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@pretentioussystem2 сағат бұрын
Many thanks and Happy New Year! One of your greatest video essays yet! It will help many fellow Europeans to start thinking about the important things. The younger generation needs exactly this hope. Can you share the slide show for this video please? Best wishes!
@JeffPar502 күн бұрын
I disagree wholeheartedly. Coalitions of the willing are doomed to fail. It leads to a race to the bottom where countries will contribute as little as they think they can get away with. As you mentioned regarding defense spending, central and western European countries will naturally choose to spend less if they can. This puts all the burden of defense on the Eastern European countries. This would only fuel resentment between countries, and open us up to be divided and conquered by outside parties like Russia and China. Your thesis that continued European integration is impossible is completely unhistorical. Europeans have at many times in history joined up into larger blocks, some of these have lasted for centuries. For the EU to work, we just have to realize that our adversaries are external, not internal. We also see support for the EU increasing year over year. Most populist "anti-EU" parties do not actually try to leave the union. They just dislike the EU's stance on immigration.
@lesulix98852 күн бұрын
I agree! This analysis is so surface level and ungrounded... especially when considering the coalition of the willing. We even have a perfect example of this falling apart during the immigration crisis, where each country took it on their own how to deal with it. The result was arbitrary closing of borders, 0 solidarity between the member states and putting all the burden on the southern countries while trying to get away with as minimal of an investment as possible. The EU is heading in the right direction, but it is undeniable that the level of corruption and bureaucracy has to be dealt with.
@GoodTimesBadTimes2 күн бұрын
Thanks for the comment! "we just have to realize" - if it was that simple, it would have been done long time ago. If countries don't want to spend on certain issues, but are forced to spend - how effective this spending really is? That's EU in one sentence. Bundeswehr is burning billions of euros more than eg. IDF. Which army is more effective? "Europeans have at many times in history joined up into larger blocks, some of these have lasted for centuries." - because these blocks united exactly along the hardcore interest of each polity
@Olifantenstaart2 күн бұрын
@@GoodTimesBadTimes the Bundeswehr vs. IDF comparison is not a good one. When did Bundeswehr last fought a war to compare it to IDF? One could say that the most effective army is the one that discourages others from attacking.
@springgreenzone2 күн бұрын
You disagree, because you haven't been paying attention. The current way of doing things is being rejected by more and more people. If you keep pushing the same solutions that you've been doing for the last 10 years, we're going to end up with the far-right in power and partition eastern europe like we did 100 years ago. We can't have the same countries profitting from this union, brain draining the rest and exploiting them for some charity. This will be the end of us.
@INSANESUICIDE2 күн бұрын
@@Olifantenstaartthe German military is in a pitiful state and this is well known. This is not because it is such a great deterrent, it is because of wasteful and inept spending and resting on ones laurels.
@Infosphere-cr5bk2 күн бұрын
I dont think many people have a genuine problem with the idea of the EU and are aware that it is economic suicide to dispand it, but a lot of these people feel like the EU doesn't prioritize Europeans themselves in her policies, especially when it comes to migration. We need to make sure that we keep some sort of economic union at all cost, but the eu in its current form is slowly crashing into a wall. Secure borders would be a great start and hopefully evolve into a common defense policy, especially with a increasingly radical russia next door. But as long as people feel like the EU grows into something out of control and out of touch with individual citizens that wont happen. I really hope that we will get through whatever is coming in the future together.
@josemiguelmatos34522 күн бұрын
One solution could be introducing elections specific for european comission president and change the EU parliament elections to pan-european parties. It would at least make it feel more like a conventional democratic process and closer to what people are used to
@Epidian2 күн бұрын
The EU prioritises countries in places like West Africa even less when it dumps surplus agricultural produce on them.
@chrisolson842 күн бұрын
The EU should never have been more than economic and trade agreements. If NAFTA tried dictating domestic policies or immigration policies, American citizens would go to war.
@tim34402 күн бұрын
Mate, I have a problem with the EU. Back in the days we could live in our own cities in The Netherlands. Right now, Polish, Georgian, German, Italians, etc are taking over our houses. Idem dito for jobs and we do not even talk about the 1 way stream of solidarity in the union. Better said, the west pays for the morals of the east... Dutch tax payer money is for the Europeans (better said East and South Europeans) but their tax paying money isnt for us. So f**k the EU and f**k the union.
@Velesus1012 күн бұрын
@@josemiguelmatos3452 Changing it to pan-European is impossible. No German citizen would ever vote for a Polish, Latvian or Lithuanian candidate. On the other hand, German politicians and institutions have enough power and money to create puppet candidates in Eastern EU elections to win there.
