Why The European Union Will Fail: Q&A with Austrian Economist Barbara Kolm

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  • @contentedbuddha
    @contentedbuddha 3 роки тому +211

    very interesting to watch these predictions 8 years later.

    • @mdcontractors1415
      @mdcontractors1415 2 роки тому +9

      That’s not to say I won’t happen in the future

    • @johnwheeler321
      @johnwheeler321 2 роки тому +6

      Greece's debt was cut by over 40%. Otherwise it would be much worse.

    • @alistairmurray626
      @alistairmurray626 2 роки тому +1

      Brexit was a disaster, other countries are laughing at us. "Uk will rejoin the EU within 20 years, believe me"

    • @Archivvve
      @Archivvve 2 роки тому

      @@alistairmurray626 Your traitors sponsored by Russia lied that millions paid for EU will back to UK and support NHS.

    • @helloitsme6056
      @helloitsme6056 2 роки тому +1

      @@Archivvve Bullshit

  • @Daniel-kp9oy
    @Daniel-kp9oy 5 років тому +44

    EU was meant to be an economic union, not political. I wish it just ends.

    • @xxloominati
      @xxloominati 5 років тому +4

      You're confusing the eu with the european economic community. The eu is meant to be a political union

    • @herodesees3767
      @herodesees3767 4 роки тому +6

      @@xxloominati Actually the European Pariliament is a political Union while the EEC and Schengen is an economic Union. The EU is much, much more. The European Project is a Union of the member states similar to a federal government. We are a single community of Europeans acting as one country inside the EU, while retaining our own member state sovereignty and identity.

    • @xxloominati
      @xxloominati 4 роки тому +1

      @@herodesees3767 that's just what I said and i'm also from the eu

    • @herodesees3767
      @herodesees3767 4 роки тому +7

      @@xxloominati True I'm also from the EU. I was just trying to clarify that the EU is not just Political or Economic ;)

  • @mogznwaz
    @mogznwaz 7 років тому +77

    why do we have to have a European federal superstate? why not a united nations of Europe, basically the eec as it once was. if countries want to cooperate they can but with no obligation. a lot of people like Britain to be British, france to be French, that is diversity too. we don't want to be a homogenous blob.

    • @danw1374
      @danw1374 3 роки тому +33

      One of the first steps towards dehumanisation is to take away our identities.

    • @gloomsouls
      @gloomsouls 3 роки тому +8

      @@danw1374 Exactly. And they are succeeding.

    • @siZeDcuBe
      @siZeDcuBe 2 роки тому

      Nobody wants a European superstate. Except a few germans

    • @uzernone
      @uzernone Рік тому +3

      I guess because history, since the beginning of the continent's history, all regions always had that bad habit of trying to kill each other for resources all the time (land but most important people to put into physical labor), some people tried making nations some kind of "family" by fixed marriages, but that didn't work very well, since the last big war, the WW2 a few people with big power thought of ways to avoid another world war and they thought to do it with money and trade, modern capitalism and globalization are devices made to make more difficult for all countries involved not invested in war and conflicts, that is why China do not engage with military offensive with their big customers (except Taiwan, for other reasons), globalization and free market capitalism was meant to bring world peace keeping each country depending on others, but it brought more instability and more corruption, wars for resources are still around in front of us, more brutal, more horrible and more criminal, but until now it was only in nations nobody cared about, except when their people seek asylum and ultra corrupt and lazy politicians use them as tools for elections.

    • @dodola9955
      @dodola9955 Рік тому +1

      because the strong and rich could not exploit weak and poor. have any of you seen abandoned villages and small towns in ex communist part of EU?

  • @joecaruso06
    @joecaruso06 Рік тому +66

    As much as I believe a nation's growth and an economic recession are related and how economic downturns are natural, now is the moment to rethink the policies that are to blame especially with the ECB increasing rates and making loan repayments harder for the basic people. In either case, I'm happy I sold the vast majority of my assets for a premium.

    • @mattpredictsofm.
      @mattpredictsofm. Рік тому

      The stock market is designed to transfer money from the Active to the Patient.
      Warren Buffett

    • @Gregfreemann
      @Gregfreemann Рік тому +1

      The question is neither to long nor to short, I guess. Knowing when to enter and exit is more important. This is why getting financial help from a professional is so common. I consider myself to have experienced the market's negative aspects to a fair degree. With the help of Yvonne Annette Lively's analysis, I was able to reconstruct my pt. The market, not a lake, is an ocean, I am certain of that. Experience is required to analyze. The dollar will recover, just like the euro.

    • @bradsandler3526
      @bradsandler3526 Рік тому

      @@Gregfreemann could we like look up -yvonne annette lively?

    • @aliyunko9689
      @aliyunko9689 Рік тому

      Brad… I look up. She is detailed but price up. Matt… you are right.

    • @maryalchester
      @maryalchester Рік тому

      @@aliyunko9689 was she recently featured on cbc? Talking about how debt fuel the economy.

  • @EverydayAnimation
    @EverydayAnimation 2 роки тому +59

    Almost 10 years now and just finally starting to collapse

    • @curiouspeople6441
      @curiouspeople6441 2 роки тому +8

      If Russian don’t turn back on nord stream 01 this Friday , EU is screwed

    • @TheFrenchBaguettes
      @TheFrenchBaguettes 2 роки тому +10

      @@curiouspeople6441 no it's not

    • @TheFrenchBaguettes
      @TheFrenchBaguettes Рік тому +11

      @MsMissy not it's not most European countries have filled there gas reserve up 80% whe have started importing gas from the us and and other countries government have give subsidiaries to people who cannot afford very high gas and energy prices so the "poor" are to heavily effected nether are the richer people it certainly will be more expensive then before but we are not going all die and collapse

    • @Alien1375
      @Alien1375 Рік тому +10

      Any second now....🤡

    • @dannye6912
      @dannye6912 Рік тому

      @@TheFrenchBaguettes You're dumber than your comment. You have no idea how the economy works but yet you have an opinion. That's funny, lol

  • @dearman1954
    @dearman1954 7 років тому +76

    The European Union is too expensive a club for any country to belong to.

    • @CosmicSeeker69
      @CosmicSeeker69 5 років тому +5

      Because - it's been bled - as intended - from Day 1 - again it's the 99% who will pay for the 1996 Dom Perignon of the 1%

    • @herodesees3767
      @herodesees3767 4 роки тому +4

      Actually being a member state in the EU is many times cheaper than attempting to survive without it

    • @kristianchristensen2254
      @kristianchristensen2254 4 роки тому +1

      @@herodesees3767for a net contributor state like Denmark (my country), its in fact [PAY MORE GET LESS] sort of thing, so its not cheaper its HELL OF AN EXPENSIVE AFFAIR!!!

    • @herodesees3767
      @herodesees3767 4 роки тому +6

      @@kristianchristensen2254 Actually being a Net contributor is still far cheaper than the alternative, as the free trade and freedom of movement within the EU allow for added economic growth and therefore compensates the high contribution Payments. Denmark is actually benefitting from the EU in many ways. being a relatively small country dependent on free trade, fishing in foreign territory, limited international influence due to it's size etc.
      The Danish Kroner is basically pegged to the Euro, which Is also highly beneficial for Eurozone trade.
      Anyway, Denmark is also a net contributer to Greenland and Faroe Islands, which is where Denmark actually loses it's taxpayers money. It is clear that those payments are never recouped, at least not in monetary terms.
      Now I definitely believe that payments to Greenland and Faroe Islands are worth it as they would otherwise need to increase their revenue from oil extraction and other resource-depleting activities.
      In addition, the EU is a project of peace, solidarity, cooperation and cross,-cultural understanding in addition to being an Economic and Political free trade project. Even if Denmark doesn't gain that much economically from the project (although actually it does increase economic growth significantly) it still receives the many benefits at no cost. For example it is possible to study in other EU member states at essentially no additional cost, Schengen allows easy travel between member states and the "closeness" and "interdependence" of the member states essentially rules out war on the European continent.

