Or, take a different direction.pErvinalia wrote: ↑Mon Jul 16, 2018 8:10 amWhat would happen if we somehow convinced enough people in the world that nation states are illogical and that we are a single species and every human no matter where they are born deserves certain minimum standards and dignity? I don't have the numbers at hand, but I've seen it quoted that we could end world poverty with a trillion dollars, or something of that order. Let's say it was 10 trillion. The world economy generates that pretty easily. And even if it didn't, we could easily extract that much money from the rich in western societies. Would you be willing to live in a modest home with modest accoutrements (furniture, fittings, cars, technology, etc) if it meant that most of the poor in the world could live without crushing poverty and possibly even the same minimum standards as you?
'Inside Bannon's Plan to Hijack Europe for the Far-Right'
Steve Bannon plans to go toe-to-toe with George Soros and spark a right-wing revolution in Europe.
Trump’s former White House chief advisor told The Daily Beast that he is setting up a foundation in Europe called The Movement which he hopes will lead a right-wing populist revolt across the continent starting with the European Parliament elections next spring.
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Bannon is convinced that the coming years will see a drastic break from decades of European integration. “Right-wing populist nationalism is what will happen. That’s what will govern,” he told The Daily Beast. “You're going to have individual nation states with their own identities, their own borders.”
The grassroots movements are already in place waiting for someone to maximize their potential. “It will be instantaneous—as soon as we flip the switch,” he said.
The sight of Brexit virtually upending the entire European Union with a campaign spending cap of £7 million ($9 million) was a great inspiration. “When they told me the spending cap was £7 million, I go, ‘You mean £70 million? What the fuck?!’ £7 million doesn’t buy anything. It doesn’t buy you Facebook data, it doesn’t buy you ads, it doesn’t do anything.”