Overall, Louis’s diplomacy and
warfare with the Slavs in the decade after Verdun demonstrate his determination
to reestablish the traditional Carolingian tributary lordship over the Slavs as
well as the considerable obstacles to this policy.
Taken from Struggle for Empire: Kingship and Conflict
Under Louis the German, 817 – 876, by Eric J. Goldberg.
Louis the German is grandson of Charlemagne and ruler of the
eastern kingdom (and sometimes more, depending on his relative power and
standing with his father, Louis the Pious).
To his east are the troublesome Slavs.
Apropos to this time of Brexit and consistent with my views
of decentralization as against the desires of those who wish to control and
exploit man (if nothing else, proving that I am quite capable of finding and focusing
on only tidbits of information that support my previously established views…),
I offer the following punchline to this desire of the aforementioned Louis:
By the ninth century, however,
Slavic rulers posed serious challenges to the Franks. Because the Slavs were divided among numerous
princes and lords, Louis was forced to carry out diplomacy with scores of
individual Slavic rulers.
“Take me to your leader” works easily in the consolidated
Europe; not so easily if one must overcome 20 or 30 different leaders, or
better yet 200 or 300. It was true 1200
years ago; it is true today.
Brexit is not conducive toward furthering one-world
government. There are many working to
reverse this, or to in any case turn this defeat into a victory. However, all of history suggests that this is
certainly a defeat for those whose desire is to centralize power.
I don't picture the Elite putting up much of a fight against Brexit at this point, much of the fight seems to be inside the UK. If they do put up a fight, it calls the entire myth of Democracy into question, and they need to preserve the integrity of this myth. "Cut off the finger to save the hand".
ReplyDeleteShould Brexit have a domino effect elsewhere, they only have so many fingers on this hand that can be cut off.
Love the context enhancement, B.M..
ReplyDeleteRe: Brexit, I was wondering about Farage's deserting the field. I Wiki'd him and found out he has survived numerous death threats and actual physical attacks. Seems like a good reason to me.
It seems to be the strongest possibility - you don't dedicate your entire professional life to a cause, and then on the cusp of victory bow out without some reason higher (and on a different) value scale.
DeleteAnd perhaps this explains Comey as well?