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Europe at a Crossroads: A Letter on War, Freedom, and Independent ThinkingMy head is full, fuller than during my final exams, my body suffers from an emotional blockage: too much anger wanting to break free, too little love surrounding me.  Dear Friend, Today I am not only thinking of you, today I am writing to you. I often think of you and carry on a silent dialogue—probably unnoticed by you? My head is full, fuller than during my school finals, my body suffers from an emotional blockage: too much anger that wants to be released, too little love surrounding me. You moved away some time ago, seeking peace in your later years and a more Nordic environment for you and your husband. Politics is too heavy for you—and it is—but it takes place every day in the smallest things, in our families. Where and what can we buy, can we travel, can we heat our homes, how do we treat each other and differing opinions, how do we treat our immediate environment, what do we do or refrain from doing—for money? What unites you and me, though, is that we live in Europe. We both cherish and love the art of letter writing. Often, or mostly, we share discoveries of new literature, visits to rarely explored corners, and trips to the theater or concerts. You now attend concerts, the theater, or the cinema less often, are frequently ill, and I am afraid of crowds of any kind. So today, this letter will feel more like a mountain range than a light, mild summer breeze. Last Sunday hit our already battered country once again. Not only is our homeland in trouble; all of Europe, in its current structure, its expansionist ambition, and its military apparatus, reminds one of "Ancient Rome," whose borders, shortly before its downfall, stretched from Rome to the Nile. Europe is hungry, hungry for ever more countries. Many nations—Europe follows the "One World" concept, but forces its own unwavering will and European ideology onto other countries that either want to join, want to be conquered, or must be conquered. This shows in every small EU directive, in every EU regulation, in every EU law. Germany doesn’t need its own laws anymore; it gets its orders from the EU. Then there are countries like Hungary, Slovakia, and currently especially Romania, that find this EU questionable and see it as in need of major reform. I am someone who lives in Germany, loves Italy above all, enjoys going to the sea, and yearns with passionate melancholy for the mountains. That is what I call diversity—in my world. But I want to experience this diversity individually, to decide for myself how I travel, what is good or bad for me. Fidel Castro is said to have stated: “The next war in Europe will be between Russia and fascism. Only this time, the Western world will call it democracy.” I hope he’s wrong. But when I consider the following: In the evening news last Wednesday, a former beautician said that she now has a wonderful job at Rheinmetall and earns far more than she did before—then I'm not exaggerating when I say that Castro had a realistic view of Europe's trajectory. Nor am I exaggerating when I say: “I feel a constant state of fear.” Rheinmetall shares are reaching new highs one after another, like Rockefeller stock once did… I no longer watch the news. I read only the Epoch Times and Cicero. The Epoch Times is the new “Die Zeit.” Free, investigative journalists writing free, open-minded, and critical pieces for independent thinkers and people unafraid of discourse, seeking consensus or at least understanding. For readers who don’t need guided or pre-chewed thinking. Mainstream journalism is far too one-sided for me, too ironed flat in a single direction; it lacks diversity—just like the “Aktuelle Kamera” did back then. What truth did we ever learn from the Aktuelle Kamera? Planned economy was praised, statistics were doctored and beautified, all factories exceeded their goals. (Today, it's the production of so-called “green steel,” which apparently all continents desperately want to buy from us; Mr. H.'s amazing heating law, which every citizen is supposedly so eager for; or even more absurd: an economics minister telling us that a company isn’t insolvent just because it’s no longer producing. I must say, even Egon Krenz wouldn’t have expected his citizens to believe such economic nonsense. Standards are falling…) Back then, “the West” was always the aggressor, the war-mongering imperialism that had to be kept out—with a stone wall. They had high unemployment, their livers were eaten away by cola, and they suffered from “acid rain.” (Today it's the “evil Russians” or now the “dumb-evil Americans.” Yes, how dare the Americans want peace or even seek to end a war? Just like that, without asking us—Europe? That’s unacceptable. If the Americans talk peace, Europe must increase military spending: more weapons, more money for war. Is there no end to this madness? Europe needs to bring some real force to the table—ideally the so-called Scholz-style “double force.” When is it coming, anyway? The economy is waiting!) Billions upon billions are poured into wars, while in Germany and across Europe, parents cannot afford to pay for their children’s school meals—often the only warm meal of the day. Food banks (a disgrace that we even need them) in Germany receive fewer and fewer donations; due to high inflation, retailers buy less, leaving less surplus to give away. It’s shameful! Homelessness numbers in major cities—especially in Germany—are rising daily! Yet the EU promises and distributes billions for a war the people do not want. European countries are groaning under the weight of bureaucratic mandates from Brussels. We all find ourselves in a historic moment, and instead of learning from the experience of past generations, we allow old patterns to flare up again—under new banners, no less. Tomorrow, Thursday, March 6, 2025, an EU special summit will take place. Will it finally be a summit for peace? I fear: no. Instead, it will be yet again about war-readiness instead of peace-readiness. Once again, demonization instead of diplomatic outreach. Instead, those who no longer wish to fund wars are vilified! Where does a being of body, mind, and soul find the strength to carve out a niche of happiness? Escape—but to where? The EU grabs every tiny strip of land; and if it also contains "rare earths," every effort will be made to seize it. Many people here are in debt to their banks for their homes; some had to take out mortgages. That, of course, binds them tightly to their place of residence and employment, no matter how conditions change. They must work to service their loans, feed their families, buy clothes, pay electricity, etc. That’s what binds them, nothing else, because the cultural sense of belonging has been driven out of them—once again by the usual “sleight of hand” of stigmatization, collective guilt for everything past and everything yet to come. The education and health systems no longer offer stability; other countries are now light-years ahead. To avoid further embarrassing Germany, the PISA study will surely soon be abolished. Those who constantly wallow in the dirt of their guilt don’t become cleaner for it. The writer Ken Follett (The Pillars of the Earth) once put it similarly. Dear friend, I hope you won’t allow any enemy images to be hammered into your mind, that you will always choose peace and the freedom to think. Better to negotiate a thousand times than to fire a single shot! Warmly and peacefully to you, me Author: AI-Translation - Kata Lyse | 05.03.2025 |
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