    • @cantacann
      @cantacann 4 роки тому

      Yeah, of course, 1% of gdp is expensive. What kind of math do they teach there?

  • @roland20002000
    @roland20002000 4 роки тому +46

    And now seven years later the UK has left the building.

    • @roland20002000
      @roland20002000 4 роки тому +1

      @Jerry O Sullivan Good we're both happy then

    • @roland20002000
      @roland20002000 4 роки тому

      @Jerry O Sullivan If you hadn't we left the E.U. on 31st of Jan. We have left the building.
      No transition period has been extended and we are past the date it could be extended. By 2021 we will leave deal or no deal

    • @roland20002000
      @roland20002000 4 роки тому +1

      @Jerry O Sullivan Yeah sorry mate we had to put up with the loooooooooooooooosers having a tantrum and trying to derail the whole thing. Sorry about any inconvenience.

    • @jeremysmith8035
      @jeremysmith8035 3 роки тому

      I can feel your predictions coming true living in madrid only.....er uk is facing worst food shortages since the war but you keep shouting

    • @roland20002000
      @roland20002000 3 роки тому +3

      @@jeremysmith8035 I'm not sure where you get your information but I'd get it from some where else if I was you. I live in the UK there is a few shortages, which is no surprise as the entire world has been closed down due to covid for over a year, but food there is absolutely no shortage of.

  • @AnarchoEconomy
    @AnarchoEconomy 2 роки тому +35

    I wish this lady makes a follow up to this video at 2022

    • @Unknown_Web_User
      @Unknown_Web_User 2 роки тому +6

      Well, today everything is so obvious, no need for ppl telling what we all know.

  • @musqul8566
    @musqul8566 2 роки тому +34

    She must have taken a time machine to predict this accurately. Oh wait she just used common sense.

  • @GD15555
    @GD15555 11 років тому +68

    They will follow ussr fate. Don't join countries with different cultures. They only reason usa states work together so well is because they speak same language and have similar culture etc

    • @pawion
      @pawion 6 років тому +3

      Bolt The amout of bullshit you just said is astronomical

    • @antonbalog3053
      @antonbalog3053 6 років тому +2

      EU is based on values. According to your logic USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand should be one country because they speak same language...

    • @CosmicSeeker69
      @CosmicSeeker69 5 років тому +1

      @@antonbalog3053 the US does, I can assure NOT speak English..

    • @siZeDcuBe
      @siZeDcuBe 2 роки тому +1

      The EU is a voluntary union. It is not like the US

  • @HTHAMMACK1
    @HTHAMMACK1 8 років тому +41

    The US and EU have very little in common. The EU has more in common with the Soviet Union than the US. Barbara however makes some good points.

    • @alftupper9359
      @alftupper9359 5 років тому

      HTHAMMACK1
      One of the good points she makes is that the US should not become the EU. Implicit in that is the fact that the US is not the EU as she speaks. There is in fact, very little in common between them. Your point is redundant.

    • @mansfield360
      @mansfield360 4 роки тому +2

      Alf Tupper the Eu is their effort at making your countries states in a bigger government except they’ve managed to make the perfect tyrannical government lmao...the opposite of America.

    • @siZeDcuBe
      @siZeDcuBe 2 роки тому +2

      Structurally, the US and the USSR were more similar than the EU.
      Economically, the US and the EU are more similar than the USSR.
      I can't think of any way the EU is more similar to the USSR than the US however

    • @bender9222222222
      @bender9222222222 2 роки тому

      Should we just take your word for it??

    • @tone6410
      @tone6410 2 роки тому

      All same WEF.

  • @m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m
    @m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m 4 роки тому +48

    Came from the future to say she was right...

    • @wilvaro1979h
      @wilvaro1979h 3 роки тому +4

      And thus this COVID crisis is the little spark that will starts it’s implosion. Came here from the future 2 .

    • @werty21100
      @werty21100 3 роки тому +5

      Same here there already been a rapid rise in euro skepticism and there's been talk from hungary, Poland and Denmark as well as other nordic countries Expressing a strong desire to leave their just waiting to see if Britain is doing better outside the EU and the way the UK is handling it and the way the EU is handling it. It doesn't look good for the EU thats for sure

    • @tigervalley62
      @tigervalley62 3 роки тому +2

      @@werty21100: That is partially why the Netherlands only gave 10% of their vote to the eurosceptic party in the recent election. I am curious to see what that will be like in years to come when they see how well the UK is doing.

    • @Doss3332
      @Doss3332 3 роки тому

      @@werty21100 lollllllllllllllllllllllll

    • @Doss3332
      @Doss3332 3 роки тому

      @@tigervalley62 10%? You don't seem to understand elections.

  • @paulkonradwolf5674
    @paulkonradwolf5674 7 років тому +85

    There should be a referendum in every country and the people should have the rights to decide their future and whether they want some immigrants in their country and exactly what type of immigrants these is their rights and it should not be decided by the politicians in Brussel.The politicians in Brussels should first of all lookout for the interests of the people they represent and the future of their country should be secured.This is what the politicians are supposed to respect and if there’s outside interest for immigration then this should be discussed with the people and they shall then decide whether they want some immigrants and what type of people and how many.

    • @CosmicSeeker69
      @CosmicSeeker69 5 років тому +18

      ha ha, that would need a democracy - and I don't know of any in Europe..

    • @bicyclemanNL
      @bicyclemanNL 5 років тому +2

      very globalist to say eery country should.... don't u think?

    • @gordonloughton9800
      @gordonloughton9800 5 років тому +3

      The politicians let immigrants in to your country and give them free stuff so that they will vote for that party, Labour usually.

    • @michaelbrown865
      @michaelbrown865 4 роки тому +5

      Nice idea but the EU just keeps asking people to vote again until they get the right answer, and now with the Lisbon Treaty they don't even need to ask them anymore

    • @michaelbrown865
      @michaelbrown865 4 роки тому

      @Boomer Galactica No I'm not

  • @barry5111
    @barry5111 5 років тому +44

    Germany and Greece sharing same currency how would that have ever worked.

    • @nicolahamilton2036
      @nicolahamilton2036 5 років тому +8

      Barry S it broke the back of Greece that will never be the same!

    • @owenmarkey685
      @owenmarkey685 5 років тому +1

      nicola hamilton it broke the back of free trade just a black economy

    • @siZeDcuBe
      @siZeDcuBe 2 роки тому

      It was not supposed to work. Greece was not initially invited to the Eurozone because the EU knew it would not work. Greece cooked some books and lied their way in to their own detriment.

    • @dodola9955
      @dodola9955 Рік тому +1

      @@Just_another_Euro_dude EU is based on exploiting not on equal rights for sure. some small countries will vanish

    • @Ganymede559
      @Ganymede559 Рік тому

      @@Just_another_Euro_dude Because, those states in the USA, all agreed unanimously and worked hard to ensure it could work. Applying the system accordingly, and in the same way in every State. The EU is strictly based on a want for power & control at the _expense of_ others, who may not agree with the EU commission. That didn't happen in America.

  • @joninpgh
    @joninpgh 9 років тому +58

    You have to generate wealth in the private sector to have some left over to support the public sector. Europe's economic policies discourage job creation and new business.

    • @michaelbrown865
      @michaelbrown865 4 роки тому +2

      Remember Tony Blair was the catalyst for a burgeoning public sector and made public sector oligarchs on a par with the private sector but without the risks to themselves. Crazy.

    • @zyzzsdisciples6707
      @zyzzsdisciples6707 2 роки тому +2

      The public sector is perfectly able to generate both goods and services. You have no idea what you’re talking about

    • @zyzzsdisciples6707
      @zyzzsdisciples6707 2 роки тому +1

      @DAVID PATRICIO SIERRA FUENTES Schools, hospitals, prisons, health care, public transportation. Just not right

    • @emilio2647
      @emilio2647 2 роки тому

      @@michaelbrown865 I heard Tony Blair is rated the most unpopular leader in British history.

