A Letter to the Cousins

Our English correspondent Seneca III addresses his latest remarks to his American cousins.

A Letter to the Cousins

by Seneca III

On this side of the pond and then on over the ditch to Europe, there is increasing chaos. The political classes, the academics and the politicians we have elected are scrambling around and promoting this DEI excrement which has turned so much of our national socio-economic landscapes into moral wildernesses by selling out to these ‘new citizens’, the so called ‘immigrants’ and ‘refugees’ who are in fact illegally-entered black and brown criminals (mostly Muslim) from every failed country on earth. They are slowly and violently taking over the streets, public spaces and public transport across the continent.

Stabbings, street robberies, rape gangs and shootings are now an unwelcome integral part of our way of life, and parts of several major cities such as Londonistan, which is now minority white, are infested with dangerous no-go areas unsafe even in daylight. At night they become war zones where different factions, races and gangs fight it out for control. Europe, with a couple of notable exceptions, is much the same.

In Aberdeen, Shell’s headquarters were targeted today with orange paint as Just Stop Oil activists claimed responsibility. They seem not to understand that the Universe, even if only to the extent of the thirteen-billion-year time/distance limited horizons we can presently observe, is huge beyond our comprehension. It is deep, complicated, profoundly mysterious and interconnected in ways we do not yet understand… if we ever will. That Extinction Rebellion and its various analogues should presume to tell us how it works on our cosmological microscale and that we are responsible for perfectly natural events smacks of the destructive knee-jerk response of simple-minded children.

We still do not know if solar activity and climate are constructive partners or destructive antagonists, for our collective life span is too short compared with that of Mother Sun. Homo sapiens sapiens still has a long way to go to complete its evolution into Homo solaris and even further to Homo stellaris, but one wonders how those far-distant descendants of ours will look back and view the twitterings of these gullible drones so taken in by the great global warming/carbon tax scam.

With much time on my hands these days, this redneck from over the pond has used it to keep a beady eye on you guys and I have a subliminal feeling that a major geopolitical sea change is underway over there. It’s hard to pin down amidst the furore surrounding Trump, the November presidential election and what will happen after, but there are some clues to be found in these snippets I have picked up during my interweb meanderings:

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The Incredible Shrinking Dollar

Last night I posted a graph of the increase in US national debt. The recent ballooning of the debt makes the slope of the graph quite steep, and it will undoubtedly get even steeper.

Our national debt is currently said to be about $34.5 trillion. The latest population estimate I could find for the country is 331 million (the actual figure is probably several million higher than that, due to the huge influx of illegal immigrants in the last few years, but I’ll go with the official figure).

$34.5 trillion divided by 331 million people equals approximately $104,000 per man, woman, and child in the USA.

That figure includes minor children, welfare recipients, and officially acknowledged illegal immigrants, rather than actual taxpayers. I looked at the IRS website to get the number of people who file federal tax returns, and it’s roughly 162 million.

$34.5 trillion divided by 162 million taxpayers equals approximately $213,000 per taxpayer.

Mind you, that includes people who pay little or no tax. And the latter group includes rich people, who usually pay no more in tax than the average minimum-wage employee. Instead they pay a much smaller sum to accountants, and more importantly to lobbyists who make sure that Congress enacts the requisite tax loopholes. It’s a very cost-effective strategy if you’re in the top 1%.

In other words, the tax burden for repaying the national debt will be borne by middle-class taxpayers. I can’t give you an exact figure, but we know the average middle-class taxpayer would be on the hook for well over $213K.

And that’s just for the debt at its current level. Remember, it’s increasing at a rate of approximately $1 trillion every 100 days. That’s $3,021 per person, and an annual rate increase of $6,173 per person. If we just count the taxpayers, that’s an increase every year of $22,531 on the back of each taxpayer. And that’s assuming the rate of increase does not increase (the “delta squared”), which seems unlikely.

The upshot of all this is that the national debt will never be repaid. Productivity cannot possibly rise quickly enough to raise GDP to a level that would bring in enough tax money to pay off the debt.

There are only two possible ways to deal with the debt: (1) Repudiate it, or (2) Monetize it. #2 means printing more money, which is the current strategy. As more and more non-Western countries abandon using “the world’s reserve currency” to settle their trade deals, to keep the debt engine steaming along the USA has to lend the money to itself. That is, the Treasury issues bonds, and the Fed buys them. That’s the same as printing money.

The end result of #2 is hyperinflation, of which we are seeing the earliest signs.

