone of this basic fact.<\/p>\n<p>The narcissists who try to blame him for their woes will never admit they were wrong. They would rather continue manipulating events to steer the world towards the unthinkable blaming him and us for not bowing to their wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to them carefully and all you will hear is, \u201cIt\u2019s not my fault!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it is.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the chats, enjoy:<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@cryptorich:e\/THE-EU-KILLS-ITSELF-1:8\">The EU Kills Itself Part 1<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@cryptorich:e\/THE-EU-KILLS-ITSELF-2:8\">The EU Kills Itself Part 2<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@cryptorich:e\/uk-on-the-ropes-has-it-ever-been-this:c\">The UK On the Ropes<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tomluongo.me\/2022\/06\/23\/media-the-end-of-the-european-colonial-powers-the-tyranny-of-physics\/\">https:\/\/tomluongo.me\/2022\/06\/23\/media-the-end-of-the-european-colonial-powers-the-tyranny-of-physics\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tyranny of Physics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}