Politics

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The Sacred Ritual of Self-Justification

/Hitchens-style
The hypocrisy is not accidental. It is structural. It is the mechanism by which the system breathes. In 2014, when Ukraine’s parliament voted to dissolve the country’s oligarchic party system and move toward genuine parliamentary oversight, the U.S. State Department issued a …
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The Grand Procession of European Unity

/Swift
Consider the humble acquis communautaire, that towering edifice of accumulated law which no single human can comprehend in its entirety. Like a medieval cathedral, it is built stone by stone, each directive and regulation fitting snugly against the last, not because anyone …
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The Paper Mill of Europe

/Hitchens-style
This is how the machine feeds itself. Every regulation begets a working group. Every working group demands impact assessments. The assessments require stakeholder consultations. The consultations produce reports that reveal the need for further study. The studies justify new …
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