World Cup in America!

 The last time the World Cup was in America was in 1994.  Brazil won, so no surprise there!

What stands out about this World Cup is the reaction of Europeans to America.

They see how much freer it is here and how our economy (sorta) works as opposed to "socialist" Britain and Germany were people are sent to jail for internet memes or praying in public.  I am sure it is a shock to what they have been told what America is like.

It is not perfect.  Never was, never will be but at least it is not a failing nightmare that Western Europe as turned into.

The Europeans visiting remind me of Soviet citizens who made it out over the Iron Curtain and see how badly Moscow was lying to them about the West.  Now, Russia in 2026 appears freer than Western Europe.  

These Europeans will go home and tell everyone about what they have seen and how dictatorial "democratic" governments are. 

Let's see the change.

I bet London and Berlin try to crack down on dissent even more.

You have seen that story before... 

Britain on the brink

 

I have been looking at Britain a lot lately.  Mainly because it was once the country that everyone tried to imitate. Playing cricket and English suits etc...

Not anymore.

We see what is essentially tribal warfare in the streets and after the killing of Henry Nowak by a Sikh man and the attempted beheading of a man in Northern Ireland by a Sudanese immigrant.  Britain's per capita income has plunged as welfare payments are greater that government revenues and the two-teir policing, aimed at native Britions, give the once proud empire the look of a failed state or East Germany c.1988.

There seems to be some hop as the people of Britain appear to be pushing back.

The once respectable British constabulary seem to be as oppressive as the KGB ever was and the Labour government seems to hate the people.  The so-called Conservatives were not that great either, leading to the rise of Reform and Restore parties.

I am not sure what the future holds for Britain, but if history is any guide, a rerun of the id-1600s seems to be over the horizon,

I hope not, but corrupt governments, especially those that resemble the Warsaw Pact from the Cold War, need to get  a good slap in the head as a warning.  Hopefully the idiots currently running Parliament figure it out.

The French Revolution was pretty bad.

I don't want to see a British Revolution.

Might not be up to us.