Behemoth’s Unresolved Simplexities!
Magic Meloni’s salto mortale of migration made in Italy only?
– #Verbalised Unease Versed at Random –
Sweet dreams are made of this / Who am I to disagree / I travel the world and the seven seas / Everybody's looking for something / Sweet dreams are made of this / Who am I to disagree / I travel the world and the seven seas (Eurythmics, Sweet Dreams)
It’s quite strange ... Sweet dreams[1] turned out being a bit of a Nightmare ... human fear turned hate ... materialising in a Mycorrhizal[2] Monster ... global subscription ... infesting everyone‘s state of humanity, turning mankind into a Gigantic Juggernaut made of poisonous tar.
|06:00| ... I got you babe[3] ... .
Welcome to my nightmare / I think you're gonna like it / I think you're gonna feel you belong / A nocturnal vacation / A necessary sedation / You wanna feel at home 'cause you belong (Alice Cooper, Welcome to my Nightmare)
[What’n odd introduction.]
It’s quite strange ... Taylor Swift seems to’ve known, why things are so lyrically ... sorry ... literally complicated.
It’s quite strange ... too many celebrities and commoners residing in the priviledged world’s Western Hemisphere ... getting lost in (their) achy breaky relationships ... foregoing, what's going on in the World ... impacting their lives to a much greater extent than their flat-Earthed squeaks could suggest altogether.
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire / The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire / The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire / We don't need no water, let the motherfucker burn / Burn motherfucker, burn (Bloodhound Gang, Fire Water Burn)
It’s quite strange ... weeps, worries and fears always keep on growing as long as the’re remaining arrested in one’s Subconsciousness.
It’s quite strange ... Great Transition[4] ... reviving Cold War[5] ... Democracy under Threat[6] ... airhead-infested social Media[7].
It’s quite strange ... what’s been going on in Europe/the United States of America[8].
It’s quite strange ... Displacements to the Desert Inn[9] ... Slum Tourism[10] ... Salvini’s Shipping Cost[11] ... Mexican Borderline-Syndrome[12].
It’s quite strange ... don’t you think, Messrs Neumann[13] ... Dahrendorf[14] ... Habermas[15]?!
We hold from God the gift which includes all others. This gift is life — physical, intellectual, and moral life. But life cannot maintain itself alone. The Creator of life has entrusted us with the responsibility of preserving, developing, and perfecting it. In order that we may accomplish this, He has provided us with a collection of marvelous faculties. And He has put us in the midst of a variety of natural resources. By the application of our faculties to these natural resources we convert them into products, and use them. This process is necessary in order that life may run its appointed course. Life, faculties, production — in other words, individuality, liberty, property — this is man. And in spite of the cunning of artful political leaders, these three gifts from God precede all human legislation, and are superior to it. Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place. (Frédéric Bastiat, The Law)
It’s quite strange ... Conflicts, Crises and Wars of developing and emerging economies, forcing[16] countless People into developed countries, overwhelming these Nations‘ citizens lingually, interculturally, socially and ethically.
It’s quite strange ... men going somewhere, leaving their wives and children at Home; women going nowhere, remaining in Agony and Despair; children dying the Day after being born; child soldiers finding pleasure in Massacre.
It’s quite strange ... Tourism and Business of developed countries environmentally and industrially overburdening people in developing and emerging Economies.
It’s quite strange ... industrialised countries driving their Holidaymakers into conflict-, crisis- and war-ridden countries, suggesting those could continue expecting increasing revenues on Tourism.
It’s quite strange ... citizens of conflict-, crisis- and war-ridden States flooding nations in Europe and North America, welcoming their host countries’s governmental budgets increasingly being devoted to migration and immigration at the expense of other pivotal Budget Quotas.
What, then, is law? It is the collective organisation of the individual right to lawful defence. Each of us has a natural right — from God — to defend his person, his liberty, and his property. These are the three basic requirements of life, and the preservation of any one of them is completely dependent upon the preservation of the other two. For what are our faculties but the extension of our individuality? And what is property but an extension of our faculties? If every person has the right to defend even by force — his person, his liberty, and his property, then it follows that a group of men have the right to organise and support a common force to protect these rights constantly. Thus the principle of collective right — its reason for existing, its lawfulness — is based on individual right. And the common force that protects this collective right cannot logically have any other purpose or any other mission than that for which it acts as a substitute. (Frédéric Bastiat, The Law)
It’s quite strange ... Dictators of Totalitarian Regimes starting wars against their own people or other nations, sustainably burdening the world community, leaving democratically governed countries bearing the intangible consequences and material costs of these Despots Tyranny.
It’s quite strange ... Democratic Countries bearing the burden of externalised totalitarianism at the expense of their own Liberal Democratic Constitution, Ethos and Humanity.
