Submitted 5 days ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to globalnews@lemmy.zip
Say hello to the multipolar world in which China is rapidly becoming a pole of economic and military power. Meanwhile, the old continent is struggling to speak with one voice and remain relevant, Philippe Gijsels writes.
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US exceptionalism is the belief that the USA is the exception to the rules by which others are governed, not that the US is awesome. So no, we are witnessing the continued escalation of US exceptionalism wherein the US continues to act more and more like everyone else has to follow rules and the US is the exception in that it need not follow any of those rules.
Doubtful, Europe’s demographics are terrible.
The US can change Presidents.
Europe can’t change the fact it is rapidly greying and lacks enough young people to replace existing workers let alone build new cutting edge technologies.
resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Europe is rapidly sliding into authoritarianism and hasn’t gone 100 years without dragging the world into all-out war.
But sure, your turn at the wheel.