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DanaThomas posted an update 8 years, 6 months ago
“Catalans proud of their banks” (Wall Street Journal). Christopher Columbus, who had connections with Genoese bankers and Pope Cybo, stayed in Barcelona. This could take us into territory discussed in Dr. Farrell’s “Thrice Great Hermetica” and of course “Babylon’s Bankers”. So we might be seeing a bankers’ war cleverly disguised in misleading black and white terms of “left” and “right” (funny how Catalan secessionists, very similar to other “populist” movements in Europe, are not branded as “populists”), or of being for or against a rather improbable (in the short term) independence. When things get bizarre, as C.A. Fitts always says, follow the money.
http://www.atimes.com/article/middle-class-drives-catalan-separatist-movement/
The Giza Forum (Legacy)
Closed Archive of The Old Forum
Based on my experience in local politics, when lots of mayors and councillors start signing formally illegal pledges to support independence and such like, it is my suspicion that, apart from a few well-meaning individuals working for a cause and willing to pay for their commitment, “assurances” have been provided, directly or indirectly. Or am I overly cynical?
Maybe cynical…. but also they may see this as a way of forwarding their plans… a way to keep momentum going. After all, papers with signature can be lost, burnt, retracted, etc.
Remember that here we are in the Latin world, where unless you have some really niche skills, family connections are all important in getting a job. And in the public sector, the concept of patronage is engrained in the mentality with regard to the assignment of tenders and consultancies, even when the niceties of the law are formally respected…
Yes, good point. It is similar here in the Middle East. Relationships are paramount. Try to get something done without a referral or introduction of some sort and it is slow and tedious.
Gosling connects the dots, reminding us that Madrid’s ruling party is super corrupt (“Barcenas scandal”) and has no qualms about using police state techniques, with the EU blessing!
https://youtu.be/NzETHdfuqdE