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Economist Supports Spain’s exit from the EU and NATO #SPAINEXIT I write about the jhānas in the Theravāda tradition.

Spain
Joined October 2009
Replying to @AlisaArlet
Europe's political elites no longer represent a growing part of the population. Across Europe, a fifth column of citizens is emerging—people who are no longer willing to accept decisions imposed from above without question."
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By action or inaction, we citizens also bear responsibility for our leaders. I condemn our collective silence as Ukraine is devastated and its people suffer, while European leaders pursue interests they dare not openly admit.
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Had Napoleon conquered Russia in 1812, would he have introduced the guillotine, as France later did in its colonies? Two centuries later, France confronts Russia again over Ukraine. Different times, same question: Is France defending its ideals or imposing its power?
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During Algeria's struggle for independence, French authorities executed 222 Algerian nationalists, many by guillotine. And the guillotine had already been used in colonial Algeria for more than a century. This, too, is part of France's colonial history.
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This is a French colonial guillotine used in Vietnam. Between 1930 and 1932 alone, 88 Vietnamese were beheaded. On June 17, 1930, 13 Vietnamese nationalists were guillotined in Yên Bái. The total number remains unknown.
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These photographs of everyone smiling for the cameras look more like toothpaste commercials than serious political events. Politics has become a carefully staged parade of smiles, where appearances matter more than substance.
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For years, European leaders have repeated the same phrases: “unprovoked war”, “unprovoked aggression”. What strikes me is the uniformity of the vocabulary, across countries and over time. Shared convictions, shared talking points—or both?
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