If a nation were founded on this basis, it seems to me that order would prevail among the people, in thought as well as in deed. It seems to me that such a nation would have the most simple, easy to accept, economical, limited, nonoppressive, just, and enduring government imaginable — whatever its political form might be. (Frédéric Bastiat, The Law)
It’s quite strange ... Dictatorship gaining sovereignty; Democracy attaining fragility.
But, unfortunately, law by no means confines itself to its proper functions. And when it has exceeded its proper functions, it has not done so merely in some inconsequential and debatable matters. The law has gone further than this; it has acted in direct opposition to its own purpose. The law has been used to destroy its own objective: It has been applied to annihilating the justice that it was supposed to maintain; to limiting and destroying rights which its real purpose was to respect. The law has placed the collective force at the disposal of the unscrupulous who wish, without risk, to exploit the person, liberty, and property of others. It has converted plunder into a right, in order to protect plunder. And it has converted lawful defence into a crime, in order to punish lawful defence. (Frédéric Bastiat, The Law)
It’s quite strange ... Injustice calling herself justice; Justice being labelled injustice.
Self-preservation and self-development are common aspirations among all people. And if everyone enjoyed the unrestricted use of his faculties and the free disposition of the fruits of his labour, social progress would be ceaseless, uninterrupted, and unfailing. But there is also another tendency that is common among people. When they can, they wish to live and prosper at the expense of others. This is no rash accusation. Nor does it come from a gloomy and uncharitable spirit. The annals of history bear witness to the truth of it: the incessant wars, mass migrations, religious persecutions, universal slavery, dishonesty in commerce, and monopolies. This fatal desire has its origin in the very nature of man — in that primitive, universal, and insuppressible instinct that impels him to satisfy his desires with the least possible pain. (Frédéric Bastiat, The Law)
It’s quite strange ... ever more people welcoming Vulgar Display of Power; even fewer folks coming to terms with Violence.
Law is justice. And it would indeed be strange if law could properly be anything else! Is not justice right? Are not rights equal? By what right does the law force me to conform to the social plans of Mr. Mimerel, Mr. de Melun, Mr. Thiers, or Mr. Louis Blanc? If the law has a moral right to do this, why does it not, then, force these gentlemen to submit to my plans? Is it logical to suppose that nature has not given me sufficient imagination to dream up a utopia also? Should the law choose one fantasy among many, and put the organised force of government at its service only? (Frédéric Bastiat, The Law)
It’s quite strange ... where once there was Law, no one‘s wanting to be present any longer.
It’s quite strange ... Unlawfulness reigning, no one wanting to account for it.
Law is justice. And it is under the law of justice — under the reign of right; under the influence of liberty, safety, stability, and responsibility — that every person will attain his real worth and the true dignity of his being. It is only under this law of justice that mankind will achieve — slowly, no doubt, but certainly — God's design for the orderly and peaceful progress of humanity. (Frédéric Bastiat, The Law)
It’s quite strange ... once there was Humaneness, now there‘s no human being holding position.
It’s quite strange ... where there is Necrophilia, everyone’s being too busy now to be taking the guilt.
And does not experience prove this? Look at the entire world. Which countries contain the most peaceful, the most moral, and the happiest people? Those people are found in the countries where the law least interferes with private affairs; where government is least felt; where the individual has the greatest scope, and free opinion the greatest influence; where administrative powers are fewest and simplest; where taxes are lightest and most nearly equal, and popular discontent the least excited and the least justifiable; where individuals and groups most actively assume their responsibilities, and, consequently, where the morals of admittedly imperfect human beings are constantly improving; where trade, assemblies, and associations are the least restricted; where labour, capital, and populations suffer the fewest forced displacements; where mankind most nearly follows its own natural inclinations; where the inventions of men are most nearly in harmony with the laws of God; in short, the happiest, most moral, and most peaceful people are those who most nearly follow this principle: Although mankind is not perfect, still, all hope rests upon the free and voluntary actions of persons within the limits of right; law or force is to be used for nothing except the administration of universal justice. (Frédéric Bastiat, The Law)
It’s quite strange ... this spirit of age[17].
In the deserts of Sudan / And the gardens of Japan / From Milan to Yucatán / Every woman, every man / Hit me with your rhythm stick / Hit me, hit me / Je t'adore, ich liebe dich Hit me, hit me, hit me (Ian Dury and The Blockheads, Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick)
It’s quite strange ... the Spirit has come of age.
