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February 20, 2008 (LPAC)--The feudalist, fascist concept behind the European Lisbon Treaty, now being pushed for immediate ratification by the 27 nations of the European Union, was usefully exposed by Giuliano Amato, current interior minister of Italy, who was one of the chief authors of the Treaty. In an interview with Barbara Spinelli, printed in the Italian daily La Stampa on July 12, 2000, Amato lied about the intent of the European unification, but, when questioned, he explained his vision for the future:

"Frankly, I do not want a continental Europe only, without the immense patrimony of England, and of the Scandinavians linked to England. Nor would I like to lose Spain, which is skeptical of the vanguard.... To have England among us would not be bad: In many ways, London is already where we would like to be. It would not be bad if England [which is not part of the euro bloc], with its experience of economic reforms, were present in the council of States belonging to the euro.... Therefore I prefer to go slowly, to crumble little by little pieces of sovereignty, avoiding sudden shifts from national to federal powers.... I do not believe in a federal sovereign, because our globalized universe is post-Hobbesian."

Interviewer Spinelli then challenges him: "The world you describe seems to be pre-Hobbesian. It seems to precede the nation-state."

"And why not going back the period before Hobbes?'' replied Amato. "The Middle Ages had a much richer humanity, and a diversity of identity which today can be a model. The Middle Ages is beautiful: It can have its policymaking centers, without relying entirely on anyone. It is beyond the bounds of the nation-state. Today, as then, nomads are reappearing in our societies. Today, also, we have powers without territories.... Without sovereignties, we will not have totalitarianism. Democracy does not need a sovereign.''

Amato is campaigning for a return to feudalism, which is the true word for his system. In his clinical insanity, he calls "beautiful'' a system which was characterized, for the vast majority of the population, by the absence of individual rights and a system of justice, and by short life expectancies. But, he is accurate when he says that we are in a transition to that system. The Black Death is again there, already threatening to eliminate one-third of the African population as a sacrifice to try to keep the international financial system alive.

Maybe Amato thinks that by reducing world population, there will be more wealth for the oligarchy, their money managers, and for himself. That is what he calls a "richer humanity.''