@nekomakhea94402 күн бұрын
> EU should have coalitions of the willing on specific issues with specific rules The US tried something like this with the Articles of Confederation between 1776-1781, it doesn't work.. It led to a race to the bottom where each State contributed as little as they thought they could get away with, and created a lot of resentment, because States kept asking "if nobody else was paying for the military or infrastructure then why the hell should I?" The USA tried to remain neutral in the Anglo-French Wars and trade with both sides, which led to both sides raiding their ships and enslaving their crews, and there were lots of pirates like the Barbary pirates doing the same. So the US got fed up with it and replaced the Articles of Confederation with the current Federalist Constitution to let Congress take taxes from the States by force rather than voluntarily, so they could raise a Navy to protect their merchant men from depredation. This has been tried before, federalism is the correct answer. The Europeans just haven't faced a crisis to force them to accept that answer yet like America did.
@TV-xm4ps2 күн бұрын
The EU already applies this principle of "coalitions of the willing" and it seem to work: Eurzone, Schengen, PESCO, EPPO, UPC, ESA... and many many more. Not all European States participate in everything. Only in initiatives that benefit them.
@Qnexus72 күн бұрын
based. its going to be very stupid of us if we fail to learn from other practices and wait for yet another crisis.
@stefanschleps87582 күн бұрын
You are basically correct. Current state of affaires with the EU is somewhat different than the USA two hundred years ago. But over the next few centuries the EU has a better chance of surviving than the growing kleptocracy of the United States. The correct answer is education of the masses leading to federalism. The Europeans have already faced far more crisis than the US will in the next hundred years! And for the most part the people are better educated, it is the new generation in both countries that are willing to trade their liberties for the promises of security and prosperity that concerns me, that and the larger worldwide circle of parasitical oligarchs. It appears a class war is brewing. Internal stresses are likely to topple both Russia and China, freeing the way for unexpected growth. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
@allthenewsordeath57722 күн бұрын
@@stefanschleps8758 Ignoring national sovereignty and creating a supernational federal government seems like a pretty big detriment to liberty imo.
@peterkratoska45242 күн бұрын
The Europeans faced much bigger wars in ww1 and ww2 where the US was totally protected by oceans. But the EU does need to work together, that would require much more integration and giving up sovereignty in the process
@gyurtoКүн бұрын
People really look at the EU in the wrong way. It is one of the most monumental achievements of humanity and we just take it for granted. Yes, many European countries have animosity towards others due to history but despite this they were able to form the Union. It might not work very efficiently but it does work and it does certainly well considering that 27 very different countries are trying to stir one ship in the same direction. Many claim that the EU doesn't work because of its internal differences but it is much better to look at it and see that it works despite those internal differences. 80 years ago the same countries that have formed the Union tried obliterate each other. There are still people alive who lived through the times when the world seemed to be ending and those same people see that the enemies are now sitting at one table and albeit inefficiently but try to make the future of Europe better. There is room for change but we should look at the big picture and see where we came from. Instead of burying the EU over the slightest hurdles we should cooperate to make it better to not ruin what three generations have built up.
@dixonhill1108Күн бұрын
" It is one of the most monumental achievements of humanity" you gotta be kidding, its first policy is bring in millions of non europeans. Regardless of whether or not you're pro immigration. Bringing in non Europeans makes the whole process of creating a union for europeans absolutely insane. The whole base premise is that these countries should come together because they have something in common. An ethnic identity is no longer shared between countries. You might as well just call it "a union for where cars drive on the left".
@ParameterGrenze7 сағат бұрын
Agreed.
@paulohagan330922 сағат бұрын
'drowning in a sea of problems.' 'The EU could die'. Unlikely. If there is one thing our British 'friends' have shown us, the problems are not solved by breaking up. In fact, they could get very much worse. Individually, we would become easy targets for China, the US and right now, the great bear just across some very flat and difficult to defend plains, Russia. We can only keep going until better weather comes along.
@bfedezl20182 күн бұрын
I respect a lot your channel and your views in general but Yankas views is outright a bunch of nonesense. A coalition of the willing doesn’t work, that is why having a governing body like the parliament is so important to ensure all interests are at least somewhat satisfactorily met. Any future in which the EU is not in the picture is a bleak one for Europeans. In fact continued integration is the only way we can actively try to avoid a dark future for our people. If we are left squabbling just as we did for centuries the only thing we will get is more war, suffering and a depleted population.
@cheekypop2 күн бұрын
if the eu was racist britain wouldn't have left
@Lawrence4000-s3k2 күн бұрын
@@cheekypop The UK is probably the least racist country in Europe. The last prime minister was a Hindu of Indian extraction and the current leader of the opposition is a black women raised in Nigeria.
