Germany Continues to Tyrannize and Oppress the UK through its EU Membership

The life and letters of George William Frederick, fourth earl of Clarendon, K.G., G.C.B ^ | 1913 | Sir Herbert Maxwell

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Lord Palmerston to Lord Clarendon. 1859

The refrain of the Austrian song to us is — If you love us and have any regard for us or for making us happy, do for Heaven's sake help us to continue to tyrannise over the Italians and to make them as unhappy for the future as we have made them in the past. The truth is, there is a passion in the human heart stronger than the desire to be free from injustice and wrong, and that is the desire to inflict injustice and wrong upon others, and men resent more keenly an attempt to prevent them from oppressing other people, than they do the oppression from which they themselves may suffer.

[3161J410]

What a fitting observation to describe the EU today, “injustice and wrong”. That one dominant group (e.g. Merkel) might have a passion “to inflict injustice and wrong” on others (e.g. UK people, Greeks, German people) with the intent to oppress. (Oppression: the state of being subject to unjust treatment or control; mental pressure or distress.) That this perverse desire to oppress is jealously guarded against any attempt to prevent it. And that this desire to oppress others is actually greater than the desire that they themselves be free!

[lee martell]

All the more reason for the UK to leave the EU. However, since they were careless enough to elect a Muslim Mayor who seems to hold open contempt for west many western values, and wants to stay in the EU, that is less likely to happen now.

[Ben Hecks]

I just returned from a visit to the UK; everyone I talked to expressed a desire to leave the EU.

[cloudmountain]

Folks still seem to lump the Germans with the Austrians.
It's an insult to both groups, THEY would think. Hitler was born and bred in Austria. He learned his antisemitism is beautiful Austria...and it IS beautiful. Hitler didn't arrive in Germany until he was 22 or so.

Germany (AND Italy) didn't even become their own unified countries until the 1860's. Austria is an OLDER country with royalty and such for a long time. Mozart was performing and composing in Austria long before that.

Maybe my history is off. If so...sorry.

[cloudmountain]

I just returned from a visit to the UK; everyone I talked to expressed a desire to leave the EU.

Do they explain why they HAVEN'T? It MUST have to do with money.

[dfwgator]

Austria - Still trying to convince the world, that Beethoven was Austrian and Hitler was German.

[cloudmountain]

Austria - Still trying to convince the world, that Beethoven was Austrian and Hitler was German.

YES, they are.
You would NOT be surprised that many Americans who never took history WOULD believe it.

[dfwgator]

Well I know one prominent American who thinks they speak Austrian in Austria.

[MUDDOG]

speak Austrian in Austria

It wouldn't have mattered if Jospeh II hadn't done away with Latin as the administrative language of the empire.

[PGalt]

People all over the world can love their countries and throw off the shackles of their oppressors…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyT9jTW7MHc

Trump Train

[Ben Hecks]

No one explained that to me but I think the perceived benefits of trade in the EU convince many that it was a good deal. Now, they see the EU as an un-elected dictator and they would like their country back. Oddly enough, the UK retained the Pound while Ireland adopted the Euro.