Transcript of the conversation between President-elect Donald Trump and Peter Throw, Part XXIX
Donald Trump (DT) - Peter...I have a big problem ... I need your help...
Peter Throw (PT) - What's that, Don...?
DT - I have too many critics and enemies in America...
PT - I would say ... all around the World...
DT -... Too much of a bad Press...I am not sure I can govern this country in such an environment ...
PT - You must silence them, Don...
DT - How, Peter?... That's precisely the problem...
PT - You set up censorship for all newspapers except the American Public...
DT - No way, Peter ... Freedom of the Press is one of the great American traditions...
PT - You send CIA to spy on your enemies and to blackmail them...
DT - Do you know what happened to Nixon, don't you?... I need an innovative soluton to shut up my enemies...
PT - Are they mostly men or women?...
DT - Men, Peter ... mostly men ...Women voted for me ...women love me...
PT - In that case....I think I have the solution...
DT - Do you, Peter!?
PT - Yes...
DT - What's that, Peter...what's that?...
PT - You set up a Hate-section in the American Public staffed only with women...
DT - ...
PT - Only women can drive men crazy... only women can put men on their knees... only women can silence men... only women can drive a man out of his own home...
DT - How, Peter ...How do they do that?...
PT - Talking ...just by talking... never-ending talking...
DT - ... You might be quite right, Peter ... When I do something wrong at home and Melania gets mad at me ...she talks and talks and talks ... sometimes I go out for cigarettes, even if I don't smoke...
PT - That's the point, Don ... If you start a Hate-section in the American Public with a group of fierce hate-women ... your enemies will be silenced ... ultimately they will voluntarily emmigrate to Canada...
DT - The problem is to find that sort of women...
PT - I have got them for you, Don!...
DT - Did you ... Is the Portuguese culture a hate-culture... Peter?...
PT - No, Don ...We are a truly Christian, Catholic culture which is based on love...not hate...
DT - Don't you hate fish and chips, Peter?
PT - No...We do not like fish and chips, Don!...It's different ...it's not a matter of hating ...it's a matter of disliking...
DT - ...
PT - You know, Don... It's very rare for the Portuguese people to hate someone ...and certainly they do not hate things ... they just dislike them...Hate is a very strong and potentially violent sentiment...
DT - So... How do you get in Portugal a group of fierce hate-women to send me...?
PT- They learned it from America ... They can hate everything ... they can hate your enemies ... they can even hate fried potatoes, king-cake and Russian-salad...
DT - And who are they, Peter...?
PT - The Squeaky Girls, Don...
DT - Oh...the Squeaky Girls of the Left Bloc... And are you leaving the Left Bloc empty of hate-women, Peter...?
PT - No... I'll make a selection from different parties ... You know, Don... that story of mine identifying the Squeaky girls with the Left Bloc alone was a simplification ...
DT - So, tell me their names, Peter...I can't wait ...and if possible, provide me with a hate-quote just to make sure they are all qualified for the job.
PT - Let's start with Cathy..."O problema é a política do ódio. Está a crescer. É o mais perigoso de tudo".
DT - Marvellous, Peter... I like that... That's what I need...a growing hate-policy...
PT - Mariann Deadwater ..."O que o define [O Estado Islâmico] é o ódio e o fanatismo, a violência e o medo."
DT - Fantastic definition, Peter...
PT - Jo Deadwater et.al. ..." O ódio é o reinado dos terroristas”
DT - Peter, I didn't know hate was a monarchy...
PT - Betty ... Isabel Moreira acusa Ana Gomes de "odio pessoal" a Portas
DT - Hate agains doors ... these women can even hate doors, Peter!?...
PT - Heloise ... on hate crimes ...
DT- Peter...I am quite impressed...
PT - Marise... “aqueles que procuram espalhar o discurso do medo” e de “ódio relativamente aos refugiados” nunca estiveram “ao lado dos mais pobres e dos que mais necessitam”.
DT - Peter... It's enough... Send them fast.
30 novembro 2016
rich
Transcript of the conversation between President-elect Donald Trump and Peter Throw, Part XXVIII
Donald Trump (DT) - Peter... I feel very sad indeed...
Peter Throw (PT) - What's wrong with you, Don...!?
DT - Peter ... Why is it that not one of the Portuguese MP's would vote for me...?
PT - Oh, Don... your are the very capitalist in person ... and they are a bunch of socialists...
DT - Do you have only socialist parties in Parliament, Peter...?
PT - Yes ... all of them belong to the socialist family...
DT - ...
PT - Where you put your own country first... they put Europe first...
DT - Is that true, Peter... do they love Europe more than Portugal?
PT - Where you favour bilateral trade agreements ... they favour multilateral ones ... of which the 28-country European Union is the paradigm...
DT - Peter...I wonder how you can agree on anything with 28 people seating around the same table...
PT - Where you favour less regulation ... promising to scrap two old regulations for each new one you create ...they promise to increase regulation ... eliminating none for each new two they promise to create...
DT - Why is that Peter?
PT - Most of them are jurists ... they make their living on the number of complex and conflicting laws...
DT - ...
PT - Where your priority is jobs for Americans ... their priority is jobs for themselves...
DT - While you promise to use force only to protect the United States ... they want to use force to spread freedom and democracy around the Globe...
DT - As in Iraq and Lybia, Peter ... How great the democracies we have built there!...
PT - Syria and Russia too...
DT - What about Cuba?...
PT - That's the only exception...
DT - ...
PT - While you are intent on restricting politicians' conflicts of interest...they are prone on expanding them...
DT - By the way, Peter... Is there anybody in Portugal who could act as my consultant on that subject...conflicts of interest...?
PT - I've sent you Gnash...Paul Gnash ... he is an expert on conflicts of interest both in the Portuguese and the European Parliament...nobody can beat him at that...
DT - ...
PT - While you are in favour of immigration policies to protect the jobs of the American people... they are in favour of immigration policies that disprotect the jobs of the Portuguese people...
DT - I see, Peter ... there are a lot of differences indeed between Portuguese MP's and myself...
PT - There is one more, Don ...While you went to politics because you were already rich ... they went to politics because they want to get rich...
Donald Trump (DT) - Peter... I feel very sad indeed...
Peter Throw (PT) - What's wrong with you, Don...!?
DT - Peter ... Why is it that not one of the Portuguese MP's would vote for me...?
PT - Oh, Don... your are the very capitalist in person ... and they are a bunch of socialists...
DT - Do you have only socialist parties in Parliament, Peter...?
PT - Yes ... all of them belong to the socialist family...
DT - ...
PT - Where you put your own country first... they put Europe first...
DT - Is that true, Peter... do they love Europe more than Portugal?
PT - Where you favour bilateral trade agreements ... they favour multilateral ones ... of which the 28-country European Union is the paradigm...
DT - Peter...I wonder how you can agree on anything with 28 people seating around the same table...
PT - Where you favour less regulation ... promising to scrap two old regulations for each new one you create ...they promise to increase regulation ... eliminating none for each new two they promise to create...