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Canary in the German Coal Mine?

Continuing with the theme of “Post-Industrial Europe”, our Hungarian correspondent László sends this report on the decline of business conditions in Germany as experienced by a Hungarian entrepreneur.

Canary in the German Coal Mine?

by László

A Hungarian entrepreneur who currently runs his business in Germany says, in a viral video of 2.7m views, that he cannot really make a profit over there any more, so he’s decided to move back to Hungary. Which is quite something.

The Great Reset Impoverishment seems to proceed rather well in Europe.

Translation of the article of the Hungarian media outlet Mandiner:

A Hungarian entrepreneur is upset, says the German economy is in crisis, prefers to come home to Hungary (VIDEO)

The entrepreneur says the German economy will not “fall into recession”; it is already in recession.

February 22, 2024

In a video posted on social media, a Hungarian entrepreneur who has been living and working in Germany for years has voiced his dissatisfaction. The general consensus is that the state of the construction industry is an accurate measure of economic crises. It is precisely this sector that the Hungarian entrepreneur has now sharply criticised, detailing the negative aspects.

The man who made the video runs a large-scale painting company. At the beginning of the video, he explains that recently they were about to sign a framework contract for the painting of 80 flats in connection with a major construction project. However, in the video, he says that at today’s forint-euro exchange rate, they received a bid of 812 forints per square metre for two coats of paint, which he says is unacceptably low for the industry.

According to the contractor, it is getting to the point where Hungarian [contract] prices 20 years ago were even lower than German prices today.

In his view, since the start of the war, sanctions and the influx of Ukrainian migrant workers have driven prices down to the point where it is almost impossible for businesses like his to survive.

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Silvia Sardone: The Suicide of Europe

Silvia Sardone is an Italian MEP for the Lega (Matteo Salvini’s party). In the following video, Ms. Sardone points out the destructive absurdities of the “Green Deal” climate policies which are the current collective obsession of the European Union.

Many thanks to HeHa for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:

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“The Netherlands is in the Service of the Migrant”

The following video shows remarks made by a local politician for the FvD (Forum voor Democratie, Forum for Democracy) at a city council meeting in The Hague.

Here’s part of the introduction from RAIR Foundation:

Dutch politician Massimo Etalle from the Forum for Democracy party warned of the consequences of an ‘insane anti-Dutch policy,’ emphasizing the financial strain with ‘a gigantic tax burden of 60%’ to finance a ‘migrant resort,’ and lamented the loss of ‘centuries-old families’ due to government choices.

In a recent session at the Dutch city council of Den Haag (The Hague), a charged debate erupted over the issue of illegal immigration, igniting strong sentiments among political factions.

The discussion was instigated by concerns surrounding a new law mandating Den Haag to accommodate a significantly more significant number of asylum seekers, a decision met with widespread discontent among politicians and citizens alike.

Many thanks to Henk for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:

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Corrupt Governments Partnered With Corrupt Corporations — What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

The following video from the AUF1 TV channel in Germany discusses the recently concluded conference hosted by the World Economic Forum in Davos. The topic in focus is “public-private partnerships”, where gigantic global corporations get their financial tentacles into the affairs of formerly sovereign states.

Many thanks to Oz-Rita for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:

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German Money Printer Go Brrr

German Economics Minister Robert Habeck has proposed a solution for the country’s current economic woes: borrow more money to create a “special fund” so that subsidies for various groups can be increased. Seems like a good idea to me. What could possibly go wrong?

Many thanks to Hellequin GB for translating this article from Apollo News. The translator’s comments are in square brackets:

Habeck fantasizes about new trillion-dollar special assets — all financed with new debts

Economics Minister Habeck is causing outrage in the Bundestag. The Green Minister is fantasizing about a new special fund worth trillions using figures made out of thin air.

Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck spoke to the Bundestag on Thursday about the problems of the German economy. In response to considerable criticism from the opposition about the current dire economic situation, he then spoke of the possibility of another “special fund” to stimulate the German economy again. He knows “that a discussion about the debt brake is not right, given the current possibilities.” There is “maybe, but still a way to come together in this sense,” said Habeck in the direction of the Union faction. [What a word-salad this children’s book author can throw together.]

Habeck’s suggestion: “What if we introduced a special fund to solve the structural problems?” It seems to be Habeck’s new favorite word. If Germany has no money for its daring plans, then it will have to go through debts from a special fund.

