You were not kidding when you said this post was going to be chilling... I tend to agree with most of it. A a simple-minded American, I cannot quote Hegel, but I give myself a simple explanation of what is going on. The geopolitical world has always been a rather nasty and dangerous place. For a brief spell following the fall of the Berlin wall, US power was so overwhelming that peace seemed assured, aside for some local conflict and assorted terrorism of course. Then it became increasingly clear that countries will act in brutal and selfish ways whenever they have the chance. The US is signaling to the rest of the world that if you want to play by these rules, it's fine by us (though we don't particularly like it). Europe insists on seeing the world as it wishes it were, an attitude that looks increasingly infantile. Lastly, I personally don't think Vance was enticing Europeans to join the American empire as serfs. I think he was just telling them that it's not the US that is abandoning Europe, it is Europe that abandoned the US and the values we used to share. Thanks for another thought-provoking post.
Sure, let's wait as we always do here in Europe. What do you think will change if the AfD has 10% instead of 20%? Do you believe Trump and Musk will stop and apologise? Do you think Europe will magically accelerate, becoming the centre of the world once more? Nothing will change, as the AfD has remained around 10% for decades, and Europe is in its current state....
You were not kidding when you said this post was going to be chilling... I tend to agree with most of it. A a simple-minded American, I cannot quote Hegel, but I give myself a simple explanation of what is going on. The geopolitical world has always been a rather nasty and dangerous place. For a brief spell following the fall of the Berlin wall, US power was so overwhelming that peace seemed assured, aside for some local conflict and assorted terrorism of course. Then it became increasingly clear that countries will act in brutal and selfish ways whenever they have the chance. The US is signaling to the rest of the world that if you want to play by these rules, it's fine by us (though we don't particularly like it). Europe insists on seeing the world as it wishes it were, an attitude that looks increasingly infantile. Lastly, I personally don't think Vance was enticing Europeans to join the American empire as serfs. I think he was just telling them that it's not the US that is abandoning Europe, it is Europe that abandoned the US and the values we used to share. Thanks for another thought-provoking post.
An "Empire" - so called in the strictest sense of the word - cannot change his geopolitical approach to the destinies of a people in two months !!
step by step, forward
can we wait for Germanian elections' results ?
Sure, let's wait as we always do here in Europe. What do you think will change if the AfD has 10% instead of 20%? Do you believe Trump and Musk will stop and apologise? Do you think Europe will magically accelerate, becoming the centre of the world once more? Nothing will change, as the AfD has remained around 10% for decades, and Europe is in its current state....