DT - Why is that Peter?
PT - Most of them are jurists ... they make their living on the number of complex and conflicting laws...
DT - ...
PT - Where your priority is jobs for Americans ... their priority is jobs for themselves...
DT - While you promise to use force only to protect the United States ... they want to use force to spread freedom and democracy around the Globe...
DT - As in Iraq and Lybia, Peter ... How great the democracies we have built there!...
PT - Syria and Russia too...
DT - What about Cuba?...
PT - That's the only exception...
DT - ...
PT - While you are intent on restricting politicians' conflicts of interest...they are prone on expanding them...
DT - By the way, Peter... Is there anybody in Portugal who could act as my consultant on that subject...conflicts of interest...?
PT - I've sent you Gnash...Paul Gnash ... he is an expert on conflicts of interest both in the Portuguese and the European Parliament...nobody can beat him at that...
DT - ...
PT - While you are in favour of immigration policies to protect the jobs of the American people... they are in favour of immigration policies that disprotect the jobs of the Portuguese people...
DT - I see, Peter ... there are a lot of differences indeed between Portuguese MP's and myself...
PT - There is one more, Don ...While you went to politics because you were already rich ... they went to politics because they want to get rich...
Deus é o diabo
O problema está descrito de forma sucinta pelo cartoon afixado pelo Joaquim em baixo: Deixaram de saber distinguir entre o Bem e o Mal.
Das leituras que fiz dos artigos de opinião do Público, acompanhando a conversa entre o Donald Trump e o Peter Throw em baixo, houve uma passagem que me ficou na memória acima de todas as outras. Pertence à Barbara Kings, ex-directora do Público, neste artigo:
O universo de Flinn e dos supremacistas brancos americanos juntava ódio, fanatismo, Deus e violência.
Mas Deus anda misturado com o ódio, o fanatismo e a violência?
Mas então Deus é o diabo?
29 novembro 2016
estes engraçados
Como é que estes engraçados - deputados da AR, membros do Governo, Presidente da República incluído - andaram mais de um mês a discutir o cumprimento das suas pequenas leis sem cuidarem do dano que estavam a produzir à instituição e, por arrasto, a todos os portugueses?
Tony Coast of America
Transcript of the conversation between President-elect Donald Trump and Peter Throw, Part XXVII
Peter Throw (PT) - Só faltava cá este palerma a dizer mal do Trump no Público...
Donald Trump (DT) - Sorry, Peter... I cannot understand you ...are you talking in Portuguese?...
PT - Oh yes, Don...I am so sorry too...I was talking to my friend Kim who is just here on my side listening to our conversation...
DT - I heard you said palerma...What does that mean, Peter?...
PT - Just a nice guy...
DT - Were you referring to Paul Gnash?... I loved his article explaining to the American people why I should be their President even though I lost the popular vote...
PT - It was really impressive, Don ... It's basically the same argument he used to explain to the Portuguese people why Tony Coast became Prime-Minister even though Peter Steps Rabbit won the election...
DT - Do you mean, Peter ... that I am the Tony Coast of America...?
PT - Yes, Don ... and Steps Rabbit the Hillary of Portugal...
DT - I have been following Gnash for a long time ... He seems to be quite a good friend of mine... charismatic ... exotic ... histrionic ... I loved all of those adjectives...
PT - ...
DT - But what I loved most is the end paragraph of the article he wrote on the eve of the US elections...May I quote in Portuguese, Peter?
PT - Sure, Don ... go ahead...
DT - "Espero ardentemente que estas nuvens possam varrer-se do nosso horizonte na noite e na madrugada de hoje. Mas, mesmo perdendo, há feridas abertas que não são fáceis de fazer sarar".
PT - What did you like in it, Don...?
DT - Ardently, Peter...Ardently...
Peter Throw (PT) - Só faltava cá este palerma a dizer mal do Trump no Público...
Donald Trump (DT) - Sorry, Peter... I cannot understand you ...are you talking in Portuguese?...
PT - Oh yes, Don...I am so sorry too...I was talking to my friend Kim who is just here on my side listening to our conversation...
DT - I heard you said palerma...What does that mean, Peter?...
PT - Just a nice guy...
DT - Were you referring to Paul Gnash?... I loved his article explaining to the American people why I should be their President even though I lost the popular vote...
PT - It was really impressive, Don ... It's basically the same argument he used to explain to the Portuguese people why Tony Coast became Prime-Minister even though Peter Steps Rabbit won the election...
DT - Do you mean, Peter ... that I am the Tony Coast of America...?
PT - Yes, Don ... and Steps Rabbit the Hillary of Portugal...
DT - I have been following Gnash for a long time ... He seems to be quite a good friend of mine... charismatic ... exotic ... histrionic ... I loved all of those adjectives...
PT - ...
DT - But what I loved most is the end paragraph of the article he wrote on the eve of the US elections...May I quote in Portuguese, Peter?
PT - Sure, Don ... go ahead...
DT - "Espero ardentemente que estas nuvens possam varrer-se do nosso horizonte na noite e na madrugada de hoje. Mas, mesmo perdendo, há feridas abertas que não são fáceis de fazer sarar".
PT - What did you like in it, Don...?
DT - Ardently, Peter...Ardently...
28 novembro 2016
General Box of Deposits
Transcript of the conversation between President-elect Donald Trump and Peter Throw, Part XXVI
Peter Throw (PT) - As I told you yesterday several hours before the news were made public, Tony Sundays has left General Box of Deposits...
Donald Trump (DT ) - You were quite right, Peter... he should be arriving in the United States any time soon to become CEO of Bank of America...
PT - The persuasive powers of Mariann Deadwater are irresistible, Don...
DT - Now, tell me Peter...What went wrong with Tony Sundays at General Box of Deposits (GBD)?...
PT - He set as a condition to accept the GBD job that information on his private assets should not be made public...The Ministry of Finance, acting on behalf of the Government, accepted that condition...Last Friday Parliament overruled the Government...
DT - Is that so Peter?...It seems that Portugal and GBD are in very good shape...for MP's to be wasting their time on such a minor issue...
PT - Unfortunately... both Portugal and GBD are bankrupt... How do you think Parliament should have handled this issue, Don?
DT - Well... If Government agreed with Sundays' condition...what is agreed is agreed!...Parliament should at best put the Government on notice that next time it cannot agree on such condition...Government and Parliament are both part of the same institution, the Portuguese State...The State should set the example ...It cannot agree and then disagree...
PT - I share your view, Don ... but these people are overly legalistic, you know...more than 50% of Portuguese MP's are jurists...and they use the laws to make petty politics...not to promote the interests of the nation...
DT - Are the Portuguese people a legalistic people, Peter?
PT - No, Don...legalism is against our culture... the Catholic culture of the Portuguese people is profoundly anti-legalistic...following in the footsteps of Christ who was overwhelmingly anti-legalistic...
DT - Oh Peter...it is so nice...I feel I am becoming more and more of a Catholic...I am also an anti-legalist... As I told the American people in my short vídeo presentation I'm going to scrap a lot of legislation...