    • @michaelbrown865
      @michaelbrown865 2 роки тому

      @@emilio2647 In my opinion he's the root cause for all the ills we now experience. He's a globalist puppet and a war criminal, again in my opinion

  • @gorski548
    @gorski548 5 років тому +13

    Yea that what we in Serbia been telling all along. Just like Yugoslavia, Euroslavia will FAIL.
    Its done already.
    THE EU IS DONE.
    Long live the traditional and democratic and free nation states of Europe.

    • @BagmanJohnJo
      @BagmanJohnJo 5 років тому

      @Boomer Galactica Don't worry about that

    • @BananaMan-sb9rj
      @BananaMan-sb9rj 4 роки тому

      @Boomer Galactica cause the government is pro eu, while still keeps close ties with russia. The fta with eurasian union was signed recently. The population is mixed when it comes to the eu membership

    • @BananaMan-sb9rj
      @BananaMan-sb9rj 4 роки тому

      @Boomer Galactica eurasian economic union is different from the eu. Its an economic union of several post soviet states, including russia ofc. Serbia has a fta with both the eu and eaeu tho, but is not a member of either

  • @LibertyDownUnder
    @LibertyDownUnder 11 років тому +28

    When parents have more choice and more say in how the system is run, the schools are forced to try and please the parents.
    If the schools are forcing a curriculum that the parents do not approve of - the schools will put the pressure on the decision makers to change it.
    It will never be perfect, but it will still be a big improvement on the current monopoly.
    Also, I found that Reason has already covered the Swedish system here: /watch?v=tDAQWJbEl9U

    • @Davidsavage8008
      @Davidsavage8008 2 роки тому +6

      8 years later and your predictions are spot on.

  • @bocalex23
    @bocalex23 7 років тому +18

    They put Greece in so much debt that they won't be able to refuse any order the EU gives them.

    • @emilio2647
      @emilio2647 2 роки тому

      bocalex23 I'm surprised Hungary is still holding on to EU membership.

    • @rblxplaysmochax6808
      @rblxplaysmochax6808 2 роки тому

      They did

    • @tomendruweit9386
      @tomendruweit9386 Рік тому

      greece fucked itself and got bailed out by the EU. Not the other way around

  • @chibi-chibi-chaba-chaba-rubi
    @chibi-chibi-chaba-chaba-rubi Рік тому +4

    Well, 10 years later, here we are and we will stay.

    • @londonpunch
      @londonpunch Рік тому +3

      Not all of us are still here. 🇬🇧😘😉

    • @chibi-chibi-chaba-chaba-rubi
      @chibi-chibi-chaba-chaba-rubi Рік тому +1

      @@londonpunch enjoy your declining economy, most regret it already, and thanks for the hellish nightmare youre giving to my emigrated family.

    • @proudsussexer
      @proudsussexer Місяць тому

      ​@@chibi-chibi-chaba-chaba-rubiThe economy in the UK isn't declining so stop lying

  • @Misharyo
    @Misharyo 2 роки тому +6

    Who’s here in 2022 ?

  • @trustnuffin9121
    @trustnuffin9121 6 років тому +16

    This Lovely Lady knows exactly what she is talking about.....We will all start moving forwards together again once this bloody EU disappears....hopefully not too long now....Question....what will be the final nail in the coffin for the EU..??
    How many countries have to vote OUT before we clap our hands and wave goodbye??

    • @izawa9211
      @izawa9211 3 роки тому

      Well f for the world germans or russia or someone will start a fucking war cuz eu dissapired and eu was supposed to bring peace on countrys that are on europa

    • @engelsteinberg593
      @engelsteinberg593 2 роки тому

      Just Germany.

    • @thinktank8471
      @thinktank8471 2 роки тому

      Dissappear of EU means unrest in EU again
      Wars between nations

  • @GD15555
    @GD15555 11 років тому +37

    national identity and nation building are critical for the success of any society, including European society.

    • @tomendruweit9386
      @tomendruweit9386 Рік тому

      I am a European, then a german, then a hessian that is my identity, power in unity, unity in diversity

    • @Arne_2261
      @Arne_2261 9 місяців тому

      ​@@tomendruweit9386
      Sorry to say, you're retarded.

  • @LibertyWarrior68
    @LibertyWarrior68 9 років тому +76

    She is a very smart lady.

    • @artaniskim2120
      @artaniskim2120 5 років тому +2

      Indeed, and i wonder where she gets her courage to say this.... most economists can't even dare to say that the EU is failed project.

    • @Adrian-rb4qp
      @Adrian-rb4qp 5 років тому +1

      Artanis Kim Mabye that’s for a reason🙄

    • @xxloominati
      @xxloominati 5 років тому +2

      She basically just says that lots of countrys are better off now and then says that the eu will collapse

    • @christianh4723
      @christianh4723 5 років тому +3

      @@xxloominati She lists examples of countries that have benefited from properly implementing free market capitalism and an open society with limited central government. The EU is working against those things, and she gave examples of countries where it has fucked things up too.
      Critical listening is even easier than critical thinking. Try it sometime.

    • @bbcisrubbish
      @bbcisrubbish 5 років тому +3

      A pity we don't have people like this in the UK instead of those stupid lazy public-school boys and communist so called Labour mob.

  • @Dasmaster1
    @Dasmaster1 10 років тому +18

    "While countries like Sweden have instituted successful reforms"
    I wonder if she knows that the people I know here in Sweden miss the old days where we got unearthly services for pennies instead of these still quite good services but also more expensive.

    • @MilwaukeeF40C
      @MilwaukeeF40C 10 років тому +2

      People love "free" shit.

    • @Dasmaster1
      @Dasmaster1 10 років тому +3

      Bushrod Rust Johnson
      Its not free since we are paying for it but it was just a clearly superior service.

    • @sxcJOELisNotsexy
      @sxcJOELisNotsexy 6 років тому +1

      Not to mention they're taking immigration up the rear end.

    • @thomasalexand
      @thomasalexand 6 років тому +1

      Successful reforms? They will be the first European nation to have massive civil unrest due to lack of integration. A wonderful tolerant country that has signed its death warrant. Alexander Garnet

  • @dutchministryofdefence604
    @dutchministryofdefence604 6 років тому +20

    this person predicted the day we are finaly here we we are finaly fighting against the oppresors

  • @cantacann
    @cantacann 4 роки тому +8

    After 5, 10 and the 20 years the Euro currency is still here, the EU is still here. If you keep saying it will fall for the next 500 years you might get it right, both EU and USA will dissolve in 500 years.

  • @PhthaloJohnson
    @PhthaloJohnson Рік тому +9

    After 10 years, the EU is still here to stay. I would be interested to see a new interview with this woman on her position today.

    • @LindaAndrews-ly1qf
      @LindaAndrews-ly1qf Рік тому +1

      The EU is trying to lie and become one country. That is their ultimate goal.

    • @baph0met
      @baph0met Рік тому

      Wdym? Hungary, Britain, Poland, Czechia and Slovakia soon to come. The EU is crumbling, from an ideological aspect AND an economics one (Greendeal etc.)

    • @soldiers23
      @soldiers23 10 місяців тому +1

      After 10 years EU is bigger,stronger and with fast growing population.

    • @anotheronebitesthedust-fs6wr
      @anotheronebitesthedust-fs6wr 4 місяці тому +1

      Not anymore thanks to economy crashing and Europeans leaning far right thank fuck the british left while we did

    • @mgallogical7114
      @mgallogical7114 4 місяці тому

      @@soldiers23 of everybody but Europeans. it don't count if those new citizens don't pay any taxes or bills and instead bleed more money than they contribute witch is none

  • @daniellee8162
    @daniellee8162 2 роки тому +11

    Coming here 9 years later...she definitely is calling it.

    • @bender9222222222
      @bender9222222222 2 роки тому +2

      I mean all of her points have been dead wrong. French entrepreneurship is the highest in Europe now... and the unions have just as much power 😅 WHOOPS

    • @bender9222222222
      @bender9222222222 2 роки тому +2

      @MsMissy so you're saying french entrepreneurship isn't the highest? So which country is it then?

