reminder that the world did not enjoy it the last time Europeans were super powerful
this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2025
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Yeah, they all hated each other and their internal beer hall brawl spilled out over the borders. It wasn’t that Europe was any kind of united force. Maybe it’s time. We’re fucked in the US, now.
Though I gotta admit it’s ironic AF that the Allies set up Germany with a far better constitution/Grundgesezt and government framework than our own Constitution which ended up essentially frozen because politics have gotten so bad that opening it up would have probably destroyed whatever good remained in it thanks to talibangelicals and corporate money.
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Not even most Europeans.
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Power corrupts. No single country should be a global superpower
That's fine, Europe is several countries.
So was the US. Technically the use of the word “state” implies it still is. What is the line between a bunch of states working together and them no longer being a bunch of separate countries?
It's a thin line indeed. Aren't the countries in the UK closer to being actual countries than the US states?
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On the contrary, periods of imperial hegemony have been some of the more stable and peaceful episodes of human history. One of them is ending right now.
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Why is the forsaken UK still on the map ?
Switzerland and Liechtenstein are also not member states, and Estonia's islands are not shown.
They bothered to remove the non-EU Balkan states and Norway, but filled up Switzerland. This map is just terrible.
Scotland has islands on this map, but in a really weird way: all of the five biggest ones are missing, and I'm 95% sure that one of the two depicted is actually a peninsula that the map has chopped off from the mainland
Alternatively we can just assume Norway took the islands back
Our island is full of idiots but I swear we can make this up to you
The continent is full of idiots too. Their are no reasons for us to feel superior about this on this side of the pond.
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Interesting. Are those poll results sampled amongst the general population, or something more specific like from the parliament ?
Still too close. The mistake of Brexit was taking such an important decision based on a slim majority, you need at least an absolute majority, 66%.
'cause we know this relationship has its ups and downs but isn't over yet
Right, like the UK is a sibling that you hated growing up, but as adults it's not so bad and you know you're going to be friends again once they go through their binge drinking phase.
Not only EU beurocrats are slow to process informations 😖
We're united in in-action, politically and economically!
Yet it’s all the states fault in the US because some of those states voted for Trump. Could see this same meme with different continent and text.
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Economically and culturally, Europe is already a superpower. Militarily it isn't, and maybe that's not a terrible thing. Politically, it just seems to have a bias for moving slowly and by consensus, although it responded quickly to COVID and the assault on Ukraine, so it can do what's needed?
The almighty Nordic cock and balls
Norway should really check a doctor
Dang! Cannot unsee anymore
I can't unsee Putin screaming at Poland at the balcans, seeing both goes together quite nicely
EU already absorbed Switzerland in this pic despite them not wanting it, so there's that.
Switzerland is 100% dependent on the EU.
That's not true.
I mean they mostly are, they're approx. 50% dependent for agriculture, so if the EU were to block all borders and halt all exports to them the Swiss would become significantly skinnier than they were before.
No shame in that by the way, the Swiss also provide the EU with lots of stuff and services that are valuable.
They are completely landlocked by the EU and their Airspace.
Also most of their imports/exports go there.
They don't even farm enough to sustain themselves. So yes, obviously it's true
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It already is.
When will humanity mature? I mean really?
The EU is mostly on a peninsula. The only direct threat right now comes from Russia, with maybe some sort of Ottoman Empire style Muslim Empire being a potential problem. Europe has enough coastline to easily trade in resources. As long as the US and China leave Europe alone, there is no real reason to even become a global superpower.
Seriously if Ukraine wins, then Europe is rich and secure for quite some time.
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The top US export is oil.
If you want to do something, wean yourself off oil. Big push for solar, wind, and anything else that doesn't rely on digging up bits of dinosaurs.
Electric vehicles, public transport, bikes, walking.
And as an added bonus, the world gets a little cleaner. Might be important, you know.
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We have too mamy traitors like Orban in the EU. The work against us.
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