We were told history had ended. That liberal capitalism had triumphed. That unfettered markets would bring freedom and prosperity for all.

That was the American promise—forged in Washington, sold by Wall Street, imposed on the world. Europe obeyed.

Now that freedom is setting our world on fire.

Financial markets cheer record profits while workers' wages flatline for decades.
Billionaire rocketmen torch carbon while the Arctic vanishes beyond recovery.
Digital monopolists harvest our children's minds while mental health crumbles across generations.
Politicians worship GDP while life on Earth edges toward extinction.
And while war rages in Europe, famine spreads across Africa, and civilians are buried in Gaza and Ukraine, we parade for peace—while trading the weapons that destroy it.

These are not policy failures. They are the inevitable outcome of a system without moral compass.

Our "liberal" economy divorces freedom from responsibility, markets from morality, wealth from purpose. It has reduced citizens to consumers, community to transaction, democracy to a prostitute for the highest bidder.

When presidents pocket oil money, when corporations strangle climate laws, when multinationals exploit tax havens, when consumer culture devours the planet—these are not accidents. It's the ruthless logic of a fatal ideology that trades greed for destruction.

Europe stands at a crossroads. We can either follow America into collapse—or reclaim a European tradition where freedom demands duty, markets serve humanity, and leadership means moral courage not just managerial efficiency.

I am willing to commit

To an economic model where profit follows purpose—not the reverse. Where businesses measure success by what we contribute, not what we extract. Where wealth carries obligations to the communities that make it possible.

I am willing to commit

To politics that defies the tyranny of markets and reclaims moral authority. That defends what must never be sold—from our health to our minds, from our forests to our future.

To institutions that form character, not just manage risk. That require virtue, not just compliance. That demand accountability from those with power, including myself.

It will mean sacrifice. Having less, to become more. Accepting that infinite growth on a finite planet is not just impossible—it is immoral.

I am willing to commit. Not because it is easy, but because it is right.

Because a system that cannot say "enough" will inevitably collapse. A freedom that cannot restrain itself will devour its own children.

The American dream promised individual freedom without obligation. The European promise must be freedom through responsibility- a shared commitment to craft something greater than ourselves.

And if you hold power and refuse this commitment, you are not defending the future of Europe-

You are dismantling its only claim to legitimacy.