  • @josefinay.785
    @josefinay.785 8 років тому +59

    Clever lady with some intelligent and well-explained thoughts. Especially about the social unrest we're now seeing all around us in Europe as a result of the EU. I personally hope she's right, can't wait to see the downfall of this monstrosity of a so-called peace project.

    • @PaokGames
      @PaokGames 7 років тому +10

      Josefina Y. youre hoping for war and a economical crisis shame on you. Working together is the best thing that happend in this world, you know im right

    • @hennessyblues4576
      @hennessyblues4576 7 років тому +12

      +Paok Games She never said she wanted war or economic collapse. You said that. By the way, how is it working together when one group of people are paying for the well being of the other group, and when they say anything about how this isn't fair, they are immediately shouted down at for disagreeing with the current shit storm you and your ilk have caused. Oh, but I guess that is what you call working together. Boy do you have an odd view of how society is supposed to work. I'm pretty sure they call that dictatorial.

    • @LucifersTear
      @LucifersTear 7 років тому +3

      Paok Games you really shouldn't put words in people's mouths. Never said wanted war. Just not unelected leadership. Democracy keeps peace.

    • @Ilamarea
      @Ilamarea 7 років тому

      As a result of stupidity you mean.

  • @iainrobertson5670
    @iainrobertson5670 5 років тому +29

    People shrink as a result of of being seduced into doing less and less for themselves, and into expecting more and more to be done for them

  • @leighharwood916
    @leighharwood916 7 років тому +30

    The EU is destined to fail and I sincerely hope that it does.
    The EU is based on the model of collectivism. In other words, you have the principle of BIG GOVERNMENT, SMALL PEOPLE. Basically, you have the elevation of the state over the individual; a TOP DOWN approach to matters of political life.
    The problem is that in the UK we believe that politics should be from the BOTTOM-UP and not from the TOP-DOWN. In other words, we citizens elect our representatives to serve our interests. In short, politicians are nothing more than servants of the people. Ultimately, therefore, we believe in the elevation of the individual over the state - the precise opposite of the EU model.
    Countries like the US, Australia and UK, etc embrace the model of INDIVIDUALISM. Put simply, SMALL GOVERNMENT, BIG PEOPLE! We, the people, put our politicians where they are for our benefit and they take their orders from us. We, the people, are their employer!
    Now contrast this with the European model of collectivism - where the individual is regarded as a mere insect and of no consequence whatsoever. The TOP-DOWN approach to politics in the EU ensures misery for everyone bar the political elite and their associates.
    The EU is corrupt and corrupting from top to bottom and the sooner it dies - the better off everyone will be.

    • @leighharwood916
      @leighharwood916 4 роки тому +1

      @ML8593wy That's a matter of perspective. There have always been two competing philosophies at work which both shape and underpin our view of the world. These philosophies are known as Individualism VS Collectivism. These philosophies lay at the heart of everything.
      "Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights and that his life and work belong to the group. The group may also sacrifice him at its own whim to its own interests. The only way to implement a doctrine of that kind is by means of brute force and statism has always been the political corollary of collectivism". Fascism and communism are not two opposites, but two rival gangs fighting over the same territory. Both are variants of statism, based on the collectivist principle that man is the rightless slave to the state".
      "Individualism regards man - every man - as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life - a right derived from his nature as a rational being. Individualism holds that a civilized society, or any form of association, cooperation or peaceful coexistence among men, can be achieved only on the basis of the recognition of individual rights - and that a group has no rights other than the individual rights of its members"
      These two philosophies are totally irreconcilable.

    • @leighharwood916
      @leighharwood916 3 роки тому +5

      @@theyakamoz1 Yes, collectivism is a creeping menace that has virtually affected every sphere of political Life. Even in the US, which is often regarded as the most individualistic country, has seen it's freedoms gradually eroded over the decades. 80% of the US Government I would now say - operates under a collectivist philosophy. When you reach a 100% collectivism - that's the end of freedom as you know it.
      It's not just Australia, but the cancer of collectivism has virtually spread all over the world. It is evident within all the people's and the Governments which supposedly represent them.
      COVID is just another weapon in their arsenal, like climate change, to bring about the type of society that they truly seek. Put simply, the powers that be want a world government based on the model of collectivism. In other words, the individual is a mere cog in the machine and the state gets to rule on everything of political and social significance.
      I have always regarded the Australians as a straight-talking, no-nonsense people with a wicked/dry sense of humour. I truly do believe that many of the older generation Australians are very individualistic by nature, but the modern types not so much. I have seen this with my own eyes time and time again. The modern generation of Australians are very much hampered with political correctness - much of which stems from collectivism - which has deeply affected them.

    • @progpuss
      @progpuss 2 роки тому

      And British are not corrupt ? do me a favour the establishment don't give a shit about the working class. Nothing can get passed in the euro unless all countries agree and we have several get out clauses and I think that is very democratic. This view is a me me me selfish outlook.

    • @leighharwood916
      @leighharwood916 2 роки тому

      @@progpuss Of course the British are corrupt. Every country on this planet is corrupt to some degree or another. In the real world, every person is motivated purely by self-interest. You only have one life to live and so it's hardly surprising that 'I' comes before 'We'.
      When you say that the 'establishment don't give a shit about the working class' - it would be more accurate to say that individuals who occupy positions of high power are looking out for their own interests.
      The world fundamentally works by individuals pursuing their own separate interests. In other words, the emphasis is always and rightly so - on the individual. Furthermore, countries don't agree on anything - individuals do.
      Self-interest FIRST. 'Society' - a secondary consideration.
      'Every man for himself' is an individualistic ideal. It has nothing to do with selfishness. It simply means that every man and woman has a duty to take care of themselves and live life according to their own values. They must also stand on the judgement of their own mind and therefore think independently.
      Individualism = freedom and independence. Collectivism = force and coercion. Make up your own mind which philosophy is more moral.

    • @Ganymede559
      @Ganymede559 Рік тому

      @@progpuss The British elite isn't even Anglo-Saxon. They are German-French, which explains the corruption.

  • @bromo366
    @bromo366 2 роки тому +3

    Kolm was a member of the Fpö, a far-right Party in Austria, she voted against smokiing restritions in Bars after she received money from tabacco lobbyists, and so on......

    • @damionkeeling3103
      @damionkeeling3103 2 роки тому

      People should have choice in regards smoking so long as it's a contained area. It seems her party affiliation means she's biased against the EU and her prediction is really her wish with cherry picked facts.

  • @harryf1ashman
    @harryf1ashman Рік тому +8

    The only mistake she made was putting a timeline on its inevitable collapse but the points she made are as valid today as when this short piece was put together. The European Union has essentially failed so the only question that remains is when and how it will disintegrate. Given the whole project is now driven by little more than inertia as opposed to economic or democratic expediency then the only question that remains to be addressed is how long the European elite can drag the whole thing out. Since any breakup is going to be very painful my prediction is the eventual coup de grace will come as a result of some sort of cataclysmic external events as we witnessed in 2008

  • @edugalvon
    @edugalvon 2 роки тому +5

    Welcome to 2022!!! Once the FED and Europe Central Bank start the hikes, you'll see those indebted countries shatter!!

  • @michaelsargeant5923
    @michaelsargeant5923 7 років тому +5

    All European countries should have an in /out referendum on the European union

    • @siZeDcuBe
      @siZeDcuBe 2 роки тому +1

      They can if they want to.
      People love the EU even more since we got the britbongs out

    • @slayer2608
      @slayer2608 Рік тому +1

      @@siZeDcuBe France Ireland and many other nations voted leave lol

  • @jensdanbolt6953
    @jensdanbolt6953 10 років тому +29

    I agree that the economic situation for Europe does look grim at the moment and will likely stay that way until more meaningful changes are done. However, this economist doesn't say anything that the average joe on the street doesn't know already. Just facts and figures about how it is now, and no explaining the underlying problems.
    Boring, bland, downvoted.

    • @danieldjz
      @danieldjz 8 років тому +5

      Actually it's a brilliant prediction for 2016. better than your prediction, actually.

