eugyppius (@eugyppius1)

There has been some confusion about this, so let me explain: Political parties or factions that appear to share power peacefully and in an orderly fashion among themselves, are actually collaborators, and in broad terms each sharer-in-power agrees to countenance the political programmes proposed b...

One thing I first noticed during Covid – but the phenomenon is surely older – is this subcategory of political quagmire wherein (for obscure reasons) all the Smart and Important People go totally crazy and become completely and diametrically wrong. Suddenly everything everybody says about the issue...

Many are discounting AfD showing as a disappointment or a disaster. You need to take long view, OK? AfD have the largest gain of all parties, including Die Linke. They are going to add over 50 seats in parliament, and this in a smaller Bundestag. <span class="quote-card" data-quote-index="0"></span>...

JD Vance's speech at the Munich Security Conference today was intended for an American audience. The German press &amp; regime politicians are now lining up to denounce his statements. A real effort to nudge EU politics away from Eurocrat authoritarianism would look much different....

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EXPLAINER POST ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN GERMANY RIGHT NOW, WHY IT IS A HUGE DEAL, AND SO ON If you want details and links, please see my substack pieces. Here I will write simply about what is happening. 1. German politics are stuck. They have been stuck in the same place for over a decade. This i...

The low Euro birthrate thing has come up again, so allow me to speak about this, in 12 points: 1) Low birthrates are a consequence of industrialisation. Almost all industrially developed countries right now have below-replacement fertility. Asia is having a much harder time than the West. 2) Euro...