Zbigniew Piekarski says that the WSE's value will soar only if the public quickly
Many individuals are hoping that membership in the EU will lift inward investment in Poland and that the WSE will soar in value and that fortunes will be made. This will only happen if our solution is adopted immediately.
After WWII, the "Inner Circle" of ruling families of Europe made a pact. They decided that it was time to stop slaughtering their own relatives and start to co-operate in order to benefit from the USA and the Marshall Plan.
The path was set by Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, which created the Benelux Union in 1947. Its prime purpose was the laundering of US dollars siphoned off from the reconstruction of Germany.
France, Germany and Italy took over the Benelux Union in 1953 and formed the "Common Market." By implying that this was a "market," the elite of Europe kept the American money flowing in as the Americans thought that it was designed to improve the living standards of the masses.
The ruling families of Europe were determined to maintain their feudalistic system and its restrictive philosophy based on power. You gained power first and then used that power to acquire money as to stop others from doing so.
The egalitarian philosophy of the New World was different. There you acquired money first and, if you were successful and if you wanted to, then you could attain power.
Understanding this key difference will explain why Italy became a founding member. Its ruling families had perfected the art of "pureaucracy" where positions are based on patronage and personal fiefdoms. In order to obtain rewards, you just turn up for a couple of hours a month. Luxembourg had to be there - secret bank accounts.
The "Common Market" kept the dollars flowing and gave substance to the co-operation of the elites by locating the centres of "administration" in three cities: Strasbourg, Brussels and Luxembourg City.
In the 1960s when France lost Algeria, the problems increased. The new influx of bureaucrats was substantial, and a devious plan was formed. Those in the know would buy derelict farms and would then be supported by handouts. This is one of the main reasons why Charles De Gaulle initially refused Britain entry.
Britain, Ireland and Denmark were allowed in in 1973, well after they could influence the "Un-Common Agricultural Policy" in which less than 5% of the population benefited from more than 40% of the entire EU budget, and cows earned $2.20 per day - 88% more than most of the poor in the world who earn $1.17 a day.
Since France had secured its share of the spoils, Germany had to as well. As the wealth of the Germans increased, they wanted their holidays in the sun. France guarded her Mediterranean coastline and did not want to be reminded of Petain and Nazi collaborators.
Soon Spain (allowed to join in 1986 along with Portugal) was full of motorways, and the standards of WCs improved as German and British pensioners started to live there. Spain was allowed to indiscriminately plunder the seas and deprive future generations of fish in return.
Greece (1981) was a "special" case. The ruling families had to preserve their fictitious "cultural heritage" and decided to grant it $750 per head, more than any other EU member.
And now we come to Poland.
Poland had lost its influence with the European ruling families as most of the elite perished both during and after the war.
However, the local ruling szlachta still adhered to the feudal philosophy of "power to get money," and it was acutely aware that organised systematic fraud had always been a part of large bureaucratic systems.
Therefore, it decided to get on board and upgrade from "The Order of the Brown Envelope" that it was so used to. This time it had to consult the masses and reverted to the First Law of Politics, which is "promise everything to everyone."
The szlachta knew that in order to "qualify", unpleasant measures would have to be taken, but now it could blame the EU. Once again, the populace was calmed by the promises of a better future provided that it sacrificed today.
Unfortunately, the First Law of Politics is in direct contradiction with the First Law of Economics which is "scarcity." Spain and Portugal had its weather and beaches to sell. Greece its culture and islands. What had Poland to sell that others wanted?
There was talk of Poland supplying cheap labour - but this has now stopped. China is cheaper, and Ikea has built all the factories that it needs on Polish soil. Poland can provide consumers, but what else that is in demand by the rest of Europe? According to the CIA - amphetamines.
Poland will be consigned to the role that has been her historical destiny - that of defending France and Germany from the massing hordes of the East.
As the economies of Germany, France and the rest fall into a depression, and the bloated bureaucracy consumes more money, there will be less to divide amongst more claimants.
In order for Poland to benefit from the EU, the immediate need is to mobilise the population and teach it how to claim EU grants.
Only by harnessing the famous national character trait of improvisation can the spending power of the majority increase, and this would, in turn, provide increased demand to stimulate the home economy and would make the WSE soar in value.
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