    • @brabra2725
      @brabra2725 2 роки тому +2

      @@danieldjz a failed prediction. A terrible prediction, so to speak.

    • @danieldjz
      @danieldjz 2 роки тому +4

      @@brabra2725 Bro, did you not hear that Britain Pulled out of the EU? So, to say that this prediction FAILED is pretty narrow minded. This woman knew in 2013 that the EU in it's current state is unsustainable. It's a ship that sails well only during pleasant weather. You want proof? Did you notice that every single EU country closed their borders to each other during the pandemic? What happened to being as one and the sense of brotherhood? It's all bllsht.

    • @brabra2725
      @brabra2725 2 роки тому

      @@danieldjz The prediction was that EU would be over before 2030. It failed. That's a fact.

    • @danieldjz
      @danieldjz 2 роки тому +2

      @@brabra2725 it has, actually. You weren't paying attention during the pandemic, were you?

  • @bigboypants5762
    @bigboypants5762 2 роки тому +4

    Great vision you have. Only 1 year to go until your prediction that the EU will not exist anymore. You still think we’re close to the a fall of the EU as we know it today?

    • @realaurorien
      @realaurorien 2 роки тому +6

      Stop ignoring that everything she said is still valid and got worse today.

  • @SaulOhio
    @SaulOhio 11 років тому +2

    The only way to blame the mass murders of history on capitalism is to redefine capitalism as what certain nations, labeled as capitalist, have done.
    Please show me how respect for private property rights has led to mass murder.

  • @yaimavol
    @yaimavol 7 років тому +11

    If you look at the countries that have thrived the past decade, it's the smaller more nimble nations like Iceland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand that have the ability to change quickly. Australia passed a carbon tax and then quickly cancelled it. That would never happen in a huge beauracracy like the US. Smaller is better. Forget these huge "unions". They don't work.

    • @noodlyappendage6729
      @noodlyappendage6729 2 роки тому

      Would you say the UK is a small countries or a big country?

    • @supremeleader9838
      @supremeleader9838 2 роки тому

      @@noodlyappendage6729 it behaves like a big country but is a small country. hopefully scotland will fuck off soon so we can get on with running the country properly

    • @siZeDcuBe
      @siZeDcuBe 2 роки тому

      The EU is not a country. The smaller countries are still free to do what they like. They have far more autonomy than US states

    • @01chris
      @01chris 2 роки тому

      Yes but they are irrelevant

  • @Nick-cr6bj
    @Nick-cr6bj 7 років тому +10

    Our ancestors left Europe for freedom; they need to look up to the USA, not the other way around.

    • @soumilyarlagadda9764
      @soumilyarlagadda9764 3 роки тому

      fReEdOM

    • @danw1374
      @danw1374 3 роки тому +1

      Although the US is not perfect (Run by criminals much the same way the UK and the EU is) their constitution cannot be bettered. The only problem is we are dealing with humans here!

    • @seanmoran6510
      @seanmoran6510 3 роки тому

      They left for economic reasons and poverty
      And now look at it Fat Bloated and Greedy
      And why do you lot call yourselves
      Italian Americans
      Irish Americans
      African Americans
      Er etc etc
      Is it because your trying to hold onto some sort of other identity while saying we left for Freeeeedom 🙄
      Sounds like cake and eat it time
      As soon as you started to get more powerful from the last 19th century your Freeeeeedom went out the window and the Dollar took over.
      When the legend becomes the fact print the legend”
      That’s America

  • @lisanilsson8043
    @lisanilsson8043 11 років тому +33

    Has this lady been sleeping? I am a swedish citizen and very little works here since the privatization. Private health care make people die in hospitals beacouse lack of healthcare professionals. The olderly starving to death. Trains don´t work. Scool is a catastrof among the worst in EU (PISA study) all beacouse the private corporations that took over want high profit and not adequate enough number of personnel. But the already rich has had taxcuts.

    • @michaellawson8857
      @michaellawson8857 10 років тому +10

      I was always led to believe that the Swedes were so clever until I saw the immigration figures and the open boarders to all from the 3rd world , besides that they sponsor terrorist organisations in their name of Democracy , and then I thought no , there is something wrong with the anti -white stance of the government and so I see Sweden now as rotten to the marrow . Its been long in the making and the indoctrination through the educatioon system has resulted in the cancer spreading through all departments at breakneck speed . Too late to cry now Lisa . Your government cant wait to get rid of all what is Swedish since Swedish is a race and cultural ID and that is " racist to foreigners" .Too bad that Sweden is in its death throes. You reap what you sowed . Rape in Malmo?

    • @Templedelagloire
      @Templedelagloire 10 років тому +4

      This surprises me
      I always thought the Swedes had very high living standards
      Maybe people always feel discontent about their own country

    • @rj3f3ct
      @rj3f3ct 10 років тому +3

      Thanks to the Swedish moderates cutting taxes in Sweden. Your country avoided the economic crisis and gave more jobs to your country. Let us hope the Swedish moderates or the Swedish Democrats win the next election.

    • @lisanilsson8043
      @lisanilsson8043 10 років тому +2

      Tht swedish moderates (right wing) has cut the taxes for the riches and now they had borrow money so the society not collapse.. And we did not avoid the crisis. Sweden have the highetst unemployed youth in northern countries (almost 25%). In this link (just translate with google) you can see how unemployment increase www.svd.se/naringsliv/nyheter/sverige/den-svenska-arbetslosheten-okar_8987974.svd

    • @Mattayboy1707
      @Mattayboy1707 10 років тому +12

      Lisa Nilsson They should cut taxes for the employers so more money can be moved without government interference. Besides, it's not the governments job to take care of people. It should interfere with people as little as possible and let them keep their money for themselves.

  • @Ekkix
    @Ekkix 2 роки тому +9

    Nine years later - this woman was wrong in almost every aspect.
    And the caravan moves on....

    • @edugalvon
      @edugalvon 2 роки тому

      Wait for the interest rise we'll see in 2022, coordinated by FED and the European Central Bank. Those indepted countries will suffer, that may cause a lot of turmoil

  • @Triple109
    @Triple109 3 роки тому +5

    Nation states will rise.

    • @contentedbuddha
      @contentedbuddha 3 роки тому +1

      When? This video is 8 years old now, still no collapse in sight

  • @gambaridup
    @gambaridup 4 роки тому +1

    This woman knows what she is talking about. Now, April 2020, UK has left EU, Italy, Spain and some others caught is Corona virus disaster...

    • @alistairmurray626
      @alistairmurray626 2 роки тому

      The UK leaving the EU has damaged the country. People are slowly realising what a disaster Brexit is, we will be back in the EU with 10 years, trust me.

  • @toddbonin6926
    @toddbonin6926 5 років тому +33

    She’s spot on with what has happened.

    • @bender9222222222
      @bender9222222222 2 роки тому +11

      She's even more wrong now. Yikes

    • @marialeon6765
      @marialeon6765 2 роки тому +2

      @@bender9222222222 Yeah, that's why Brexit happened.

    • @bender9222222222
      @bender9222222222 2 роки тому +3

      @@marialeon6765 how's that working out for them. Boris was such a hit with the public he resigned lmao

    • @marialeon6765
      @marialeon6765 2 роки тому +2

      @@bender9222222222 The reasons Boris resigned have nothing to do with Brexit.

    • @bender9222222222
      @bender9222222222 2 роки тому

      @@marialeon6765 my point is his rise to popularity came from the brexit movement. Since he's taken office, he's been one of the disliked politicians in Europe. SO yeah, didn't go well.

  • @comradecamarada6725
    @comradecamarada6725 4 роки тому +7

    The rest of the EU countries should follow UK's example. Yes its good to love and visit your neighbors, but we all can't sleep on the same bed. We need our own space.

  • @ttblade
    @ttblade 5 років тому +11

    Ah Sweden - a feminist dream. Yes, the welcome arrival of many 'new Swedes' since this video has brought harmony and wealth to a troubled country.
    A song for Sweden:
    'I'd like to build the world a home
    And furnish it with love
    Grow apple trees and honey bees
    And snow white turtle doves
    I'd like to teach the world to sing
    In perfect harmony
    I'd like to hold it in my arms
    And keep it company
    I'd like to see the world for once
    All standing hand in hand
    And hear them echo through the hills
    For peace through out the land
    (That's the song I hear)'
    I'm sure the 'new Swedes' will reciprocate with love when they are the majority and making the decisions!