@cheekypop2 күн бұрын
@@Lawrence4000-s3k doesn't matter the dreadful optics of letting millions of brown men march through europe in 2015 was the straw that broke the camels back with brexit. plenty of people still want their country to remain white
@cheekypop2 күн бұрын
@@Lawrence4000-s3k doesn't matter the dreadful optics of letting millions of brown men march through europe was the straw that broke the camel's back with brexit. plenty of people still want their country to remain white
@cheekypop2 күн бұрын
@@Lawrence4000-s3k doesn't matter the dreadful optics of letting millions of arab men march through europe was the straw that broke the camel's back with brexit. plenty of people still want their country to remain white
@mrsupremegascon2 күн бұрын
Stop with the "Competition made Europe great, we need to do it again" BS. You are living in a universe where USA literally exist, how can you support such thesis ? And for the people saying the other way around "Europe economy can't be strong when divided in +20 countries against USA and China". American companies has no issue taking over all 20 countries market, why Europeans can't ? And don't try to explain it by "US companies can start with a bigger market". Every companies today grow their market slowly, city by city, state by state, etc... Americans do it, Chineses do it, Europeans can do it too. The reason of our downfall is clear and simple: - Over-confidence, many Western Europeans do not realize how far behind we are falling, they still think China is poor and USA is a capitalistic hell. - Over-regulation, European politicians were left unchecked, they grew the size of their budget and political reach for decades, many new laws after new laws, new taxes after new taxes. EU is the embodiment of that mentality, as no Europeans know or care what they are doing in Brussels, and European bureaucrats profit from that. - Degrowth mentality, the political elite, especially on the left, made Europeans think that the end of the world is near, that there is no futur, and also that the people should hate themselves. Europeans have no more spirit like Americans or Chineses have. Fix those 3 problems, and Europe will be number 1 in no time.
@Lawrence4000-s3k2 күн бұрын
It may not be number 1 again but it will be in a much better place than it is now and where it will be if it continues as it is now. Your point one will address itself in time (it will become obvious how far we've fallen behind); point 2 could be addressed but it's difficult in a bureaucracy; and point 3 is the tricky one and one to which I have no answer..
@Qnexus72 күн бұрын
based af. point 2 is the nail in the head while point 3 is really tricky to find solutions to.
@mrsupremegascon2 күн бұрын
@@Lawrence4000-s3k It's all about spirit. A nation that has virtue (low corruption and low violence) and believe in the futur, can push itself out of misery. Japan, South Korea, Singapore and China did it very impressively in the last century. Nordic countries did it during the 18th century France did it after 1794 and 1870 Most of Europe did it after 1945 Germany, Poland, Estonia did it after 1990s Etc... I think that El Salvador and Argentina are doing it today. All it takes is few daring, competent and selfless leaders, to start a positive feedback loop for decades, and that is it. More I work in large companies, more I study history and geopolitics, more I realize how it all comes down to good leadership. Some countries made political and economic systems that are especially good at allowing good leaders to emerge, like USA, but in the end, that is the baseline.
@Lawrence4000-s3k2 күн бұрын
@@mrsupremegascon I'm not too sure that world exists today, sadly. If you ever read the Guardian in the UK it's page after page of misery and national self-loathing. Young people, in particular, are infected by this. I can't speak for anywhere else but the UK feels like France in the 1930s - there was no chance anyone was fighting for that place in 1940 and they were done! And political leadership is at an all time low. It's become a career - straight from university to internship to politician. Fewer and fewer MPs now have ever had a real job so perhaps little wonder they are so out of touch. Elon Musk mentioned the same in an article sometime ago - he was talking about US politics and their civil service and how quality has undoubtably decreased. I suspect it's happened everywhere in the west. So if we don't have the leadership you mention then it's little wonder it's all a bit of a shambles. Let's hope it's not a death-loop!
@mrsupremegascon2 күн бұрын
@@Lawrence4000-s3k You are perfectly right, as of today, there is no political good figures and the downfall of Europe continue. If nothing change, we will end like Post-Peloponnesian Greece, Qing China, Byzantium, Tsarist Russia or the Ottoman. We can be kept in that state for centuries. But, in things can change pretty fast and dramatically. Germans went from Weimar, to idolizing the funny mustache guy to being strong democrats or devout communist in less than 20 years This shows how fast public opinions and political systems can change when there is will. Sometimes for the worst, sometimes for the best. Today, Europe political system is very much unstable and ready for change. UK is on going a massive political transition. France is in political chaos. Germany major political parties are weak.