PT - The Catholic Church has been in existence for more than two thousand years ...and yet all of Canon Law can be contained in a small book...As for Portuguese legislation you would need a big truck...
DT - So you are being governed by guys who turn the culture of the Portuguese people upside down...is that what you mean, Peter?
PT - Yes...Don...that's why Portugal is ruined... as well as General Box of Deposits ... It needed four billion euros in new financing... after this episode it might need five billion...Portuguese taxpayers will bear the costs...
DT - To some extent that was, and still is, the problem in the United States, Peter ... a country being run by the counter-culture... and that's precisely what I am going to change!...
PT - ...
DT- Definitely, Peter... You need over there a Portuguese Donald Trump!...
Peter Throw (PT) - As I told you yesterday several hours before the news were made public, Tony Sundays has left General Box of Deposits...
Donald Trump (DT ) - You were quite right, Peter... he should be arriving in the United States any time soon to become CEO of Bank of America...
PT - The persuasive powers of Mariann Deadwater are irresistible, Don...
DT - Now, tell me Peter...What went wrong with Tony Sundays at General Box of Deposits (GBD)?...
PT - He set as a condition to accept the GBD job that information on his private assets should not be made public...The Ministry of Finance, acting on behalf of the Government, accepted that condition...Last Friday Parliament overruled the Government...
DT - Is that so Peter?...It seems that Portugal and GBD are in very good shape...for MP's to be wasting their time on such a minor issue...
PT - Unfortunately... both Portugal and GBD are bankrupt... How do you think Parliament should have handled this issue, Don?
DT - Well... If Government agreed with Sundays' condition...what is agreed is agreed!...Parliament should at best put the Government on notice that next time it cannot agree on such condition...Government and Parliament are both part of the same institution, the Portuguese State...The State should set the example ...It cannot agree and then disagree...
PT - I share your view, Don ... but these people are overly legalistic, you know...more than 50% of Portuguese MP's are jurists...and they use the laws to make petty politics...not to promote the interests of the nation...
DT - Are the Portuguese people a legalistic people, Peter?
PT - No, Don...legalism is against our culture... the Catholic culture of the Portuguese people is profoundly anti-legalistic...following in the footsteps of Christ who was overwhelmingly anti-legalistic...
DT - Oh Peter...it is so nice...I feel I am becoming more and more of a Catholic...I am also an anti-legalist... As I told the American people in my short vídeo presentation I'm going to scrap a lot of legislation...
PT - The Catholic Church has been in existence for more than two thousand years ...and yet all of Canon Law can be contained in a small book...As for Portuguese legislation you would need a big truck...
DT - So you are being governed by guys who turn the culture of the Portuguese people upside down...is that what you mean, Peter?
PT - Yes...Don...that's why Portugal is ruined... as well as General Box of Deposits ... It needed four billion euros in new financing... after this episode it might need five billion...Portuguese taxpayers will bear the costs...
DT - To some extent that was, and still is, the problem in the United States, Peter ... a country being run by the counter-culture... and that's precisely what I am going to change!...
PT - ...
DT- Definitely, Peter... You need over there a Portuguese Donald Trump!...
27 novembro 2016
Coast Chick
Transcript of the conversation between President-elect Donald Trump and Peter Throw, Part XXV
Peter Throw (PT) - Did you notice that I sent you back Tony Coast Chick?
Donald Trump (DT) - Back!?
PT - Yes, Don ... he lived for some time in California...at Princeton...
DT - Did he, Peter...? ...How come that I never met him...? By the way, Peter ... does he belong to the family of my great friend George Chick of the Coast...?
PT - No... Chick of the Coast and Coast Chick are from different families...
DT - I love Coast Chick's beard, Peter ...I love his beard... there are so many bearded people writing for Public!... And I love even more his distinction between representative democracy and populism...
PT - Do you, Don?... He should know what he is talking about... he was lately the Chief Researcher at the Social Sciences Intitute of the University of Lisbon ... people are top there...
DT - May I quote my favoured passage from his article in Portuguese...?
PT - Sure, Don...go ahead,...
DT - "... as instituições estão lá muitas vezes para decidir à revelia ou mesmo contra a opinião da maioria, o que, reconheçamos, está na base das democracias representativas"...
PT - ...
DT - Isn't that nice, Peter...? ... Representative democracy is a political system in which institutions are set up to decide against the will of the people... Fantastic, Peter!... That's exactly what I am going to do...
PT - Do what?
DT - Americans voted for Trump, didn't they?... So Trump will follow Hillary's political agenda...the contrary of the will of the people...you see what I mean, Peter....?
PT - As for populism... he talks about left...right... alarvities...fascism... but I do not get from his article a clear difference between democracy and populism...
DT - He explained that to me in private yesterday evening, Peter...
PT - And what is it, Don...?
DT - When sociologists talk about populism they refer to an appeal to the heart of the people... when they talk about democracy they refer to an appeal to reason...
PT - ...
DT - ... According to Coast Chick, people live by both heart and reason... I appealed more to the heart of the American people...Hillary more to reason...
PT - How so?
DT - I talked about patriotism...the Founding Fathers...my love for America...jobs for the people...the American Dream...whereas Hillary talked about abstract ideas... such as equality, the environment, globalization...
PT - That means that Americans preferred your personality over Hillary's ideas...
DT - That's exactly what Coast Chick taught me...
PT - What is more important, Don... heart or reason ...populism or democracy... did Coast Chick answer those questions to you?
DT - Yes, Peter, he did...The heart! ... The heart is more important than reason ...thus, populism is more important than democracy...We owe our lives much more to the heart than to reason...
PT - Is that so, Don?...
DT - Have you imagined your mother at your birth making a rational calculation of the benefits and costs you would represent to her during her lifetime ... and then deciding to keep you or not accordingly?
PT - She would have thrown me into the river...there would be no Peter Throw today...
DT - Yes, Peter... She kept you and took care of you because she loved you!...regardless of any rational calculation...
PT - Don, it's amazing the nice things you learnt in private from Coast Chick...Why didn't he write them in the article for all of us to learn?...
DT - He just forgot...I'll make him the head of the Politics section of the American Public and the Chief Researcher of Social Studies at George Mason University
PT - Are you persuaded by his explanation, Don?...
DT - Very much so, Peter...My victory was the victory of the heart over reason...of love over rationality ... the victory of persons over ideas...
PT - Do you have any emprical evidence to support that thesis, Don?
DT - Look at the electoral map of the United States, Peter... The intellectuals live in the coasts of the USA where the big American universities are located... such as Harvard and Yale on the East Coast ... UCLA and Princeton on the West Coast ...
PT - Oh yes, Don...they do know what is quality of life...
DT -... There, Hillary won...whereas I won in the much less intellectual middle-America... the America of the people...
Peter Throw (PT) - Did you notice that I sent you back Tony Coast Chick?
Donald Trump (DT) - Back!?