  • @ULYSSES-31
    @ULYSSES-31 3 роки тому +9

    Only 2 years to go and EU support is averaging 80% in most countries.

    • @jamesguy1030
      @jamesguy1030 3 роки тому +3

      Daniel Webster ~ Yeah,
      80% of people that want to Leave the E.U Dictatorship !

    • @ULYSSES-31
      @ULYSSES-31 3 роки тому +3

      ​@@jamesguy1030
      I guess you've never actually lived under a dictatorship, Guy. Meanwhile Tories sell-out the NHS.
      Try harder, Guy.
      www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nhs-trade-deal-protections-sell-off-b1789867.html

    • @joaosalgado8393
      @joaosalgado8393 3 роки тому +3

      @@jamesguy1030 how’s brexit going? Didn’t the fish market completely crashed recently? Let me guess that’s also the EU’s fault? Stop blaming other for your own incompetence

    • @adamus1342
      @adamus1342 3 роки тому +2

      More and more people dislike the EU because they don't represent the people but making a lot of money.

    • @ULYSSES-31
      @ULYSSES-31 3 роки тому

      @@adamus1342
      The English voted out of the EU on the wishes of the Tories and the ERG - whose sole interest is money.

  • @goodall1bay
    @goodall1bay 7 років тому +7

    The only positive from this film was Sweden , but since the film was made; even that was destroyed by uncontrolled illegal migration of free loading economic migrants from the third world.

  • @SaulOhio
    @SaulOhio 11 років тому +2

    You evade the "cultural revolution" in which people were publicly humiliates, imprisoned, their posessions confiscated or destroyed, and many people were executed. That was murder.

  • @GodricThe
    @GodricThe Рік тому +6

    United we stand, divided we fall

    • @marcomaccherone7535
      @marcomaccherone7535 Рік тому

      @msmissy6888 'dictatorship', English people have always loved to feel different from others

  • @genekelly8467
    @genekelly8467 5 років тому +20

    The EU should have stayed a customs union only, with no authority to interfere in the internal affairs of the member countries.As for the Euro currency, it could have been a common currency for inter-country exchanges only, like the "Trade Dollar" used in Asia (1850-1910).

    • @tomendruweit9386
      @tomendruweit9386 Рік тому

      the ECSC was founded SPCIFICALLY to stop wars and integrate europe what the fuck are you talking about

  • @Shaun-60
    @Shaun-60 2 роки тому +6

    Yes!!!!
    Stop this trap!!!
    Welcome back Freedom and democracy!!!
    🇮🇹🇮🇹 ITALEXIT 🇮🇹🇮🇹 ITALEXIT 🇮🇹🇮🇹 ITALEXIT 🇮🇹🇮🇹 ITALEXIT 🇮🇹🇮🇹 ITALEXIT 🇮🇹🇮🇹 ITALEXIT 🇮🇹🇮🇹 ITALEXIT 🇮🇹🇮🇹 ITALEXIT 🇮🇹🇮🇹 ITALEXIT

    • @Shaun-60
      @Shaun-60 2 роки тому

      @MsMissy eu will collapse by itself, history teaches it, as the Soviet Union or the Third Reich have shown that democracy and identity cannot be subdued, sooner or later people will rebel. However we are doing everything to make a democratic referendum and leave the European Union and bring back freedom and democracy in Italy!
      🇮🇹🇮🇹 ITALEXIT 🇮🇹🇮🇹 ITALEXIT 🇮🇹🇮🇹

  • @SaulOhio
    @SaulOhio 11 років тому +2

    As I said, capitalism isn't an ideal. It is simply what happens when you respect individual rights, especially private property. It grew out of the classical liberal tradition.
    It is a FACT that capitalism is the consequence of the protection of private property rights. There are a number of ideologies which advocate private property rights, such as Objectivism, classical liberalism, different forms of libertarianism, some aspects of conservativism, and so on.

  • @MrWookie21
    @MrWookie21 7 років тому +8

    No one knows, even 60 years after the Rome treaty, what's E. U. about ?

  • @calcrappie8507
    @calcrappie8507 6 років тому +2

    Unchecked and un-filtered immigration will be the swan song of the EU. The people want their countries and culture back.

  • @michasosnowski5918
    @michasosnowski5918 8 років тому +10

    And two years later we have Brexit, followed in my predictions by other ..exit referendums and EU would cease to exist. At least! Incredible how this women predicted it. If you have principles I guess its not that hard to see what will happen.

    • @MICKEYISLOWD
      @MICKEYISLOWD 8 років тому +5

      If you know the EU final agenda you demand it's destruction at all costs.

    • @michasosnowski5918
      @michasosnowski5918 8 років тому

      Mickeyislowd
      You mean socialism, globalism, crisis? Or someting more specific? Can you expand?

    • @michasosnowski5918
      @michasosnowski5918 8 років тому +1

      Nasi rządzący nie mają na tyle jaj i kompetencji, żeby zrobić co trzeba zrobić, aby Polska jako suwerenny kraj się rozwijała bez Unii. Być może sam nie masz takiej wiedzy, dlatego Unia jawi Ci się jako coś pięknego.
      A wystarczyłoby znieść regulacje i obniżyć maksymalnie podatki. Kasa państwa napełniłaby się bardziej niż teraz, bo ludzie przestali by kombinować jak uniknąć podatków, a przedsiębiorczość by się rozwinęła. Czy naprawdę nie widzisz innego wyjścia poza byciem pijawką zachodu?
      Być może Unia się nie rozpadnie wkrótce, bo ewentualnie na pewno. To nie mówi o jej konieczności, a o mentalności ludzi.

    • @tomendruweit9386
      @tomendruweit9386 Рік тому

      so... what was that about other people leaving? We got kroatia now instead of the UK and i call that a good trade!

  • @jackhadroom4540
    @jackhadroom4540 6 років тому +6

    Three years after this was uploaded, the UK voted to leave :)

    • @siZeDcuBe
      @siZeDcuBe 2 роки тому

      And has enjoyed economic stagnation and tax hikes ever since

  • @user-eu9ht5me5j
    @user-eu9ht5me5j 3 роки тому +5

    We still have 2 years to see if she gets it right about the EU

  • @ragatso666
    @ragatso666 11 років тому

    WHAT???
    "the unions are to strong"? Thats a good thing.
    Sweden is not a rolemodel, poverty and inecuality has grown since the 90s. Something that we in Sweden is struggling against now, thats why there is a talk to take the good parts of what was good before the 90s. We know now that privatisation was not good for Sweeden, it was devestating. You didnt see people sleeping in the streets before, now entire families are homeless in Sweden

  • @ThePocketbass
    @ThePocketbass 11 років тому +7

    I completely agree with vouchers as a way to cut costs. Much more troubling to me is the mandatory statist curriculum. As I understand it, any state that accepted stimulus dollars must accept the "Common Purpose" standards with no exceptions for charter, private, religious or home schooling. From what I've read about it so far, it's straight out of "The Little Red Book." Any thoughts on this?

  • @kmg501
    @kmg501 11 років тому +2

    I hope she is right but the unfortunate lesson I have learned is that bad government and socialism dies a very prolonged death. This is due to part greed and a lot of public ignorance about free market economics. If the public at large understood just how bad and corrupt socialism is they would demand that it be torn down immediately.
    -

  • @theendwillnevercome116
    @theendwillnevercome116 2 роки тому +3

    In ten year EU will not exist in this form.. Hencefort she is right and still one year to go...

  • @aphroditeblighty1450
    @aphroditeblighty1450 5 років тому +8

    2018. Everything she has predicited has come to light ..except that the eu has not collapsed as YET.

  • @naturevalley10
    @naturevalley10 10 років тому +43

    I don't understand why she touts the American System when that's what caused the economic collapse in the first place.

