The Unparalleled Hans Hermann Hoppe Discusses the State of the EU

[AuH20]

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/07/...al-perversion/

What do you predict, then, will be the future of the EU?

The EU and the ECB are a moral and economic monstrosity, in violation of natural law and the laws of economics. You cannot continuously punish productivity and success and reward idleness and failure without bringing about the disaster. The EU will slide from one economic crisis to the next and ultimately break apart. The Brexit, that we have just experienced, is only the first step in this inevitable process of devolution and political decentralization.

Is there anything that an ordinary citizen can do in this situation?

For one, instead of swallowing the high-sounding blabber of politicians about “freedom,” “prosperity,” “social justice,” etc., people must learn to recognize the EU for what it really is: a gang of power-lusty crooks empowering and enriching themselves at other, productive people’s expense. And secondly, people must develop a clear vision of the alternative to the present morass: not a European Super-State or even a federation of nation States, but the vision of a Europe made up of thousands of Liechtensteins and Swiss cantons, united through free trade, and in competition with one another in the attempt of offering the most attractive conditions for productive people to stay or move.

[Ronin Truth]

Read the full interview article. Very, very good. Thanks!

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people must develop a clear vision of the alternative to the present morass: not a European Super-State or even a federation of nation States, but the vision of a Europe made up of thousands of Liechtensteins and Swiss cantons, united through free trade, and in competition with one another in the attempt of offering the most attractive conditions for productive people to stay or move.

would be nice if the whole of north america headed in that direction

[goldenequity]

Good stuff & simple instructions: Let My People GOOOOOO

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DIRECTLY related article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...fringe-economy

Just about every other worker in Russia has gone missing.

Uncounted by statisticians and invisible to tax collectors, a population the size of Texas -- or about 30 million people --
plies its trade in the nooks and crannies of what’s become known as the “garage economy.”
There, professions such as mechanics, builders, dentists and veterinarians conduct their business
off-the-books and in cash.

Putin is scratching his head trying to figure out how to tap into it (aka tax it.... without KILLING it... because: it IS in fact rescuing
the PEOPLE from the sanctions and oil glut... and allowing them to SURVIVE!!)

Just as your OP article says PERFECTLY:

The economic success of a country depends on three interrelated factors:
the security of private property and property rights,
the freedom of contract and trade,
and the freedom of association and dis-association – and, of course, the diligence, intelligence and ingenuity of its people.

Each and every State, insofar as it relies on taxation for its own funding, acts in violation of these requirements.
But
these violations can be [EITHER] less extensive and far-reaching, [or] more so,
explaining
the relative success of some countries and the failure of others.

The internal organization of the State, whether it is a one-party-dictatorship or a multi-party-democracy,
is essentially irrelevant in this. (His examples: China & India)

Good stuff.