PT - Yes, Don ... he lived for some time in California...at Princeton...
DT - Did he, Peter...? ...How come that I never met him...? By the way, Peter ... does he belong to the family of my great friend George Chick of the Coast...?
PT - No... Chick of the Coast and Coast Chick are from different families...
DT - I love Coast Chick's beard, Peter ...I love his beard... there are so many bearded people writing for Public!... And I love even more his distinction between representative democracy and populism...
PT - Do you, Don?... He should know what he is talking about... he was lately the Chief Researcher at the Social Sciences Intitute of the University of Lisbon ... people are top there...
DT - May I quote my favoured passage from his article in Portuguese...?
PT - Sure, Don...go ahead,...
DT - "... as instituições estão lá muitas vezes para decidir à revelia ou mesmo contra a opinião da maioria, o que, reconheçamos, está na base das democracias representativas"...
PT - ...
DT - Isn't that nice, Peter...? ... Representative democracy is a political system in which institutions are set up to decide against the will of the people... Fantastic, Peter!... That's exactly what I am going to do...
PT - Do what?
DT - Americans voted for Trump, didn't they?... So Trump will follow Hillary's political agenda...the contrary of the will of the people...you see what I mean, Peter....?
PT - As for populism... he talks about left...right... alarvities...fascism... but I do not get from his article a clear difference between democracy and populism...
DT - He explained that to me in private yesterday evening, Peter...
PT - And what is it, Don...?
DT - When sociologists talk about populism they refer to an appeal to the heart of the people... when they talk about democracy they refer to an appeal to reason...
PT - ...
DT - ... According to Coast Chick, people live by both heart and reason... I appealed more to the heart of the American people...Hillary more to reason...
PT - How so?
DT - I talked about patriotism...the Founding Fathers...my love for America...jobs for the people...the American Dream...whereas Hillary talked about abstract ideas... such as equality, the environment, globalization...
PT - That means that Americans preferred your personality over Hillary's ideas...
DT - That's exactly what Coast Chick taught me...
PT - What is more important, Don... heart or reason ...populism or democracy... did Coast Chick answer those questions to you?
DT - Yes, Peter, he did...The heart! ... The heart is more important than reason ...thus, populism is more important than democracy...We owe our lives much more to the heart than to reason...
PT - Is that so, Don?...
DT - Have you imagined your mother at your birth making a rational calculation of the benefits and costs you would represent to her during her lifetime ... and then deciding to keep you or not accordingly?
PT - She would have thrown me into the river...there would be no Peter Throw today...
DT - Yes, Peter... She kept you and took care of you because she loved you!...regardless of any rational calculation...
PT - Don, it's amazing the nice things you learnt in private from Coast Chick...Why didn't he write them in the article for all of us to learn?...
DT - He just forgot...I'll make him the head of the Politics section of the American Public and the Chief Researcher of Social Studies at George Mason University
PT - Are you persuaded by his explanation, Don?...
DT - Very much so, Peter...My victory was the victory of the heart over reason...of love over rationality ... the victory of persons over ideas...
PT - Do you have any emprical evidence to support that thesis, Don?
DT - Look at the electoral map of the United States, Peter... The intellectuals live in the coasts of the USA where the big American universities are located... such as Harvard and Yale on the East Coast ... UCLA and Princeton on the West Coast ...
PT - Oh yes, Don...they do know what is quality of life...
DT -... There, Hillary won...whereas I won in the much less intellectual middle-America... the America of the people...
Me!
Transcript of the conversation between President-elect Donald Trump and Peter Throw, Part XXIV
Peter Throw (PT) - So, Don... How do you feel after three days with the Public people around you in the United States?...
Donald Trump (DT) - Great...it has been exciting, Peter...
PT - What about Ruizau?...
DT - He is now in a Free Party rally on Wall Street...with a red flag... and shouting... Down with capitalism...Down with capitalism....Down with Capitalism...
PT - Brave... Polished Brave....?
DT - He just wrote his first article for the American Public... called... "Me!"...
PT - What does he say?...
DT - Let me just read the first paragraph for you, Peter..."All Americans are stupid, ignorant, a bunch of Texas cowboys. The only intelligent guy in America is...Me!"...
PT - São José...
DT - She is meeting the LGBT community in S. Francisco...
PT - What about Tough Muddy...?
DT - He is now at a closed-doors meeting in Capitol Hill with top corporate executives...
PT - What is he doing there?
DT - Selling his consulting services to the highest bidder...
PT - Deadwater...Maryann Deadwater...?
DT - She just wrote an article for the American Public calling for the nationalization of Bank of America and all corporations bearing America on their names ... including American Airlines...
PT - But ...You don't have a tradition of publicly-owned banks in America, Don...
DT - No problem, Peter...She is bringing in Tony Sundays from General Box of Deposits...he is already on his way to New York... in his own yatch...
PT - St. Therese...
DT - She is attending the mass at Saint Peter Roman Catholic Church in Manhattan praying for an European miracle...
PT - Joe P. Peartree...the archivist...?
DT - After complaing there is yet no material to archive...he left for LA to participate in a TV show...
PT - What's the name?
DT - Squaring the Circle...
PT - And what about Vincent...how is he?
DT- Vincent is seating in the Presidential chair at the White House...
PT - What is he doing there?
DT - Talking non-stop on CBS ... teaching democracy to Americans.
Peter Throw (PT) - So, Don... How do you feel after three days with the Public people around you in the United States?...
Donald Trump (DT) - Great...it has been exciting, Peter...
PT - What about Ruizau?...
DT - He is now in a Free Party rally on Wall Street...with a red flag... and shouting... Down with capitalism...Down with capitalism....Down with Capitalism...
PT - Brave... Polished Brave....?
DT - He just wrote his first article for the American Public... called... "Me!"...
PT - What does he say?...
DT - Let me just read the first paragraph for you, Peter..."All Americans are stupid, ignorant, a bunch of Texas cowboys. The only intelligent guy in America is...Me!"...
PT - São José...
DT - She is meeting the LGBT community in S. Francisco...
PT - What about Tough Muddy...?
DT - He is now at a closed-doors meeting in Capitol Hill with top corporate executives...
PT - What is he doing there?
DT - Selling his consulting services to the highest bidder...
PT - Deadwater...Maryann Deadwater...?
DT - She just wrote an article for the American Public calling for the nationalization of Bank of America and all corporations bearing America on their names ... including American Airlines...
PT - But ...You don't have a tradition of publicly-owned banks in America, Don...
DT - No problem, Peter...She is bringing in Tony Sundays from General Box of Deposits...he is already on his way to New York... in his own yatch...
PT - St. Therese...
DT - She is attending the mass at Saint Peter Roman Catholic Church in Manhattan praying for an European miracle...
PT - Joe P. Peartree...the archivist...?
DT - After complaing there is yet no material to archive...he left for LA to participate in a TV show...
PT - What's the name?
DT - Squaring the Circle...
PT - And what about Vincent...how is he?
DT- Vincent is seating in the Presidential chair at the White House...