Frame of Reference
Telegramme: Rien Ne Vas Plus, Niger
Great Global Grasp
[1] Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (Official Video) - YouTube
[2] Mycorrhizal network (Wikiped)
[3] I Got You, Babe - Groundhog Day - YouTube
[4] Dilemmas of the Great Transition - A Tentative Catalogue (harvard.edu)
[5] Avoiding a New 'Cold War' - The Future of EU-Russia Relations in the Context of the Ukraine Crisis (mercator.de)
[6] The Intangibles and Imponderables of the Transition to Democracy on JSTOR ––– Democracy Under Threat (Google Books)
[7] Why Do Right-Wing Populists Find So Much Appeal in Mass Media? | The Dahrendorf Forum (dahrendorf-forum.eu) ––– related: Paleontologist Trevor Valle Debunks "Dinosaurs Never Existed" Conspiracy - YouTube ––– Joe Rogan & Lawrence Krauss on why Flat-earthers exist - YouTube ––– Joe Rogan & Lawrence Krauss on Wanting to Believe - YouTube
[8] The Rise of Right-wing Populism in Europe and the United States - A Comparative Perspective (fes.de)
[9] 'They want to kill us': Refugees left stranded in Tunisian desert speak of their despair (lemonde.fr)
[10] Opposites: Slum tourism (Wikiped) ––– Tourists & their Negative Impact on the Country (ivint.org) ––– Impact of tourism development upon environmental sustainability: a suggested framework for sustainable ecotourism - PMC (nih.gov) ––– Sustainability | Free Full-Text | The Impact of Tourism Quality on Economic Development and Environment: Evidence from Mediterranean Countries (mdpi.com) ––– Pro-Poor Tourism, Harnessing the World’s Largest Industry for the World’s Poor (iied.org) ––– Tourism in the Developing World, Promoting Peace and Reducing Poverty (usip.org) ––– Tourism an important force to reduce poverty and foster global solidarity – UN | UN News
[11] Italy's Matteo Salvini shuts ports to migrant rescue ship - BBC News
[12] Trump wall (Wikiped) ––– The Wall: The real costs of a barrier between the United States and Mexico | Brookings ––– Trump's 'unclimbable' border wall is taking a grim toll - The Washington Post
[13] Behemoth; the structure and practice of national socialism 1933-1944 : Neumann, Franz L. (Franz Leopold), 1900-1954 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
[14] Why Do Right-Wing Populists Find So Much Appeal in Mass Media? | The Dahrendorf Forum (dahrendorf-forum.eu) ––– by analogy: DEREX INDEX: According to sociologist Ralf Dahrendorf, “It will take six months to reform the political systems, six years to change the economic systems, and sixty years to effect a revolution in the peoples’ hearts and minds.” His words are yet again proved by the recent news of rising demand for the extreme right all over Europe. This claim is also supported by the findings of the Political Capital Institute’s Demand for Right-Wing Extremism Index (DEREX Index), which measures and compares people’s predisposition towards far right politics in 33 countries using data from the European Social Survey. Demand for Right-Wing Extremism Index tracks changes in those social attitudes that can destabilise the democratic political systems of Europe. ––– by reverse analogy: Project MUSE - Making Amends After Communism (jhu.edu): Not long after the Berlin Wall fell, Ralf Dahrendorf observed that it would take six months to reform the political systems in Eastern Europe, six years to change the economic systems, and sixty years to effect a revolution in people’s hearts and minds. Dahrendorf probably borrowed his line about hearts and minds from Tomá s Masaryk; what is being cited is something close to what the American social critic Michael Novak means by “moral culture.”
[15] How To Pull The Ground From Under Right-wing Populism (socialeurope.eu)
[16] UNHCR - Refugee Statistics ––– These 10 countries receive the most refugees | NRC ––– Forced Displacements, Figures at a glance | UNHCR ––– Figures at a glance | UNHCR ––– Migration and migrant population statistics - Statistics Explained (europa.eu) ––– Drivers of migration (un.org) ––– Migration Is What You Make It - Seven Policy Decisions that Turned Challenges into Opportunities cgdev.org) ––– Strategic Foresight Towards 2035, Making Migration and Integration Policies Future Ready (oecd.org) ––– The determinants of international migration (ilo.org)
[17] Italy, just a case in point?: Migration and the rise of populism: how closely related are they? – Vues d'Europe (vuesdeurope.eu) ––– Transformation of Right-Wing Populism in Italy in 2018−2022: From Sovereignism to Patriotism - PMC (nih.gov) ––– The Main Roots of Italian Populism – TruLies Europe (trulies-europe.de) ––– Italy’s Far-Right and the Migration Debate: Implications for Europe | IAI Istituto Affari Internazionali ––– Italy: Immigration and the evolution of populism - ScienceDirect ––– Italy has won migration. It’s aiming for Europe next – POLITICO ––– How the Italian radical right has framed immigration during the pandemic | EUROPP (lse.ac.uk) ––– How a Far-Right Victory in Italy Might Ripple Through the EU - Carnegie Europe - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ––– Has Immigration Contributed to the Rise of Rightwing Extremist Parties in Europe (ifo.de) ––– Enquiry into Europe's right wing turn due to immigration ––– Breaking Point: How Migrant Crises Have Influenced the Rise of Far-Right Parties in Italy, Germany, and the UK (fordham.edu)