@kelthazur2 күн бұрын
As European living in the area of the Netherlands I hope we start feeling Europeans soon.
@LucasRoach-t1jКүн бұрын
As a european from the eastern block, its not gonna happen anytime soon...we are europeans but we had different lessons from history... survival vs. self expression
@lanceroparaca141317 сағат бұрын
It's starting to happen and a lot of it thanks to Trump and Putin.
@nekomakhea94402 күн бұрын
34:00 "neo-medievalism" bruh that's just literally American Federalism
@ggvacm4st3r792 күн бұрын
Literally corpofeufalism
@theliato3809Күн бұрын
Neo medevil is a ridiculous name
@birdstwin118621 сағат бұрын
anyone who says bruh on a geopolitics vid is too young to be here and doesnt know what they are talking about.
@theliato380919 сағат бұрын
@ irrelevant. What matters is the veracity of the statement
@keyboarddancers77512 күн бұрын
One of the EU's most long standing examples of wilful myopic stupidity is its migration policy, or should I say its lack thereof. Italy, Greece and Spain (the 'Frontline' states in this context) have, for year after year after year, been left swinging in the wind by their northern brethren. Then as problems associated with undocumented migration began to more directly affect the EU's northern members, to nobody's great surprise we have seen a burgeoning of the Right wing vote across Europe, a political orientation which it is fair to say receives only grudging acknowledgement within the EU's parliament building in Brussells. Nonetheless it's impressive to observe the way the EU still remains a reasonably cohesive trading and political entity despite such pressures.
@k0mm4nd3r_k3n2 күн бұрын
The only problems are that the capitalists don't share the excessive profits that migrants produce and instead get fools like you to blame workers. Wake up ffs
@FerdinandMadsen2 күн бұрын
As someone who’s economically leftwing, anti-traditionalist, but also really anti-immigration this sucks as idk what to vote for. Social Democrat prob the closest to my views but I think I might just vote blank lol
@KonsaiAsTai2 күн бұрын
The problem isn't our migration policy. It is the sheer unwillingness to apply said migration policies and / or asylum policies. The laws are already there to prevent mass illegal migration and welfare leeches from coming / staying in the EU; the EU (and thus, by extension, its member states) simply refuse to exercise the law.
@anon20342 күн бұрын
15:00 "Extremist groups" shows a bunch of 90's liberals. LOL!
@Covert_Arrangements2 күн бұрын
Liberals are extremists 😊
@Covert_Arrangements2 күн бұрын
Liberal = Extremist 😊
@Armmag2 күн бұрын
Selling your country's future for russian money isn't called liberalism, it called treason.
@tim34402 күн бұрын
Since when are liberals not extremist?
@iippo062 күн бұрын
@@tim3440 Not even Communists said that all men are created equal.
@Rakibrown1112 күн бұрын
I think is a misreading. European nations trust each other but don’t trust the unelected EU bureaucrats. And the reason why they are acting on their own more is due to having to deal with immigration against the dictates of the EU.
@attilaabonyi88792 күн бұрын
Fair points, i would like to point out that is one of reasons why we as europeans who have the option to make change in the eu via such as vote should strive to make the eu more transparent and democratic, making changes such as letting the eu parlament (voted by us the people) have a say in who gets to be commissioner and the main face of the eu,making voting process of said commissioners more transparent instead of behind closed doors and so on an so on.
@TV-xm4ps2 күн бұрын
Bureaucrats execute the will of the council, the commission and so on. They are simply employees to do a job the elected politicians need them to do. Are you British that you struggle with that concept?
@moritamikamikara38792 күн бұрын
Absolutely agree. Trans-national identities don't make sense to us. We want our government to be at least slightly tied to us as the people. If someone is willing to step away from their nation to instead try governing this big trans-national... thing, then where do their loyalties lie? There's also the issue of vote dilusion. Even if you do have a fully democratic EU, you run into the issue that the EU (If the UK remained part of it) has a population in excess of 500 million. More than the USA. Remember, that when you're in a club of 20 dudes, your single vote carries 1/20th of the power, if you're in a county of 10,000 then your vote carries 1/10,000th of the power, and if you are in a big multi-national federation of 500,000,000 people, then your vote carries 1/500,000,000 of the power. Larger and more populated states are less democratic by virtue of their sheer size. This is also why there's nothing wrong with countries that have aging populations choosing to depopulate until they get to the point of being able to repopulate again rather than accepting unlimited immigration, diluting their ethnic balance just to stay afloat, or worse, to artificially increase demand for services that are limited and drive up the price.