PT - What is he doing there?
DT - Talking non-stop on CBS ... teaching democracy to Americans.
26 novembro 2016
Ethics
Transcript of the conversation between President-elect Donald Trump and Peter Throw, Part XXIII
Peter Throw (PT) - Finally, Don...let's talk about Ethics reform and conflicts of interest... the last topic of your vídeo...
Donald Trump - Peter... I will impose a five-year ban on former public oficials becoming lobbyists and a life-time ban on former public officials lobbying on behalf of foreign governments...
PT - That's tough, Don...
DT - Sure it is, Peter ... but we need in America a profound reform on the rules governing the behaviour of public officials and politicians...
PT - How do you plan to go about it?
DT - The American Public, Peter... The American Public will be my key instrument to persuade the American people of the need for such an urgent, momentous, ethical reform...
PT - What's the problem of former public officials and politicians lobbying on behalf of private and foreign interest, Don...?
DT- What is the problem...Peter...!?... You ask!?... Actually, you have a nice word in Portuguese to describe what the problem is ... a word which unfortunately has no translation in English...
PT - Cunha... you can translate it as some sort of personal leverage...
DT - That's it... Cuna ... that's the word, Peter... Cuna...that's what I will fight against ... the Cuna!
PT - Be carefull, Don ... I understand you have some trouble with the sound nh... but just be careful with the spelling...no mistakes with the vowels, please....
DT - C...u...n...a... I'll fight the Cuna in America, Peter!... America has never been and never will be a Cuna country!...Never, Peter!
PT - Wait a minute, Don ... I think you should adopt a more moderate position...If Gof put Cunhas in the World it is because there must be some good in them...
DT - Frankly, Peter, I can't see any...
PT - Try to discuss this matter with Joe P. Peartree...He seems to be in favour of Public Cunhas...
DT - What...Public Cunas!?... No way, Peter...If anything, I will allow only Private Cunas in America...Can you imagine the reaction of the American people seeing Cunas exposed in public?...
PT - Wait a minute, Don ... I think you should adopt a more moderate position...If Gof put Cunhas in the World it is because there must be some good in them...
DT - Frankly, Peter, I can't see any...
PT - Try to discuss this matter with Joe P. Peartree...He seems to be in favour of Public Cunhas...
DT - What...Public Cunas!?... No way, Peter...If anything, I will allow only Private Cunas in America...Can you imagine the reaction of the American people seeing Cunas exposed in public?...
PT - OK, Don ... let's move ahead...Does your life-time ban on public officials and politicians lobbying on behalf of foreign governments also extend to foreign corporations...?
DT- Sure, it does...all sorts of multinational, foreign corporations ...industrial .... financial...you name it, Peter...
PT - In that case, I believe I've sent you the right guy to head the Ethics section of the American Public, Don...
DT- Did you, Peter...? ... Has he a clean record on matters of conflict of interest? ... is he sufficiently tough to fight this battle on my behalf ?... what about his experience on the job?...
PT - He is very tough, indeed... he has lots of experience...he is very qualified for the job...
DT - Does he like me too, Peter?...
PT - Very much so, indeed...
DT - What's his name, Peter?
PT - Tough Muddy.
Immigration
Transcript of the conversation between President-elect Donald Trump and Peter Throw, Part XXII
Donald Trump (DT) - What is the name of that great patriot of yours who used to write for Public?...I can't recall his name...
Peter Throw (PT) - ...
DT - ... that polished gentleman who always has nice things to say about Portuguese people...
PT - ...
DT - ... who seems to be a very brave man when he has a pen in his hand...
PT - I don't know whom you are talking about, Don... polished ... brave...used to write for Public... I don't know...
DT - I hope you have sent me that man, Peter ...I need him to head the Good-mouthing section of the American Public ... what's his name...?... Oh Peter, my memory at seventy...
PT - OK, Don... let's talk about your priorities on Immigration while you try to recall his name...
DT - My goal is to protect the American workers from illegal immigration...
PT - What's the problem, Don?......
DT - You see, Peter...an American worker to make 70 net has to sell his services in the marketplace for 100, because 30% are taxes...an ilegal immigrant with the same skills can sell himself for 70 because he does not pay taxes...he will steal the job from the American...
PT - It's unfair competition, indeed...
DT - Oh Peter...please, help me...that former columnist of Public... I remember he had a great hero... by the name of Olivetree Martins, I guess...
PT -... a former columnist of Public ...a polished, brave man...Olivetree Martins as his hero... frankly, Don, I cannot identify your guy...
DT - My assistant-secretary tells me that he now writes for The Observer ... unfortunately I don't read that paper, only Public... I like him so much...
PT - Don... I don't know... I don't know ... I don't know...Let's get back to Immigration...Are you against immigration, Don?...
DT -...look, Peter...he is a former MP but quit Parliament because the restaurant was too small and the menu repetitive... can't you remember his name?...
PT - ...
DT - ... Listen, Peter ... I am not against immigration...The United States is a country of immigration...All Americans are immigrants or descendants of immigrants... Do you know the inscription at the bottom of the statue of Liberty?...
PT - “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”...
DT - Every single year one million people enter the United States as legal immigrants...in a decade that represents a full Portugal worth of immigrants... What I am against is illegal immigration... there are 11 million illegal workers in the USA, seventy percent of them from Mexico...
PT - What are you planning to do about that?
DT - First, the Department of Labour will exercise greater scrutiny over illegal workers in America...Second we will reinforce border controls with Mexico...
PT - What about the wall...?
DT - Well... Peter...that's a solution of last resort...it is not in the cards right now...
PT - OK, Don...just one more point on illegal immigration...
DT - Yes, Peter...
PT - I've sent you an illegal immigrant...hidden in the cargo hold of USS Vincent...
DT - Did you Peter?...How am I going to explain that to the American people?...
PT - As a gift from Portugal...
DT - And...who is that, Peter?
PT - Polished Brave.
Donald Trump (DT) - What is the name of that great patriot of yours who used to write for Public?...I can't recall his name...
Peter Throw (PT) - ...
DT - ... that polished gentleman who always has nice things to say about Portuguese people...
PT - ...
DT - ... who seems to be a very brave man when he has a pen in his hand...
PT - I don't know whom you are talking about, Don... polished ... brave...used to write for Public... I don't know...
DT - I hope you have sent me that man, Peter ...I need him to head the Good-mouthing section of the American Public ... what's his name...?... Oh Peter, my memory at seventy...
PT - OK, Don... let's talk about your priorities on Immigration while you try to recall his name...
DT - My goal is to protect the American workers from illegal immigration...
PT - What's the problem, Don?......
DT - You see, Peter...an American worker to make 70 net has to sell his services in the marketplace for 100, because 30% are taxes...an ilegal immigrant with the same skills can sell himself for 70 because he does not pay taxes...he will steal the job from the American...
PT - It's unfair competition, indeed...
DT - Oh Peter...please, help me...that former columnist of Public... I remember he had a great hero... by the name of Olivetree Martins, I guess...