    • @modicompany
      @modicompany 10 років тому +8

      She is an economist, that's what they basically do...

    • @jamespeers825
      @jamespeers825 10 років тому +7

      It didn't cause the crisis in the EU. It didn't help at all obviously but the EU is in trouble because the interest rate at which countries like Greece and Portugal could borrow money went from 18% to 3% overnight when the Euro was formed. Literally overnight. They then borrowed more money, as they could now do so even though nothing in their country changed. They went from 18% to 3% as Germany now essentially guaranteed repayments. The trouble is, Germany only has so much money (and patience, I imagine) and now were at a stage where German politicians tell Greek politicians what austerity measures to take and what cuts to make etc. Its a sticky situation and both countries have a genuine right to be annoyed at the other, as neither peoples got a say on any of it. So while Lehman Brothers and RBS royally screwed everyone in the USA and UK out of £100's of £Billions, and caused the collapse of a few other companies and markets, they didn't cause this rift between North and South Europe. the Euro is the problem and its members states attitudes of keeping it at all costs.

    • @naturevalley10
      @naturevalley10 10 років тому +3

      james peers Isn't that exactly the point though? These huge loans are taken out from the IMF of which the people are expected to pay interests, yet the people never see a cent of these loans which go to benefit the elites. This is exactly what went down in the US when we bailed out the banks. We're now seeing the exact same thing in Ukraine, whose government has been overthrown and co-opted by US/EU overlords. They're now taking out huge loans which they'll never be able to repay and the Ukrainian people will be indebted to the banksters for life.

    • @jamespeers825
      @jamespeers825 10 років тому +1

      Jack Matheson Yeah, your right when you say the system is the same, totally. My point was that the EU crisis could have been avoided even if the financial crash in the USA and UK had happened.
      If Greece hadn't been allowed to borrow money at 3% interest then they would of been able to afford repayments when the time came. The financial crash is the reason debts got called in but how much would Greece of owed if it had kept its 18% interest rate, I wonder? A lot less I imagine. But yeah, same terrible system, I don't know why I argued lol

    • @jerrylee3887
      @jerrylee3887 10 років тому

      Jack Matheson: she is technical right about stating that the US has a great model in place. But you fail and she fails to realize that humans are greedy and can be bought for the right price. I probably could give you a billion dollars to wack your whole family and you would think about doing it. Or some offers you a job where they give millions of tax free money straight into your account, all you have to do to sign a bill and make sure it get passed into law.
      Money is the issue. It will be a forever issue with humans. Valuing money rather than valuing knowledge is our greatest flaw.

  • @toonmag50
    @toonmag50 6 років тому +1

    GB is not part of the in-group which is german manufacturing and french farming.
    The EU/EEC was set up to protect both.

  • @93TIAGO
    @93TIAGO 2 роки тому +6

    I was born in Portugal, traveled all over Europe, studied and lived in Italy, worked and lived in France and Switzerland, lived and often go to Spain and I love the freedom that Europe offers me, so despite all the flaws of europe, I am above all European and will always be European. And like me, there are many, and we are willing to fight for it, so Europe will never end.

    • @davidrenton
      @davidrenton 2 роки тому +5

      the EU is not Europe, the EU is a blip on Europe's history. When the EU is gone, you will still be able to go Spain, France. People confuse this incompetent bureaucratic nightmare that is the EU with Europe, with Europeans. If you truly love Europe, then you cannot love the EU.

    • @fdm2982
      @fdm2982 2 роки тому

      You do know that the EU didnt create the concept of travelling, right? Neither did it invent the process of immigration.
      If the EU ends tomorrow you can still go live and work abroad, even Thomas Hobbes travelled to various countries in europe and it was the XVII freaking century...

    • @93TIAGO
      @93TIAGO Рік тому

      @MsMissy You're right it's wrong, i don't expect my bad english, bad french, bad spanish, bad italian and good native portuguese to be up to par with your english. But I hope you are as bad as I am in some language other than your native language.😉

  • @SaulOhio
    @SaulOhio 11 років тому +1

    In fact, these third world nations would be better off if we managed to "exploit" them more, i,e, trade with them the goods we produce for goods they produce.
    Their problem isn't America's capitalism. It is their LACK of capitalism. They have very repressed economies, and their people prosper once their governments start repressing them LESS, letting them have more capitalism.
    China is an excellent example.

  • @loolee9631
    @loolee9631 9 років тому +14

    In essence, Barbara Kolm (who used to be in a right-wing populist party in Austria) argues that the EU will fail because the public sectors in EU countries are too large. She even twists the whole story around Sweden to make it look like Sweden has now become a leading free-market economy, even though the public sector in Sweden is one of the biggest in Europe.
    There is no mention whatsoever about the real causes of the economic woes in Europe right now, which revolve around the structural errors in the eurozone, which prevented the eurozone to adequately respond to the failures in the deregulated financial sector around 2007.
    When Barbara Kolm mentions Spain's woes, she fails to add that before the crisis, Spain (and Ireland) had a budget surplus, and got into deficit territory because it (they) had to save the banks which had made huge investment mistakes. It was only after the government(s) had to step in to save the Spanish (and Irish) banks, that the public debt started to soar.
    Her advice to the US, "don't become Europe", which for Kolm means, "don't increase the public sector," makes no sense: the US could very well profit from higher minimum wages to increase demand, higher capital gains taxes to lower inequality, and better education to increase social mobility. What Europe could learn from the US is: create a federal fiscal system such as it exists in the US, and which prevented some US states with vulnerable financial sectors from going bankrupt during the financial meltdown of 2008.

    • @possumGFX
      @possumGFX 9 років тому +3

      Loo Lee Good post.

    • @williamdessert3708
      @williamdessert3708 9 років тому +2

      You are completely on point.
      The 21st century needs to see a separation between tax payers and depositors. 400 years ago, depositors acted as insurance (share holders) to the bank's investments and in return earned Interest. Tax payers saved and "donated" a percentage of equity or income to their community to ensure basic communal functions were adequate and kept up. Of course when religions and governments began wars against one another, financial institutions were established to lend out and accept deposits from both parties. Move forward, cyclical economic policies have not separated this partisanship. Central banking and tax collecting should not be separate. Depositors and tax payers (bailing out over leveraged banks) should not be responsible for unregulated or unadvised investments nor should they be punished for those banks not having adequate insurance.
      What we are seeing today is very similar to what occurred during the 1620s through 1680s. However, today, 7.3 billion people are dependent on a system of commodities valued upon fiat currencies that are insured by petroleum. The minute depositors stop saving and "donating" to their public servants in the form of taxes, or rather can afford to do so, we will see a currency bubble pop faster than the tulip blight in 1637.
      Game. Over.

  • @SaulOhio
    @SaulOhio 11 років тому +1

    As to fascism, that is also a form of socialism, despite what you have been taught. Only the state leaves property NOMINALLY in the hands of private owners, and simply takes control of the private owners, telling them what to do with their property. Ownership of property means you have the right to keep, use, and dispose of property, excluding others from use of it. But under fascism, the government is not excluded, and decides how property is used, acting as the de-facto owner.

  • @majid7925
    @majid7925 2 роки тому +5

    Its been 9 years “eu will not last for 10 years … “ well she got still a year but i would not invest

  • @YourXLNerd
    @YourXLNerd 11 років тому +1

    The major difference between communism and capitalism is where communism requires coercion and force - capitalism requires nothing. Capitalism is strictly voluntary (the antithesis of coercion). Capitalism happens organically - through the trading of one man's money for another's - proper money, of course, being the summation of his value to society. Communism requires force not money, and force is diametrically opposed to civil liberties and transitively social justice.

  • @breasofthetuathadedanann6884
    @breasofthetuathadedanann6884 7 років тому +5

    The EU will end in a bloodbath, take your lesson from Rome and the USSR

  • @priximus2254
    @priximus2254 10 років тому +6

    Sweden well off? As a swedish citizen of the lower class I can say that is not the case

    • @SuicideFixated
      @SuicideFixated 9 років тому +1

      allahu ackbar my swedish brother!

