Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua show Latin American politicians that their totalitarian dreams are possible, that if they convince enough people that they can get an unlimited number of new rights—free stuff produced by somebody else's labor—that population can not only be enslaved but also that they deserve to be enslaved because that's what makes them happy.
These examples are even worse than what they look like because while we can find cases in recent history where dictators were killed by the people (Nicolae Ceaușescu) cases like Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez are examples of dictators who not only died in power but also named their own successors. That's not the right message, is it?
It is unbelievable the level of support in favor of those regimes, and that's dangerous. I think all politicians would behave better if the peoples enslaved by those regimes took them down. That would be the best for all of us.
If you look at the European Union, you can’t help but notice that the politicians leading it are on the wrong path, yet a large portion of citizens are unaware of this or are affected by Stockholm syndrome. In recent years, the EU has slid down a tyrannical slope, disregarding the problems of Europeans and transforming into a belligerent supranational apparatus. From what I observe, those in Western EU countries are less aware of what’s happening to them, so it’s no surprise that those who have already lived through a totalitarian period under communism are more alert and sensitive to the totalitarian tendencies of EU officials.
Yesterday, a Romanian MEP, Gheorghe Piperea, a lawyer, initiated a no-confidence motion against Ursula von der Leyen. It’s unlikely to succeed, but it’s a wake-up call for everyone, this cannot go on. What was Ursula’s response? Those trying to bring her down are paid by Moscow, they’re extremists (how convenient, isn't it). It’s the typical response of woke politicians, detached from reality and the people. That’s how it was with Ceaușescu, who believed he was untouchable until the very end.
I don’t know if something similar could happen at the European level, but I do know that action creates reaction, and the more the rights and concerns of Europeans are ignored, the stronger the response will be when it comes.