PT -... a former columnist of Public ...a polished, brave man...Olivetree Martins as his hero... frankly, Don, I cannot identify your guy...
DT - My assistant-secretary tells me that he now writes for The Observer ... unfortunately I don't read that paper, only Public... I like him so much...
PT - Don... I don't know... I don't know ... I don't know...Let's get back to Immigration...Are you against immigration, Don?...
DT -...look, Peter...he is a former MP but quit Parliament because the restaurant was too small and the menu repetitive... can't you remember his name?...
PT - ...
DT - ... Listen, Peter ... I am not against immigration...The United States is a country of immigration...All Americans are immigrants or descendants of immigrants... Do you know the inscription at the bottom of the statue of Liberty?...
PT - “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”...
DT - Every single year one million people enter the United States as legal immigrants...in a decade that represents a full Portugal worth of immigrants... What I am against is illegal immigration... there are 11 million illegal workers in the USA, seventy percent of them from Mexico...
PT - What are you planning to do about that?
DT - First, the Department of Labour will exercise greater scrutiny over illegal workers in America...Second we will reinforce border controls with Mexico...
PT - What about the wall...?
DT - Well... Peter...that's a solution of last resort...it is not in the cards right now...
PT - OK, Don...just one more point on illegal immigration...
DT - Yes, Peter...
PT - I've sent you an illegal immigrant...hidden in the cargo hold of USS Vincent...
DT - Did you Peter?...How am I going to explain that to the American people?...
PT - As a gift from Portugal...
DT - And...who is that, Peter?
PT - Polished Brave.
o que é a 4ª VIA
A Quarta Via é um
conjunto de medidas que visa corrigir, no imediato, os graves desequilíbrios
produzidos pela doutrina política da Terceira Via. Como?
1.
Renegociando
os tratados internacionais de livre comércio
2.
Libertando
as economias nacionais para desenvolverem o seu potencial económico
O livre comércio
é fundamental para o desenvolvimento global, mas tem de obedecer ao princípio
da reciprocidade. A abertura que os países desenvolvidos têm dado às economias
emergentes deve ser reconhecida com idêntica abertura destas economias.
Por outro lado,
as economias nacionais necessitam de reformas urgentes. Nomeadamente de
desregulação e fiscal – diminuição da carga tributária.
Sem este conjunto
de medidas, que terão de ser adaptadas à realidade de cada país, a globalização
continuará a enriquecer as grandes multinacionais e a empobrecer as classes
trabalhadoras dos países desenvolvido, ameaçando a democracia.
25 novembro 2016
Patriots
Transcript of the conversation between President-elect Donald Trump and Peter Throw, Part XXI
Peter Throw (PT) - Now, Don... before we move to the next topic of your policy priorities... Immigration... let me say that I was struck by your use of one word at the beginning of your video...
Donald Trump (DT) - Just one word, Peter...?
PT - Yes, Don...
DT - Do you like words...?
PT - Very much so...I come from a Catholic culture... a feminine culture...
DT - What do you mean, Peter?
PT - For Catholics the central figure of Christianity is Mary ...the Virgin Mary ...not Christ himself...
DT - You mean that women talk a lot...is that what you are saying?... You are probably right, Peter... Melania certainly does...she also comes from a Catholic country...Slovenia...
PT - A study found that the Portuguese use 30% more words than the English to express the same idea...
DT- Peter ...that would have killed me during the US campaign...
PT - You bet... It would not have been enough for you to say "I will build a wall along the Mexican border"...because people would ask ...what kind of wall, a paper wall...?... what colour of wall, white, black, marron...?... what will he put on top of the wall, flowers...?
DT - Oh...I see... If it were for a Portuguese audience I would have to say..."I will build a stone, marine blue wall along the Mexican border with Portuguese roof tiles on top..."
PT - You got it right, Don ... 100% more words...
DT - I am just wondering, Peter... if women talk a lot more than men...Do you have a Commission for Gender Equality?...
PT - Certainly we do...
DT - ...When it comes to write a law to equalize men and women's talk ... how are you planning to go about it ... making it compulsory for men to talk more or for women to talk less?...
PT - For women to talk less...
DT - So Peter...let's get back to business...what's the word you liked so much in my video?...
PT - Patriots.
Peter Throw (PT) - Now, Don... before we move to the next topic of your policy priorities... Immigration... let me say that I was struck by your use of one word at the beginning of your video...
Donald Trump (DT) - Just one word, Peter...?
PT - Yes, Don...
DT - Do you like words...?
PT - Very much so...I come from a Catholic culture... a feminine culture...
DT - What do you mean, Peter?
PT - For Catholics the central figure of Christianity is Mary ...the Virgin Mary ...not Christ himself...
DT - You mean that women talk a lot...is that what you are saying?... You are probably right, Peter... Melania certainly does...she also comes from a Catholic country...Slovenia...
PT - A study found that the Portuguese use 30% more words than the English to express the same idea...
DT- Peter ...that would have killed me during the US campaign...
PT - You bet... It would not have been enough for you to say "I will build a wall along the Mexican border"...because people would ask ...what kind of wall, a paper wall...?... what colour of wall, white, black, marron...?... what will he put on top of the wall, flowers...?
DT - Oh...I see... If it were for a Portuguese audience I would have to say..."I will build a stone, marine blue wall along the Mexican border with Portuguese roof tiles on top..."
PT - You got it right, Don ... 100% more words...
DT - I am just wondering, Peter... if women talk a lot more than men...Do you have a Commission for Gender Equality?...
PT - Certainly we do...
DT - ...When it comes to write a law to equalize men and women's talk ... how are you planning to go about it ... making it compulsory for men to talk more or for women to talk less?...
PT - For women to talk less...
DT - So Peter...let's get back to business...what's the word you liked so much in my video?...
PT - Patriots.
National Defense
Transcript of the conversation between President-elect Donald Trump and Peter Throw, Part XX
Peter Throw (PT) - Now, Don...let's get back to your short vídeo and talk about National Defense, another priority for the first one-hundred days of your Administration...
Donald Trump (DT) - Go ahead, Peter...
PT - You talk about defending the United States from cyber-attacks on American infrastructure and other sorts of attacks...
DT - Yes, Peter, that's what I'll do...
PT - And yet... judging from the Press...it seems that the whole World should be afraid of you...that Trump's America will be ready to attack any nation on short notice and at the first provocation...
DT - No Peter...its the opposite... under my Administration, America will go back, as much as possible, to its old tradition of isolationism ...we shall attack a nation only if we are attacked...Otherwise, we will follow that old American dictum "Mind your own business"...
PT - That means that you would not have gone to war in Iraq...
DT - No...I wouldn't... I was very much against the Iraq war back in 2003...
PT - Some contend that you were at best ambivalent...
DT - Well, Peter ... there was a lot of noise around at the time ...such as that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction... which proved to be lies... Now, I feel strongly against the Iraq war...
PT - Why?
