"There is little doubt that European governments, like Washington, have been financially improvident, living beyond their means and building up debt burdens on citizens. Something needed to be done. However, what is being done is extra-democratic. This is an indication that Western elites–the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations, Bilderberg Group, the EU, transnational corporations, oversized banks, and the mega-rich–no longer believe in democracy."
If they ever did ... which I do not believe.
"Perhaps future historians will conclude that democracy once served the interests of money in order to break free of the power of kings, aristocracy, and government predations, but as money established control over governments, democracy became a liability. Historians will speak of the transition from the divine right of kings to the divine right of money."
Read : http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/02/14/the-divine-right-of-money/.
A black analysis indeed ...
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Read also the more or less related : http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2012/02/capitalism-against-freedom.html:
"Speaking as one who values freedom, all this raises an important issue. In politics, interests and power often matter more than values. The question then is: given that capitalists are often opposed to freedom, where is the powerful interest group that might act as a force for freedom?"
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