@crocs43042 күн бұрын
@@TV-xm4ps 1. Bureaucrats can be like any other profession incompetent 2. It's highly naive to think that everyone will just be on board with whatever administration is in charge and not sabotage policies they politically disagree with. Especiallly in a polarised society like ours.
@Epidian2 күн бұрын
All bureaucrats are unelected. Why single out the EU's?
@lanceroparaca141317 сағат бұрын
No matter what they say. LONG LIVE THE UNITED STATES OF EUROPE 🇪🇺
@Fishingadventureuk2 күн бұрын
EU became a mess . I voted to remain for EU unity and still would But needs major changes
@mrsupremegascon2 күн бұрын
I am pro EU, I am would love to see UK rejoin, but the Brexit was needed to tell EU bureaucrats that they can still lose their job in shame if they continue to ignore the people.
@Lawrence4000-s3k2 күн бұрын
I can respect that position 👍🏻. I'm firmly on the pro-Brexit side and the number of 'remainers' who talk only about 'their' freedom of movement as the reason for staying in drives me crazy.
@antoniotorcoli57403 сағат бұрын
It is a matter of fact that, year after year , the EU became more and more integrated. Brexit was a blessing. Nobody wants to leave the EU anymore, not even far right parties. Meloni campaigned against the EU and the Euro, now she is a faithful custodian of european law and values.And many other countries want to join.And they will, suonerie or later. Switzerland and Norway as well are integrated into the EU in many ways.The EU is here to stay. You like it or not.
@newtubevector20 сағат бұрын
Almost all that you said is true in a way, but this video still misses the no.1 real point of the EU. Sovereignty for Europeans. Most people think the choice that the Nations in the EU face is, join the EU or stay independent. That is completely wrong. The choice is between the EU (a power you get to co lead) and a foreign empire. The UK is a wonderful example of this. They left and first became a 3rd world country and then immediately US interest groups started pouring money in their political parties. They didn't want to be part of the village(EU) and are thus are getting eaten by a predator(US). It's also pretty telling that all parties that oppose the EU also like sucking up to Putin, except the UK's Reform party which is American property. Together we stand, divided we fall.
@leGUIGUI2 күн бұрын
The conclusion of your video fall apart once you realise that the current structure of the EU does in no way forbid or even hindered unions of the willing. Those frequently happen, with a notable example of the helping of Ukraine without the support of Hungary. You are proposing a system that already exist while also suggest to step away from a powerful tool for the few times all of the EU countries meet an agreement.
@theecologicalrevolution4102Күн бұрын
It is simplistic to pretend that individual countries are monolithic when just like the EU these member states are internally fragmented by various political positions. I wholeheartedly disagreed with the Nordstream pipeline project as did many Germans. Yes, we are in an evolutionary development, but the forces of history are driving us into each others arms and not apart. No citizen in the EU under the age of 95 has ever taken up arms against another EU citizen. The simple truth is that we are stuck in times of extraordinary upheaval and the only solution for survival - evolution so to say - is more cooperation, not less. No system looks stable at the moment or does anyone want to say that the UK after Brexit, the USA, China or Russia are doing just fine. I am a geographer and have travelled the world. There is one simple truth at the end of the day. Europe is hands down the best place to live on the planet. That also means we are much better than we think. And by the way one of the nice things about being nearly 60 is that I have heard all this oh, we are falling apart, we are falling behind again and again. My message is simple: stay cool and cooperate and we will avoid the worst but if anyone believes that we are able to live through the multiple challenges of demographic and climate collapse and much more unscathed and all can stay the same you have not understood that evolution means change. Always!
@lanceroparaca141317 сағат бұрын
The US watching and saying hold my beer.
@madchessLeviathan2 күн бұрын
The core issue with EU is that it builds on the idea of integrated statehood and an EU state in style with the HRE. Some European countries, likely all if we go far enough back was formed from a number of smaller states, that is why the politicians think this can be repeated with all of Europe, but it can not, maybe it can over hundreds of years, but not at the speed our politicians push for this.
@onetwo5155Күн бұрын
That's why retaining NATO beyond the completion of the second phase EU expansion was counter to European interests. It allowed the US to partially dictate EU policy, resulting in the Ukraine war and made Europeans complacent in their development, accelerated the brain drain and negatively influenced military policy, not to mention forced the alienation of Russia, which for the EU could be a critical factor in it's development as a competitive entity with regard to Russia and China. And, make no mistake, when it comes to geopolitical competition, we need Russia. All said though, a somewhat return to the European economic zone before the EU but with a common currency is definitely preferable to dissolution and balkanization. Maybe next time around we'll be less complacent.
