tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post1158743800229656832..comments2024-03-29T10:48:38.142+00:00Comments on Coppola Comment: When trust is brokenFrances Coppolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09399390283774592713noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-47657928069316268242012-06-07T11:15:55.845+01:002012-06-07T11:15:55.845+01:00I think the issue is "consent" if the po...I think the issue is "consent" if the populations do not feel decisions do not reflect the mandates they have given then as you say that erosion of trust will be a tipping point.<br /><br />In many ways consent is off set by the provision of public goods and can also be bought off with cheap credit and liar loans ect.<br /><br />This is the real fatal flaw in the whole EUro mess. If they had arrived at this point with more legitimacy for their project than the present troubles would be surmountable.<br /><br />And if they proceed with full economic and defacto political union then it will have to be underpinned by proper democratic structures which I bet will be anathema to the technocrats and will as history shows with the EU nothing more than brand awareness.<br /><br />Transplanting a federal democratic system onto a continent with 4000 years of history, culture and customs i suspect will be bloody.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362169593902131947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-73255963877929242012-06-07T01:19:38.046+01:002012-06-07T01:19:38.046+01:00Wonder what trigger points repeat through history,...Wonder what trigger points repeat through history, for there are. And how many people have woken to several societal trigger points visible in the uk, and whether that trigger will be squeezed?Virtual Gherkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03541857601627544233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764541874043694159.post-81855272971471050062012-06-07T01:06:33.148+01:002012-06-07T01:06:33.148+01:00Reminds me of some of the issues in http://adragon...Reminds me of some of the issues in http://adragonsbestfriend.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/is-middle-class-no-longer-magical/ - "Is middle class no longer magical?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com