Political development is pretty straightforward though difficult. It is all about finding the right “system” or political architecture in a given situation. In order to do this, one needs to have a vast knowledge about the different systems and how they intermingle.

There are basic systems, that have traditions that are ancient in their own right.

Take Democracy. The initial idea of this system came from two sources. 1. Ancient Athens that is birth-cradle of our civilisation. Here amazing philosophers as Plato and Aristotle defined what we today see as a Democracy. But, you need to know the other source of the Democratic tradition to really understand Democracy. The other source is the Viking Freestate, that was functioning in Northern Europe before the Roman conquest. That is, it was in Germany, France, UK, The Netherlands, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe.

The system was quiet advanced in its own right, since it governed most of Northern Europe for a long time.

Modern Democracy, is however a mix of the two, and has a healthy vibe of freedom in its core, the belief, that each man is in his own right (and woman of cause).

The complexity of the system we have today, with an upper house, a lower house, a royal house on the top of it, is an improved version of the Democratic system. Especially Roman Law is a good thing.

But all systems needs to adjust to the challenges is confronts. Things have to be looked upon regularly to work.

That is also the problem of the European Union. My claim is, that it has NOT been the architecture of the construct that has really been the focus of the Union, but more the economical aspects of the Union that has been the focus.

You have to make a good architectural plan before you start working on the plumbings.

To be honest, the whole shebang is crashing down. Luckily, we have renewed our understanding of Democracy in Europe, and put in a few extra chinchs in the armor.

This will hopefully create a costly but inevitable turn around of the European countries. Giving Europe a come back on the international scene as the US has just experienced.

But it will be bloody before it will get calm again, that much is pretty clear.

G-d bless the will to be honest about these things.