I agree it would be good for Europe to be more independent. And they're right to be angered at US policy.
But by not having a big tech ecosystem, and by not managing their energy security well (thus...
USA strengths: military, high end tech, reserve money, importing talent from all over the world.
China strengths: industry, low end tech, manpower, social cohesion*
*enforced through an authoritarian regime.
Europe’s strentghs: designer clothes and handbags, tourism, bureaucracy and exporting talent abroad.
Once a beacon of innovation, a champion for human rights and a model of cohabitation between more than 20 countries speaking mostly different languages and having different cultures, Europe’s ideals have now dissolved under elected and unelected officials rather “doubtful” (to not say criminal) policies over the past 30 years.
Countries like Germany are dismantling its last nuclear reactors during an energy crunch, France is not building new ones, there are few natural resources in the continent, the population is getting older and ever more split between have and have-nots, and a lot of its “jewels” have been and are still being sold to foreign entities.
Protests are erupting regularly in every other country, but no credible solution is offered from current officials nor their opposition. What is keeping Europe running is both the crab bucket mentality of its leaders, preferring to slowly go down together (while still being at the top of the bucket, though) and the fact that a country willing to break out of the EU today would now be ostracized by the whole world.
While I’m not bullish on the US and I wouldn’t like to see a world led by a China/Russia/BRICS coalition, the one thing I can guarantee is to expect nothing from Europe but disappointment.
China strengths: industry, low end tech, manpower, social cohesion*
*enforced through an authoritarian regime.
Europe’s strentghs: designer clothes and handbags, tourism, bureaucracy and exporting talent abroad.
Once a beacon of innovation, a champion for human rights and a model of cohabitation between more than 20 countries speaking mostly different languages and having different cultures, Europe’s ideals have now dissolved under elected and unelected officials rather “doubtful” (to not say criminal) policies over the past 30 years.
Countries like Germany are dismantling its last nuclear reactors during an energy crunch, France is not building new ones, there are few natural resources in the continent, the population is getting older and ever more split between have and have-nots, and a lot of its “jewels” have been and are still being sold to foreign entities.
Protests are erupting regularly in every other country, but no credible solution is offered from current officials nor their opposition. What is keeping Europe running is both the crab bucket mentality of its leaders, preferring to slowly go down together (while still being at the top of the bucket, though) and the fact that a country willing to break out of the EU today would now be ostracized by the whole world.
While I’m not bullish on the US and I wouldn’t like to see a world led by a China/Russia/BRICS coalition, the one thing I can guarantee is to expect nothing from Europe but disappointment.