If the US goes (more) rogue at some point, Europe will be left holding the bag. The sphere around Russia and China will make it, but what does Europe have?
Both have a traumatic history of being invaded by empire builders and both have stark geographical vulnerabilities that left multigenerational scars.
I’ll take “Things that are not at all ironic” for $500, Pete.
If your hopes for an anti-authoritarian future rest in Europe, you're in for a major disappointment. As had as it's gotten here in America, we're still doing better than the rest of the world - at least for now.
It is fascinating that the topic seems to get so little thought in Europe though.
I guess this is like the Brits who talk about “Europe” as if it was a separate place even though they can literally drive to France.
So say that.
You could make similar remarks for many countries that would generally get a 'yes' to the question "is X a European country".
Well, if you're going to get all pedantic, Moscow is actually in Asia.
If you want to be pedantic.
Doesn't change anything about what I said about tech dependence though, especially between Europe/US (where Russia is not in the picture at all).
The truth is singular, we don't live in parallel universes. My prior is that 2+2=4. But, of course, this is not a place to fight about everything else. We have a free speech here, so that everyone can just stick to their own thoughts.
Your priors are still heavily dictated by your experience living within certain cultures.