The Economics Minister continued: “(A special fund) that then pays out with what the companies want: namely, through TaxCredit tax breaks, to create tax depreciation options.” That is what he is hearing from opposition circles and from the Liberals: “An Economic Opportunity Act times 10, maybe times 50, to move this country forward. What we need is a joint conversation.”

The already planned Growth Opportunities Act is currently stuck in the mediation committee between the Bundestag (Parliament) and the Bundesrat (Federal Council) because there is no agreement yet. The volume of this project is around €7 billion per year from 2024 and a total of over €32 billion in the next few years. An “Economic Opportunities Act times 50”, as Habeck calls for, would be a financial mega-project worth €1.6 trillion.

The Economics Minister seems to have simply plucked the “times 50” out of thin air in the debate. But that seems to be Habeck’s last line, under pressure from Germany’s increasingly gloomy economic figures: simply spend more money, take on more debt — without fully outlining the dimensions himself.

The special fund idea caused outrage even in otherwise Habeck-friendly public broadcaster circles. Gerd-Joachim von Fallois, the Phoenix correspondent in the ARD capital studio, said critically: “The economic figures in Germany are devastating. Germany is sliding into recession, something is wrong. And the only thing that occurs to the responsible federal minister is that we have to get more money in order to distribute more subsidies.”

Afterword from the translator:

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Robert Fico: Our Governments Bowed to the Pharmaceutical Companies

The following video features remarks made by Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico to his country’s parliament. As far as I know, this represents the first time any head of a Western government has called out the corrupt predatory practices of governments in symbiosis with the pharmaceutical industry during the COVID-19 “pandemic”. He even highlights the corrupt relationship between Pfizer and Ursula von der Leyen, the current president of the European Commission. For his sake, I hope he has a food taster on his staff.

The subtitles were timed using the official English translation of Mr. Fico’s remarks. Many thanks to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:

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Islam: Abolition of Civilisation

After an extended sabbatical, our Indian correspondent The Kafir returns with an overview of the civilization-destroying ideology that is Islam.

Islam: Abolition of Civilisation

by The Kafir

“Moreover, whatever may be the respective crimes, virtues and deserts of various races, classes and nations, civilized society requires a certain rule and order to hold back from the edge of anarchic savagery where it is always precariously poised. Human beings must have at least a minimum security in life and property, must be able to move through the streets and between the cities, must accept certain common rules in their mutual inter-course, or civilization does not exist. If this necessary order is subverted, the civilization is destroyed, whether the subversion take place from the best or worst of motives, whether or not it is in some supposedly moral sense justified, whether it is carried out by saints or devils. At some point the guardians of a civilization must be prepared to draw the line.” — James Burnham (Suicide of The West, page 227 [Kindle edition])

Human perception is a very strange thing. Man’s mind may have perceived everything needed to visit the moon. But sometimes it may fail to see the most obvious, glaring thing, not for a few moments or days, but for centuries.

What exactly is Islam? A man born in the Arabian city of Mecca around 1400 years ago claimed that he had been contacted by the God who created this world, had been given a book, and had been commanded to preach that man should worship only that God, in formlessness. So far so good.

Each of us believes so many claims by our fellow men. Men are totally free to believe this man also. They are fully entitled to believe that he was a messenger of God, and should worship God the way he said He should be worshipped. There is no problem so far. The world will go about its business, some nations will have good rulers and hence will be rich, others which have not so good rulers will remain poor. There will be aid for the starving.

But that man said something else also. He said that his fellow men had no choice in the matter. They Must either believe that he was a messenger of God, and worship the way he said, or they ‘will have no security in life and property, will not be able to move safely through the streets and between the cities, and his followers are bound by no rules in their mutual intercourse with non-believers.’ (James Burnham paraphrased) That is, he abolished Civilisation. He abolished the moral laws that make Civilisation possible. (Qur’an 8.39, 9.5, 9.29 and hadith Bukhari 1.2.24).

Kafirs have made mistakes in their response to him from the very first day he proclaimed his mission. They did not figure out his true intentions, and they did not even translate his words properly. For example, jihad.

Jihad is variously translated as Holy War, warfare, or just war. But in a war, an army comes, challenges the army of the target country, the two armies fight, and the victorious army gains possession of the country. People start paying taxes to the new government. This is a war. The only way of war between the civilised countries.