DT - Iraq was never a threat to America ... You cannot export democracy, Peter...Thousands of people are still dying in Iraq each month because of the US-led intervention...And the Iraq war produced ISIS...
PT - That non-interventionist stance of yours suggests that you are reducing US commitments to Nato...
DT - Immediately, Peter...
PT - Europeans are very critical of that...
DT - Oh Peter... you know... Europeans are big talkers about freedom and democracy...but when it comes to defend it... they call on the United States to do the job and pay for it...
PT - Neverthless... when it comes to Nato, democracy and the free World ... Europeans see apocalypse in your Presidency, Don...
DT - Do they, Peter?... I am so sad... What can I do to reverse that view, Peter?...
PT - Don't worry, Don ... I've sent you St Therese ... she can do miracles for you...
DT - Can she, Peter?...
PT - Sure, she can ... She has already predicted that miracle in Public: "Europe will outlive Donald Trump"!
Peter Throw (PT) - Now, Don...let's get back to your short vídeo and talk about National Defense, another priority for the first one-hundred days of your Administration...
Donald Trump (DT) - Go ahead, Peter...
PT - You talk about defending the United States from cyber-attacks on American infrastructure and other sorts of attacks...
DT - Yes, Peter, that's what I'll do...
PT - And yet... judging from the Press...it seems that the whole World should be afraid of you...that Trump's America will be ready to attack any nation on short notice and at the first provocation...
DT - No Peter...its the opposite... under my Administration, America will go back, as much as possible, to its old tradition of isolationism ...we shall attack a nation only if we are attacked...Otherwise, we will follow that old American dictum "Mind your own business"...
PT - That means that you would not have gone to war in Iraq...
DT - No...I wouldn't... I was very much against the Iraq war back in 2003...
PT - Some contend that you were at best ambivalent...
DT - Well, Peter ... there was a lot of noise around at the time ...such as that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction... which proved to be lies... Now, I feel strongly against the Iraq war...
PT - Why?
DT - Iraq was never a threat to America ... You cannot export democracy, Peter...Thousands of people are still dying in Iraq each month because of the US-led intervention...And the Iraq war produced ISIS...
PT - That non-interventionist stance of yours suggests that you are reducing US commitments to Nato...
DT - Immediately, Peter...
PT - Europeans are very critical of that...
DT - Oh Peter... you know... Europeans are big talkers about freedom and democracy...but when it comes to defend it... they call on the United States to do the job and pay for it...
PT - Neverthless... when it comes to Nato, democracy and the free World ... Europeans see apocalypse in your Presidency, Don...
DT - Do they, Peter?... I am so sad... What can I do to reverse that view, Peter?...
PT - Don't worry, Don ... I've sent you St Therese ... she can do miracles for you...
DT - Can she, Peter?...
PT - Sure, she can ... She has already predicted that miracle in Public: "Europe will outlive Donald Trump"!
Joyful
Transcript of the conversation between President-elect Donald Trump and Peter Throw, Part XIX
Peter Throw (PT) - So, Don... Did you like Ruizau's first article from New York?...
Donald Trump (DT) - Marvellous, Peter ...marvellous...
PT - Education, Don... education is the problem of America...
DT - By the way, Peter...why are so many Public guys bearded?...
PT - That's their secret sign as educators of the masses... Did you notice that I also sent you Joyful?...
DT - Oh Peter... I love Joyful...his poetry...his strong voice... his beard... I'll make him the head of the Poetry Section of the American Public...
PT - Did you appreciate his concern with populism...?
DT - So much, Peter...so much... How come that it didn't occur to me before?... Let me try to restate it...If we win elections it's democracy...if we lose them it's populism...How great!...
PT - Now, Don... Ruizau says that the American people are open-mouthed... open-mouthed, Don...why?...
DT - Oh, Peter... sure they are... You should have seen them yesterday by the millions at the New York harbour when the Public people got onshore ...
PT - Did you like São José?...
DT - I loved her ... and so did Melania...(no competition possible, Peter...)... I'll make Saint Joseph head of the Gender Section of the American Public...
PT - Did you like fearless Dave?...
DT - What a nice, well-cared beard...I'll let myself grow a beard like his...
PT - Don, I was quite concerned by Ruizau's statement...well...let me quote in Portuguese...
DT - Go ahead, Peter
PT - Em surdina, os americanos dos EUA ouvem pela primeira vez na vida: bem-vindos ao mundo real.
DT - What strikes you, Peter?...
PT - In surdina, Don...are you really doing it in surdina, Don!?...
DT - Yes, Peter... unfortunately...that's true...we are doing it in surdina...
PT - For the first time, Don ...aren't you ashamed!?... for the first time Americans are coming to the real World, Don...?...
DT - Yes, Peter... for the first time... We had the 4th of July, we now have the 24th of November, the day Public arrived in America... Today is day one... the first day of Civilization in America...
PT- Great!
DT - Now, Peter...What do you think is the first revolutionary action that Ruizau will take as leader of the Free Party of America?
PT - He will free the American word exceptionalism from the letter p.
Peter Throw (PT) - So, Don... Did you like Ruizau's first article from New York?...
Donald Trump (DT) - Marvellous, Peter ...marvellous...
PT - Education, Don... education is the problem of America...
DT - By the way, Peter...why are so many Public guys bearded?...
PT - That's their secret sign as educators of the masses... Did you notice that I also sent you Joyful?...
DT - Oh Peter... I love Joyful...his poetry...his strong voice... his beard... I'll make him the head of the Poetry Section of the American Public...
PT - Did you appreciate his concern with populism...?
DT - So much, Peter...so much... How come that it didn't occur to me before?... Let me try to restate it...If we win elections it's democracy...if we lose them it's populism...How great!...
PT - Now, Don... Ruizau says that the American people are open-mouthed... open-mouthed, Don...why?...
DT - Oh, Peter... sure they are... You should have seen them yesterday by the millions at the New York harbour when the Public people got onshore ...
PT - Did you like São José?...
DT - I loved her ... and so did Melania...(no competition possible, Peter...)... I'll make Saint Joseph head of the Gender Section of the American Public...
PT - Did you like fearless Dave?...
DT - What a nice, well-cared beard...I'll let myself grow a beard like his...
PT - Don, I was quite concerned by Ruizau's statement...well...let me quote in Portuguese...
DT - Go ahead, Peter
PT - Em surdina, os americanos dos EUA ouvem pela primeira vez na vida: bem-vindos ao mundo real.
DT - What strikes you, Peter?...
PT - In surdina, Don...are you really doing it in surdina, Don!?...
DT - Yes, Peter... unfortunately...that's true...we are doing it in surdina...
PT - For the first time, Don ...aren't you ashamed!?... for the first time Americans are coming to the real World, Don...?...
DT - Yes, Peter... for the first time... We had the 4th of July, we now have the 24th of November, the day Public arrived in America... Today is day one... the first day of Civilization in America...
PT- Great!
DT - Now, Peter...What do you think is the first revolutionary action that Ruizau will take as leader of the Free Party of America?
PT - He will free the American word exceptionalism from the letter p.