@arsic094Күн бұрын
Too late for that. European populations and elites both are ideologically determined to be against Russia even though it is logically the best ally Europe can have.
@AmericanAdvancement23 сағат бұрын
Europe has a better chance of America annexing it than Europe unifying under its own volition. Between demographic collapse, economic stagnation, and cultural clashes Europe is set to falter while America, once it has resolved its internal issues like it has done before, will surge ahead once again and retain its dominant position on the world stage.
@birdstwin118621 сағат бұрын
It was the European themselves who wanted to retain it. So you are stealth parroting Russian lies with your "US made them do it." Not to mention you claim it resulted in the Ukraine war. Its almost as if you arent paying attention. Putin and and circle has said many times, or alluded to, that it isnt about NATO, it is about fixing the disaster of collapse. And this part about brain drain, do you not understand where the brain is draining to? If you need Russia, then just accept them continually invading Georgia and Ukraine, its not like yo care about human lives, ghoul.
@Alexlinnk2 күн бұрын
In Spain, my sister doesn't want to have children. Nobody seems to want to have children. Too much work
@foodistzen2 күн бұрын
Nature is defined by the law of struggle, if you're not willing to struggle to exist then someone else will.
@Alexlinnk2 күн бұрын
@@foodistzen So it will be. My mom told her "if nobody has children there will be no future people". She answered "then let the civilization die, for what it's worh...". What she meant was "Let the spanish civlization die"
@mrsupremegascon2 күн бұрын
You ancestors / parents / grand parents worked far more, were far poorer and had more children. It's not too much work, it's just that people simply value their career more than children. Which is what happen with every group of people that get offered the opportunity of a career. Before it was reserved to the elite, and the elite usually had fewer children than the bottom class. Now it is the case for everyone.
@ramanchaudhary25182 күн бұрын
@@foodistzenwhich is what happened on a micro level with Jewish communities, in the early 20th century liberal Jews outnumbered conservatives now conservatives make a much larger portion of the Jewish population, this cyclical trend seems to be the case on a small level , it may also happen on a much larger scale
@ramanchaudhary25182 күн бұрын
@@mrsupremegasconfor my grandparent having a child was beneficial past age 8-9 my father would help out in the farms and grazing animals. Nowadays it is a net “detriment” to have a child when you have to subsidise it until age 18 and even beyond that
@Atipaj2 күн бұрын
Very informative video. Exactly how I see the evolution of Europe from fragmentation and conflict to unity and national cooperation
@frankhaugenКүн бұрын
As a Norwegian I only like the single market and the Schengen agreement, the fishing, farming and public spending regulations are crazy! How can Poland, Finland, Ireland and Italy be under identical farming regulations? Or, why can't we in Norway, as an EEC member, demand that public works bidders have a given number of Norwegian apprentices hired as a requirement for taking part in the bidding process? Most EU legislation is very much targeted at the UK, (from when they were a member), France and Germany
@mateuszchmielinski40492 күн бұрын
Quality content. Podziękowania i dalszych sukcesów w roku 2025.
@TV-xm4ps2 күн бұрын
Some commenters here forget that the EU has always had various sub-groups by coalitions of the willing! Eurozone, Schengen, Customs Union, and several more are initiatives that some but NOT ALL EU countries have joined.
@Qnexus72 күн бұрын
3 seas initiative
@lanceroparaca141317 сағат бұрын
NATO
@MMerlyn912 күн бұрын
Utter nonsense, EU is incapable of reform but the mirage of European funds still holds people back, we probably need a lot more pain, unfortunately, to awaken us to the disaster of today.
@ihor42562 күн бұрын
Quality of life in EU is way better than in the USA
@erikanderson80932 күн бұрын
As an American I wouldn’t disagree the EU in total is generally better. “Way” better is of course arguable. The question I would have is how much of that better is due to the EU structure ? I question this because from the outside it appears to be a tremendous amount of administrative overhead for the benefits gained. Also, I would not agree that living in every state within the EU would be better than living in the United States. For instance Poland and Romania. All the best to you and yours.
@aguspuig6615Күн бұрын
@@erikanderson8093 I think Poland has earned being seen diferently, they have a surprisingly big economy now, Romania is still a good example. But yeah, tbh all we have on you guys is like 4 good regulations, like sugar tax, public healthcare and so on. If you guys passed those youd literally be a richer version of Europe with all its benefits but still the twice as big salaries. Thats what it feels like
@jirislavicek9954Күн бұрын
But it's going down rapidly. We need to avoid americanization of Europe. Immigration and dissolution of our culture is the biggest threat.