Does this happen in jihad? No. From the very first “battle” the Muslims fought, jihad means something else entirely. In jihad, you can attack trade caravans, you can kill non-combatants, you can simply attack a home/village, kill all the men, rape women and sex-enslave them, and enslave children and trade them around like goods; and loot the goods of household. This is sanctioned in the Qur’an, this is sanctioned by the examples of early Muslims, this is sanctioned in hundreds of hadith, and there are whole chapters of sharia manuals devoted to detailing this. The only condition is that you have to share 20% of the looted women, children and goods with the leader of the moment, the Imam/Caliph/Amir.

Does it all sound like a war? This is actually dacoity.

Merriam Webster defines dacoity as “robbery by dacoits — now used in the Indian penal code of robbery by an armed gang of not less than five men” Dacoity is word taken into English from India. The synonym is robbery/loot. The same dictionary defines robbery as “larceny from the person or presence of another by violence or threat.” So the correct translation of jihad is dacoity/robbery. The man made dacoity/robbery lawful against those who did not believe him. He made dacoity/robbery a religious duty.*

And civilisations died. Wherever his followers went, the places they seized, civilisations died. Baghdad or Cordoba are paraded around as examples of Islamic civilisation. That is, Islam is claimed to have established civilisation of its own kind after it has conquered a non-Islamic civilisation. But what are the creations of Baghdad or Cordoba except some translations of Indian/Persian/ Greek texts? Any literature, science, architecture, paintings, roads, canals, dance forms, music, universities? Anything that we take as achievements of a civilisation? In reality, every Muslim kingdom meant only one thing: regular raids on the kafir villages and cities, the killing of men, the looting of women, children and household goods. That is, dacoity.

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Big Problem in Holland

As expected, the formation of a new government in the Netherlands after last November’s elections has been a tortuous process, and is still ongoing. Our Dutch correspondent H. Numan sends this report.

Big problem in Holland

by H. Numan

Folks, an update about the Dutch elections. We’re now in the formation phase, and it doesn’t look good. Remember what I told you about the election results? The PVV is the clear winner. They rank even better today in the polls. However, polls are not elections. The elections results are pretty clear: we can have a progressive ultra-left or a somewhat conservative cabinet. The people really want that somewhat conservative cabinet. The elites want the other one. And they’re doing everything possible to make that happen.

Before the elections the VVD changed position and, for the moment, broke the boycott against the PVV. They were now open for a VVD-PVV coalition. In that order. The VVD in the lead, with the PVV hopefully far behind. As far as possible. However, when the polls indicated the PVV was going to win they took that back. No more VVD-PVV for them, the exact opposite of what their voters want.

The NSC party was never in favor of a PVV coalition. Pieter Omtzigt is hugely popular, but he never even suggested a possible PVV coalition. Omtzigt stepped out of the CDA party, and within that party he headed the left wing. The group that does not, repeat: not, want a PVV coalition. When he left he took most left wingers with him. They still don’t want that, but the voters do.

Both the VVD and NSC faced a big problem. They do not want a coalition with Wilders. But stating that openly would end both parties. The usual way around it is to negotiate ad infinitum until Wilders makes a mistake. Then shed crocodile tears over how hard they tried to work with that loose cannon but in vain. After that come up with an ultra-left-wing coalition within days.

That is happening right now. Last week the VVD senators announced they are going to vote for the spreidingswet, or Distribution Act. This law will give the government almost unlimited powers to seize private properties and force cities to accept any number of refugees forced upon them by the government. Yes, if this law passes, it will be possible to evacuate anyone from their private homes without any compensation whatsoever.

If you see this as a modern version of Hitler’s Enabling Act, you’re spot on. That is exactly what it is. The problem, as with Hitler, is how to prevent it. Actually, we can’t. This is legislation prepared under the Rutte administration, and cunningly pushed through after Rutte’s demise. Just like the Enabling Act, only they don’t have to burn the Binnenhof (our Reichstag) for it. And so far without violence. No big burly VVD brown shirts, but I do think VVD pants are getting brown right now.

Given popular opinion, and to save the last bit of credibility the VVD has left, their parliamentary faction voted against it. The law is now on the way to the Senate. Our beloved Kurdish refugee cum wannabe prime minister Dylan Yesilgöz advised VVD senators to follow their lead and vote against it. The senators, in their infinite wisdom, decided to give her the finger. They are going to vote in favor.

The people are not really outraged. Something like this was more or less expected. The credibility of VVD politicians was rated lower than used car salesmen; now they match that of pedophiles. The VVD plays the usual damage control game: they let old retired VVD prominents speak out against their own senators. Observe no currently serving VVD politicians do that. Only politically retired prominents. Why? Because they are perceived to be more conservative, and are taken more seriously by the electorate. Until now. Those retired politicians are, well, retired. They hold no actual position in the party. Hence, no threat.

