Save IKEA from this madness!

Anders Dahlvig a former CEO of IKEA has stated that he thinks that the Swedish Furniture Giant and Lord Protector of humanity against the slow death by hipsterfication is too big and should be broken up. Dahlvig states that the company is so big it is too slow to adapt to change and that its supply chain is not as nimble as he deems necessary. His suggestion is that they split the company into three, Europe, North America and Asia. It seems a logical one considering Ingvar Kamprad is in his eighties and he has three sons. One son could rule over North America, one in Europe and one in Asia. What about the Latin American stores? But that is not the biggest issue. Let us learn from history.

Charlemagne died, leaving his kingdom to his only son still alive, Louis the Debonaire. Louis the Debonaire did at least well enough, as one would expect from a man that is called the Debonaire. But he followed Frankish custom and split the kingdom between his three sons. Lothair became the king of Italy and co-Emperor. Pepin was made the king of Aquitaine. Louis the German was made king of Bavaria. (A little later he'd bring another son into the mix named Charles the Bald. Considering that he is called "the Bald" and not much else you can imagine how well he did as a ruler). The result was civil war and the eventual collapse of all that Charlemagne worked for. Disaster.

Pay attention Ingvar Kamprad! Do not split the empire. Pick the strongest of your sons and have him ascend to the throne. If you split the kingdom you will be too weak to fight the enemy. Had the empire not been split it is possible that the European Union would have more than mere monetary cooperation. If that were the case then we wouldn't have things like the Greek contagion to worry about. Rather we would have a strong and united Europe under the helm someone noble and valiant like Silvio Berlusconi or Dominique Strauss-Kahn. That would be ideal.