@Ooz4ruКүн бұрын
And it is rapidly declining
@jirislavicek9954Күн бұрын
@@Ooz4ru I just wrote the same on my comment to go to deleted
@БогданЖованик-в7г3 күн бұрын
I love your analytics, thank you
@lucasjames75242 күн бұрын
Europe should unite into a large federation like the United States, with significant devolution of powers but under an overarching system of continent-wide laws, common defense, economic policy, etc. The United States would not be the superpower it is today if it were some soft "coalition of the willing" among the 50 states. That would be a mess, and we all speak the same language and have the same culture, broadly.
@Samwell_20242 күн бұрын
Thing is that practically all of those proposals you said already have been achieved - the Treaty of the European Union established a European Parliament, Court and fundamental principles, such as the adherance to liberal democracy, human rights, a common market etc, the EU has many laws and regulations that supersede that of the nations and the Court of Justice of the EU also supersedes the courts of individual nations. The EU also has a common defence pact that's effectively a copy of NATO's Article Five - this is why Russia won't accept Ukraine in the EU as a "compromise" to it not being in NATO, since it being in the EU basically gives it the same protections as NATO just without the US or Canada. I'll be honest here, this channel (Good Times Bad Times) is very negatively minded and is spinning things in a negative way. They are also heavily Pro-Turkish biased and slightly critical of the EU and NATO. In reality, the EU already is a very powerful bloc on the world stage. The EU already is the second most important player in international relations to the US, and certainly is in the world economy, in fact a lot of the product standards we have today are set by the EU and then impact the globe because the EU is such a large market that it is easier to adopt products to EU rather than creating a separate EU version of that product. The EU doesn't need federalization, we aren't the US, we aren't culturally similar enough to ever justify it and in my opinion a Federation on the scale of Europe simply just wouldn't work - it would destabilize us more than likely. Where the EU could do better is likely to set an minimum GDP target for its member states in terms of military spending and also work towards the acceptance and establishment of English as the de facto language of official communications and business, and make sure everyone learns it to a good enough extent. This would then allow concepts such as an EU Army to become more feasible. In reference to the EU's "troubles" - the reality is that economic decline, housing shortages, declining birth rates, energy crises are troubles that EVERY major economy is going through, and actually the European countries have been least affected. The US, Japan, South Korea are all undergoing much worse issues than the EU, and China peaked in 2019 and is on the verge of a total demographic collapse.
@ketsui69792 күн бұрын
French and German officers and Czech, Polish and Bulgarian soldiers on the 1st front. Large investments and gas pipelines in Germany and the rest of Europe will also receive with a small tax. This is how I see your federalization. When the West starts to respect the East, we will start talking about community.
@dixonhill1108Күн бұрын
They should make a Union of Europeans. Take Europeans from all across the world and find a place for them. Not sure what you'd call such a place, tell me if you figure it out.
@ketsui6979Күн бұрын
@@dixonhill1108 Where's the point?
@seapunkangel2 күн бұрын
I understand that you get money from ads, but 2 ads every 3 minutes of content is just miserable. Guess im turning on my adblock browser 😞
@GreatRetro2 күн бұрын
use addblock, bro if you are on PC! ^_^
@JSK0102 күн бұрын
@@seapunkangel get yt premium
@MilkywayWarrior1618Күн бұрын
There are plugins that watch skipped stuffs in the background, so the platform thinks everything is fine.
@ivanlacroix3829Күн бұрын
Best video I have seen for a long time. Thank you!
@ericcloud10232 күн бұрын
this was a treat, love long-form content :)
@Qnexus72 күн бұрын
how well did the coalition of the willing model work for the greek city states? eventually Rome won and not through coalitions of willing but through integration within a system. we must find other ways to integrate in union around common grounds and not loose our diversities. toughest job but also greatest.
@AmericanAdvancement23 сағат бұрын
What Europe is doing now will lead to annexation by America in the same way that it did with Greece back in the day
@Beanbag7532 күн бұрын
Greetings form the US. Your videos are always informative , timely, and insightful.
@LucasRoach-t1jКүн бұрын
And oversimplified
@kntrshКүн бұрын
EU expanded too fast to create a common identity. Western Europe should have consolidated before going head on into the Eastern mess and its challenges
@jorehirКүн бұрын
22:59 Well, you know... Foreign companies = foreign profits. It's not like they're taking Polish or Hungarian money away... That money has never been theirs.
@metametodo2 күн бұрын
While analysing geopolitical dynamics, you should stick to geopolitical theories and models. There's a methodological reason for why Darwinism applied to social sciences isn't something taken seriously nowadays. It has led to misapplication of methodology, theories and resulted in eugenics.