Wilders did win the elections, but the PVV does not have a majority in the Senate. It is very difficult for them to counter or block that law. Especially because ALL of their proposed coalition partners are either in favor (VVD, BBB) or not present in the Senate (NSC). This incident did not happen by accident. I am certain of it, though it looks somewhat innocent. It is supposed to look that way. It does happen, fairly often, a senatorial faction does not follow parliament. But never in sensitive and important matters like this.

I have a feeling this is exactly the obstacle what our Turkish Delight wants, not from a position of strength but playing on her own weakness. Set your partner up for a demand he simply cannot accept, and demand more. If he fails, a divorce. If he refuses to give in, pour out a flood of tears and say you didn’t mean it that way and that you’ll do anything he wants. Until next time. Ask any married man.

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Paying Through the Nose For Cultural Enrichment

The following video provides a succinct indication of how expensive it is to provide accommodation for “asylum seekers” in the Netherlands.

RAIR Foundation includes this introduction:

In the Netherlands, there’s a significant political controversy involving the Dutch government’s spending on asylum seekers while many citizens live in poverty. The government has allocated 24 billion euros for asylum support, highlighting a stark contrast to the one million Dutch citizens living below the poverty line. Central to this debate is Eric van der Burg, the acting State Secretary, who is relieved that a new law about distributing asylum seekers among municipalities has gained support in the Senate.

However, this law has caused political inconsistency within the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy party (VVD), a major political party in the Netherlands. The VVD members in the lower house of Parliament opposed the law, while their counterparts in the Senate supported it. This difference in stance within the same party has raised questions about their political coherence and strategy.

Erik de Vlieger, a prominent real estate entrepreneur, criticized the government and suggested that those who voted for left-wing Prime Minister Mark Rutte or the VVD party were misled. During the debate, Van der Burg revealed the substantial costs associated with housing asylum seekers, with figures reaching 31,000 euros per year for regular asylum accommodations and 65,000 euros per year for emergency shelters.

Many thanks to Gary Fouse for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:

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Citizens of the EU Pay the Poor Tax

Resistance is futile: you will be assimilated by the CBDC Borg. Today the European Union; tomorrow the rest of the Western world.

Many thanks to Hellequin GB for translating this article from the Austrian news portal eXXpress. The translator’s comments are in square brackets:

Out for cash?

EU bans cash payments of more than €10,000

The EU is getting serious: cash payments of more than €10,000 will be banned. Luxury goods retailers must also verify the identity of their customers and report suspicious transactions to the authorities. The EU speaks of an important step against money laundering, the FPÖ warns against the abolition of cash.

Negotiators from the European Parliament and the member states agreed on Thursday morning on new regulations with which the EU wants to officially take action against money laundering. The stricter rules are intended to close loopholes in national laws and apply, among other things, to the trade in jewelry, luxury cars, private planes and ships.

According to the agreement, financially strong football clubs such as FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund will also be subject to the new law from 2029. Professional football, with its billions in investments from third countries, is seen as a possible gateway for money laundering in Europe.

Greater control of cryptocurrencies and banking

The authorities should also monitor cryptocurrencies and the banking transactions of the super-rich with assets of at least €50 million more closely. Owners of companies with a share of at least a quarter must be registered throughout the EU. This is intended, among other things, to prevent Russian oligarchs from being able to circumvent the EU sanctions as a result of the attack on Ukraine.

Stricter anti-money laundering rules for cryptocurrencies, banks, oligarchs and football clubs are “long overdue,” said European Parliament negotiator Eero Heinäluoma. An EU-wide uniform framework closes the national loopholes. “Up until now the member states have been losing billions of euros,” explained the Finnish Social Democrat.

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Take the Infidels For Everything You Can Get!

In a following video, a young “French” woman gives her followers a crash course on how to game the French welfare system in order to make as much money as possible without ever having to work.

There’s no indication of the young lady’s ethnicity, and with her burka and hoodie it’s hard to determine much about her appearance. She speaks rapid, clipped French, which may help a native French-speaker identify her background. I can usually understand at least a little bit of a French-language video, but in this one I was lucky to pick out one word in ten, even with the French text right there on the screen.

So I’m betting she’s a culture-enricher, eager to milk the kuffar for everything she can get.

Many thanks to HeHa for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:

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