11 Oct, 2024
Mijn blog titel was mijn eigen uitspraak van afgelopen woensdag. Hoe meer ik er over nadenk, hoe vaker die uitspraak eigenlijk van toepassing is. Veel (beroemde c.q. beruchte) uitspraken van Geert Wilders vallen er mijns inziens onder. In het Engels zou je mijn blog titel wellicht het beste kunnen vertalen als: "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get...
4 Oct, 2024
Op 1 oktober 2024 kwam de nieuwste draai van Mark Rutte: "Oekraïne hoort thuis in de NAVO” (o.a. BNR, Telegraaf). In zijn rol van PM van Nederland zei hij nog het tegenovergestelde: Rutte wil niet dat Oekraïne toetreedt tot de EU of de NAVO (NPO1, 14 mei 2022). Rutte’s opmerking zou je wellicht kunnen verwachten in zijn nieuwe rol als (politiek) hoofd van de NAVO....
1 Oct, 2024
Increasingly, it looks like every nation is an economic, geopolitical, and/or military enemy of China, once their national interests collide with Chinese interests. Remarkably, China is now also creating domestic adversaries. I cannot imagine that China needs and/or wants such adversaries or enemies. Hence, the explanation must be about (extreme) beliefs. Such...
30 Sep, 2024
Recently, the Washington Post (WaPo) published this article: How to stop Europe’s decline, an opinion by its Editorial Board. Its subtitle was: "Fixing the European Union’s flagging economy will require it to reconsider key elements of its architecture." The WaPo may well be right about Europe's flagging economy but why do they fail to see the American decline...
21 Aug, 2024
America, China and Russia face (ever-) decreasing birth rates and to such an extent that various politicians have already claimed a demographic crisis. However, the reasons are very, very different. WSJ, 25 April 2024: “Fewer babies were born in the U.S. in 2023 than any year since 1979. American women are giving birth at record-low rates. The total fertility rate...
16 Aug, 2024
”The Golden Rule is the principle of treating others as one would want to be treated by them. It is sometimes called an ethics of reciprocity, meaning that you should reciprocate to others how you would like them to treat you (not necessarily how they actually treat you).” (Wiki) The Russian comments on the Ukraine attacks on Russian territory, are an...
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