Leaders of the European Union (EU) are forming a “united front” to oppose President Donald Trump under pressure from the Iranian regime to keep its nuclear deal with the West in place and in the face of looming trade tariffs on Europe.
Behind the meeting, however, is possibly something more significant. The idea of a “united front” ties to a deeper strategy, rooted in communist thought. The strategy involves identifying all movements or organizations on the “left,” and binding them together under a specific state objective.
Leaders of the EU have become less ashamed of demonstrating their love of the murderous, totalitarian ideology of communism, which under various estimates has killed close to 100 million people.
The destructive ideology is also at the heart of the socialist systems that have taken hold throughout Europe. Under its “international” interpretations, it gave Europe the likes of Stalin and Lenin, and under its “nationalist” interpretations gave Europe the likes of Hitler and Mussolini.
All of these political systems—whether it was the Soviet Union’s brand of communism and global revolution, or Adolph Hitler’s use of National Socialism and identity politics—were based in the same ideas of totalitarian rule, political censorship, and collectivist systems designed to rally people under the “collective” interests of the ruling regimes.
By invoking the “united front,” leaders of the EU are invoking the system that it represents. By enacting policies of micro-level governance and political censorship, and having the state direct sectors of the economy, they are showing an affinity for these failed systems.