    • @priximus2254
      @priximus2254 9 років тому

      Keep your god away from me!

    • @SuicideFixated
      @SuicideFixated 9 років тому +1

      Priximus225 it was sarcasm. i'm swede and not snackbar. but i'm glad i don't live in sweden :D well then ALLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAH

    • @priximus2254
      @priximus2254 9 років тому +1

      Allah can kiss my ass xD
      But in all seriousness do be glad you don't live in this country x3 it's been royaly fucked up by SJWs in government and media -.-

    • @SuicideFixated
      @SuicideFixated 9 років тому +1

      Priximus225 no shit sherlock? i can see it when i travel through that shithole called malmö

  • @henri901
    @henri901 2 роки тому +6

    look at EU now hahahahahahaha. she was rightt

    • @tomendruweit9386
      @tomendruweit9386 Рік тому

      gas prices are down again thanks to the eu, suck my massive blue dick fucker! Muhahaha

  • @theomega831
    @theomega831 11 років тому

    I'm not a religious person, but the Bible predicted that the World would come together and form a universal currency and basically be one large country. I hope thats not ture, otherwise the next thing you know, the end of days will be upon us. Thank God I have studied how to survive the coming apocalypse.

    • @SNAKEPIT359
      @SNAKEPIT359 5 років тому

      G1ZM0T0
      If anything it is quite the opposite. The tower of Babel (Which incidentally
      is the EU's motif) where the people came together to go against God. He came down to take a look. Then Confused their language and dispersed them. They still haven't learnt their lesson.

  • @BenzinioB
    @BenzinioB 2 роки тому +6

    well 9 year late I'm glad to see dr Kolm prediction is just about to come - I cant see EU (i.e. Brussels dictatorship) survive another year in current circumstances... and that I guess is for good!

  • @MotorClassics
    @MotorClassics 7 років тому +2

    This is exaxtly what ive been telling people for years...its about time the rest of the eu slaves followed the brits and leave the eu to continie sinking itself.

  • @Arimaquinador
    @Arimaquinador 7 років тому +7

    This is a pure ideological position, what is fine for anyone to have. It just shouldn't be passed as a technical solution, free markets don't necessarily solve problems neither the governments are always bad. The major problems in Europe today where partly caused by markets colapsing and partly caused by politicians hiding behing technocracy that sells itself as science when it's mostly ideological.

  • @Sam-tz8ou
    @Sam-tz8ou 2 роки тому +2

    Still 2 more years to know if it collapses.

  • @gianlucapistoia8993
    @gianlucapistoia8993 Рік тому +6

    this theory didnt aged well

  • @marianandrei9111
    @marianandrei9111 4 місяці тому +2

    Any second now😂

  • @FarmerSchinken
    @FarmerSchinken 7 років тому +6

    So first she explains how Sweden totally changed and prospered while being in the EU and instead of giving actual reasons she says "Trust me" - I'm not convinced yet

  • @freesk8
    @freesk8 11 років тому +10

    Keynsian economists helped ruin the monetary system. Austrian (von Misian) economists fought against those mistakes.

  • @michaellawrence2762
    @michaellawrence2762 5 років тому +5

    What a beautiful and wise woman Hasten the day!

  • @MatchesMalone1183
    @MatchesMalone1183 7 років тому +1

    Mrs motherfucking Nostradamus knew what was up.

  • @fireblade3682
    @fireblade3682 Рік тому +4

    10 years later, here we are. Things will just get worse and worse. We peaked in the 2000s and quality of life will just get worse and worse.

  • @BB-hx4mj
    @BB-hx4mj 5 років тому +2

    She claims to be a economist but it seems as though she doesn’t understand how EU works. She behaves as if she was in primary school and herd something bad about EU and without checking information she blandly repits it. And Greases crisis is there own fault not EU’s. In fact EU saved Grease from economical collapse.

  • @FreaKCSGOHacker
    @FreaKCSGOHacker 6 років тому +4

    Holy hell she called it 5 years ago? dam

    • @michaelbrown865
      @michaelbrown865 4 роки тому

      Read The Rotten heart of Europe by Bernard Connolly, he called it before the Euro was introduced. As a Brussels finance insider he knew it would fail but the politicians want power and ignored him. www.amazon.co.uk/Rotten-Heart-Europe-Dirty-Europes-ebook/dp/B009UMZWTI/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1578905151&sr=8-1

    • @michaelbrown865
      @michaelbrown865 4 роки тому

      @Jerry O Sullivan Bless

  • @gmcg246
    @gmcg246 3 роки тому +3

    Good advise Barbara

  • @samuelmilton1436
    @samuelmilton1436 11 років тому +5

    Europe is AWESOME!!!! I LOVE FRANCE!!!!

  • @ChachiTelevision1979
    @ChachiTelevision1979 11 років тому +7

    Very nicely put. I agree with you.

    • @tomendruweit9386
      @tomendruweit9386 Рік тому

      any second now

    • @ChachiTelevision1979
      @ChachiTelevision1979 Рік тому

      @@tomendruweit9386 😂🤣😅

    • @tomendruweit9386
      @tomendruweit9386 Рік тому

      @@ChachiTelevision1979 i love these x thing i dont like will fail and then it just keeps going cause fuck you 😂

    • @ChachiTelevision1979
      @ChachiTelevision1979 Рік тому

      @@tomendruweit9386 9 years ago -- things haunt me :P

    • @tomendruweit9386
      @tomendruweit9386 Рік тому

      @@ChachiTelevision1979 im spending my free time looking at people who 9 years ago thought the EU would die

  • @massimo4307
    @massimo4307 2 роки тому +6

    I'm still hoping the EU will collapse.

    • @massimo4307
      @massimo4307 2 роки тому

      @Rogier - Sorry I don't support your shitty organization.

    • @Swede.from.Boston
      @Swede.from.Boston 2 роки тому +1

      One year left :)

    • @ozanareyiz7773
      @ozanareyiz7773 2 роки тому

      It's already collapsed. It always been a Zionist, Neocon project. It ended like their wars.

    • @ketsune23
      @ketsune23 2 роки тому

      @MsMissy i think it will be in September 2022

    • @ketsune23
      @ketsune23 2 роки тому

      @MsMissy By September Europe will not have oil, food supplies and Euro will start to crumble which will lead to the end of EU.

  • @adriangoldsbrough6874
    @adriangoldsbrough6874 11 місяців тому

    If the EU does finally collapse for the cited reasons the real question will be how it was able to last for so long, And it's untangling could also be a messy business when the world right now already has enough of that on it's plate.

  • @pedropinheiroaugusto3220
    @pedropinheiroaugusto3220 2 роки тому +3

    The name of this channel is a form of irony.

  • @lancethrust9488
    @lancethrust9488 2 роки тому

    THIS DICTATORSHIP NEEDS TO END

  • @emib6599
    @emib6599 2 роки тому +8

    9 years later if you write her name on the Internet you'll find articles talking about how we should ignore Ukraine and don't put any sanction on Russia.
    So now we are sure about who was paying her at this time.

    • @ketsune23
      @ketsune23 2 роки тому +1

      who?

    • @kr0k0deilos
      @kr0k0deilos 2 роки тому

      If Europe wants to survive it needs to stay out of this USA-Russia proxy war in Ukraine.

    • @damionkeeling3103
      @damionkeeling3103 2 роки тому

      @@Just_another_Euro_dude Germans had reliable nuclear energy. Currently three remaining power plants provide 11% of energy which are scheduled to be shutdown at the end of the year. Germans wanted to go for "clean" energy like Russian gas.

  • @innahawaad4972
    @innahawaad4972 10 років тому +1

    Every empire has lifespan... EU is at the end of it .. :D

  • @pentogram23
    @pentogram23 9 років тому +11

    ACHTUNG ACHTUNG !!!!!!!! The rise of the FOURTH REICH

  • @Yetanotherytuser
    @Yetanotherytuser 11 років тому

    The only thing I like about the European Union is the idea of open borders.