Nova Iorque, EUA
Ruizau and the other Public guys arrived yesterday in New York aboard USS Vincent.
Thanks, Peter.
Don.
Thanks, Peter.
Don.
Carta aberta ao Sr. Presidente da Comissão Europeia
CARTA ABERTA
Para o
Ex.mo Sr.
Jean-Claude
Juncker
Presidente da
Comissão Europeia
25 de Novembro de
2016
Ref.: A Quarta
Via – Igualdade de oportunidades para todos
Sr. Presidente
Juncker,
Eu nasci em
Portugal, mas considero que a Europa é a minha casa. Aprecio a nossa
civilização, as nossas cidades, as nossas paisagens, e, sobretudo, os nossos
valores.
Exportamos a
civilização europeia para lugares longínquos e não podemos deixar de sentir
orgulho quando constatamos que os nossos valores floresceram noutros pontos do
globo. A Declaração de Independência dos EUA, por exemplo, é uma obra-prima que
presta homenagem a John Locke, um dos melhores pensadores nascidos na Europa.
‹‹Consideramos estas verdades como evidentes por
si mesmas, que todos os homens são criados iguais, dotados pelo Criador de
certos direitos inalienáveis, que entre estes estão a vida, a liberdade e a
busca da felicidade››.
Também me fascina
a visão que a UE tem de um continente livre e pacífico, mas receio que este
grandioso projeto esteja ameaçado. E é este receio que me leva a dirigir-lhe
esta reflexão, numa carta aberta para ser partilhada por todos.
Os europeus, hoje
em dia, sentem-se inseguros e com pouca representação. Têm menos liberdade e
menos oportunidades de buscar os seus sonhos do que no passado recente.
É por isso que há
tanto populismo a alimentar-se destes sentimentos; populismo e demagogia que
ameaçam a democracia.
O Brexit foi um
sinal de descontentamento. O mesmo descontentamento que também germinava nos
EUA e que culminou com a eleição do Sr. Donald Trump. Uma eleição que tem sido
interpretada como uma revolta do povo contra o “status quo”. Ora estes eventos
devem fazer-nos refletir.
A globalização
criou riqueza e lucros fabulosos para as multinacionais que se tornaram
verdadeiro empórios, mas ao mesmo tempo as classes médias foram debilitadas até
um ponto de rotura, e claro, de revolta.
A Terceira Via,
de Clinton, Blair e Schroder (tão bem exposta por Anthony Giddens no seu livro
“The Third Way”), continha a promessa de que a globalização, enquanto geradora
de riqueza, podia contribuir para fortalecer a estrutura social e preservar
valores fundamentais. Valores como a Comunidade, Oportunidades,
Responsabilidade e Rigor. Infelizmente, esta promessa não se cumpriu.
Hoje, há menos
coesão social, menos oportunidades, e a responsabilidade e o rigor também não
melhoraram. As populações, portanto, sentem-se enganadas e frustradas.
A Terceira Via
colocou a globalização em “esteroides” e “anestesiou” o empreendedorismo local,
com hiper-regulação, impostos elevados e falta de financiamento. Assim, não é
de admirar que as pessoas deem ouvidos ao primeiro populista que lhes fala de
mudança.
As correções
necessárias são de tal magnitude que é necessária uma Quarta Via. Uma Quarta Via
que trate dos desequilíbrios resultantes do processo de globalização e que, em
simultâneo, liberte as amarras impostas ao empreendedorismo local.
Até os campeões
da globalização aceitam que são necessárias correções, mas estas afetam apenas
um dos pratos da balança. Para obter o equilíbrio, o outro prato deve conter
reformas que libertem o potencial económico local.
O igualitarismo,
um importante objetivo da Terceira Via, não deve abranger apenas a
redistribuição de riqueza. Deve haver “igualitarismo de oportunidades”, e este
deve estar no centro da Quarta Via.
Esta nova
abordagem é fundamental para melhorar o rendimento das classes trabalhadoras,
estagnado há demasiado tempo, e proceder às mudanças necessária para preservar
a democracia.
A Europa pode, em
boa verdade, ser uma casa para todos, mas temos de mudar de rumo.
Melhores
cumprimentos,
Joaquim Sá Couto
Open letter to Jean-Claude Juncker
Open letter to
Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker
President European Commission
Ref: Europe needs a Fourth Way with equal opportunities for all
Sir,
Portugal is my place of birth, but I consider Europe to be my Home.
I love our civilization, our cities, our landscapes, and, above all, our
values.
We exported our civilization overseas and I feel proud of seeing
our values flourish in distant
places, all over the globe. The Declaration of Independence of the
US, for example, is a masterpiece which
pays tribute to John Locke, one of the best thinkers born in our
continent.
‹‹We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these
are Life, Liberty and the
pursuit of Happiness››.
I am also fond of the EU vision of a free and peaceful continent,
but I’m afraid that this grandiose objective is menaced. Europeans, today, feel
insecure, unrepresented, and have less liberty and little opportunities for
pursuing their dreams.
This is the reason why there is a rampant populism in the EU,
obviously praying on these feelings; a populism and demagoguery that threatens
democracy.
Brexit was a clear sign of discontentment. The same discontentment which
was also brewing in the US and that culminated with the election of Mr. Donald
Trump. An election that has been interpreted as a revolt of the people against
the establishment. These events should force us to reflect.
Globalization generated wealth and profits for multinationals which
became powerful mammoths, while the middle classes were squeezed to the point
of rupture and, of course, revolt.
The Third Way, of Clinton, Blair and Schroder, so well captured by
Anthony Giddens in “The Third Way”, held a promise that, while creating wealth,
globalization would ultimately strengthen our social infrastructures and help
preserve fundamental social values. Community, Opportunity, Responsibility, and
Accountability (CORA - the acronym used by Giddens). Unfortunately, this
promise was unmet.
Today, there is less communal cohesion, less opportunities for most
people, and responsibility
and accountability have not flourished either. People, therefore,
feel cheated and frustrated.
Third Way politics contributed to putting global companies “on
steroids”, while “anesthetizing” local entrepreneurship, through hyperregulation,
hipertaxation and lack of funding. It’s little wonder, then, that people turned
to populists that promised “change”.
The correction shift that is necessary has such a magnitude that
it’s time for a Fourth Way. A Fourth Way that addresses imbalances occurring in
the globalization process, but, at the same time, remove constraints imposed on
local and national business ventures and initiatives.
Even the champions of globalization acknowledge that corrections
are necessary, but this weights only on one side of the scale. To obtain a
healthy equilibrium, the other side of the scale must include reforms to
liberate the local economic potential.
Egalitarianism, an important goal of the Third Way political
agenda, shouldn’t apply only to redistribution, but also to opportunities, and
this must, indeed, be at the centre of a Fourth Way.
This new approach is fundamental to lift the income of the working
classes and bring about the real change that is necessary to preserve our
cherished democracy.
Europe can truly be a home for all.
Sincerely,
Joaquim Couto, MD MBA
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