“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
Those were the immortal words of William Shakespeare in his eternal classic Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare’s message here is, of course, obvious; you can call a thing whatever label you like, but that doesn’t change the reality of what it is. A bald man can say he has hair, but that won’t change the fact that I can see his cue-ball like noggin gleaming in the sun.
And similarly, EU leaders can dress up the incoming winter energy restrictions with any fancy media spin they want. But ultimately, let’s call a spade a spade: these are climate lockdowns.
After all, the last time the world heard the phrase “flatten the curve” from politicians, we were promised a brief six week disruption to our lives for the greater good.
What we instead got was years of catastrophic damage to our economy and health, crushing state overreach, and an unprecedented erosion of our most fundamental human and civil rights. What seemed to be a six week inconvenience turned into a years-long dystopian power grab and wealth transfer by the global business and political elite.
Now this year we hear that there is another curve which needs to be flattened – this time in regards to energy.
As EU Commission president Ursula Von Der Leyen said this week, the EU will propose a “mandatory target for reducing electricity use at peak hours” in order to “flatten the curve.”
NOW – EU will propose a "mandatory target for reducing electricity use at peak hours" in order to "flatten the curve." pic.twitter.com/Q6EuLLTM0L
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) September 7, 2022
The key word there, is of course, “mandatory” – you will not have an option but to cut your energy usage this winter. They intend to force you.
Some will probably try to convince you that this is necessary. They’ll tell you that unless we give the government control of how much energy we consume, the power grid will simply not be able to keep up with demand.
But these are the same leaders who were recently warning countries not to “backslide” into using “dirty fossil fuels” like coal, even though coal is a viable and proven energy source.
EU warns against fossil fuel ‘backsliding’ as coal replaces Russian gas https://t.co/zU3IxzZ3T6
— Financial Times (@FT) June 20, 2022
“We have to make sure that we use this crisis to move forward and not to have a backsliding on the dirty fossil fuels.”
So in other words, European leaders would rather control and curtail your right to use energy than jeopardise their so-called “green” agenda. There are potential solutions to the problem, but they are apparently more concerned about climate change.
And so, when the energy cuts come this winter, let’s call it what them actually are: a climate lockdown. They can dress it up with whatever media spin they want, and blame Russia ‘til the cows come home. They can use whatever euphemisms they like. But let’s get real – that’s what it is.
The energy crisis far predated the war, and European energy independence has been eroded by green policies for about a decade. This crisis was long in the making, and not by Vladimir Putin.
Over the last two years the media floated the idea of a “climate lockdown” many times, and now it’s coming to fruition.
Professor floats idea of 'climate lockdown' with bans on red meat, 'extreme' energy limits https://t.co/s9HG6n6oMo
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) September 28, 2020
Part of solving these problems is going to be describing them honestly. For example, we always refer to the cost of living crisis, which should more accurately be called the “cost of lockdown” crisis.
It turns out central banks printing cash like it’s a sport, while governments deliberately disrupt the global supply chain, manufacturing and production with unnecessary restrictions, might have a negative impact on the economy down the line. Now who could have seen that one coming?
Every one of these problems is a result of policies, and step one to ending the madness is to start being honest about what those policies are and who exactly is responsible.