@iippo062 күн бұрын
State-sponsored unaliving is the hot new thing in town & all the media coverage around it make it clear that it won't be used on people with disablities. What would you call that? Dysgenics?
@oakhauser2 күн бұрын
Creating a special ministry of finances for all the EU or at least the euro zone would make it more efficient and practical
@Covert_Arrangements2 күн бұрын
Create another Bureaucracy? Not so efficient I think.
@mesa97242 күн бұрын
Typical EU rotted brain thinking creating ministries will help…
@DrumToTheBassWoop2 күн бұрын
Europe had a very successfully state between 30 BC to 480AD. We done it before, just need to be willing. ;)
@dixonhill1108Күн бұрын
pretty sure we're in the 480AD+1 era. Europe will not survive, it's a question of whether or not there will be another Byzantium.
@hailexiao2770Күн бұрын
@@dixonhill1108 Byzantium exists, it's call the Russian Federation. Fortunately or unfortunately, it's in an even worse state.
@AmericanAdvancement23 сағат бұрын
Europe is more like Greece to America’s Rome: a place with ancient squabbles that had to be brought under direct control of an external power. Rome did it to Greece in 146 BC
@dixonhill110811 сағат бұрын
@@AmericanAdvancement Except it's currently 476 ad, when the western roman empire is falling//aka west europe.
@AmericanAdvancement2 сағат бұрын
@@dixonhill1108 Western Europe may fall, but the USA will carry the spirit of the west into the stars
@arya81652 күн бұрын
Man this guy really needs to learn how to trim down his videos cause like 60% of his videos is him just droning on and on and on instead of talking about the stuff that's important and the stuff that we really wanna hear about.
@j-p_t79782 күн бұрын
For me it is not that bad. He is only giving us context.
@Ryanrobi2 күн бұрын
He gets paid on watch time why would he want to drastically cut his pay?
@emiliospowerballer14412 күн бұрын
E X A M P L E ?
@bicker312 күн бұрын
Recommend bumping up the playback speed for sure
@Pieman28892 күн бұрын
Jokes on you i wanna hear our polish man talk about geopolitics and current affairs for even more time than his usual video length
@TheHunterOfYharnam2 күн бұрын
make a video about 1)the possibility of a kurdish state. 2)Greek army modernization to counter turkey's neo-ottoman ambisions 3)What would happen if Russia attacked the baltic states and not all of nato countries respond 4)The new geopolitical reality in the middle east, how much in a stronger position is Israel really? 5)Lesser known wars in the world
@TheKurtkapan342 күн бұрын
modernization? have you looked at the numbers? Per current Greek programs Greece will fall further in numbers and technical edge in the next 2 decades. They will have 4 frigates in a decade after Meko modernization is now also cancelled. Meanwhile Turkey will have new built or modernized 12 frigates, 10 OPVs and 4 destroyers. Greece will have about 150 modern or modernized fighters, while Turkey will have about 300 modern or modernized fighters even before Kaan enters service in numbers.
@TheHunterOfYharnam2 күн бұрын
@@TheKurtkapan34 How will Greece fall behind in technical edge when its already ahead of turkey? Greece has many more f16 vipers, they have rafales and we get more and they have f35 soon. Greece will be certainly ahead of turkey at least in the air for the decade ahead of us. Unless turkey gets eurofighters and f35 which is questionable. About sea its true that turkey will have more but Greece will also get corvettes and constellation frigates, not just the 5 belhara frigates. Meko modernization might still happen.Also Greece is investing in drones and anti drone warfare, electronic warfare, it is creating a 4 layered anti-missile and anti-drone iron dome system, it is slowly starting to boost its own defense systems and in the future it will demand 15% of everything to be build in Greece which will give Greece technical knowledge and the percentage will slowly increase and Greece will build more and more of its own weapons. Lastly, in the navy even though turkey will have more ships it will still be even or maybe even Greece will have the advandage with its thousands of islands. With very cheap weapons and without a proper navy ukraine has annihilated the navy of russia in the ukraine war. Just imagine what would happen if turkey entered in the aegean with its navy. Our ships are to be used for the meditteranian and cyprus as well as in missions like the operations against the houthis. Greece will heavely millitarize every island, islet and rock in the aegean, increase its nautical miles to 12 and deny access to any potential bad actor. The aegean IS a greek lake and will become a bigger headache for turkey than taiwan is for china. Its going to be a deathzone for every enemy navy
@TheHunterOfYharnam2 күн бұрын
@@TheKurtkapan34 Also Turkey has changed its order of f16s and will not reach 300 modern or modernized fighters And Greece will have 200 modern fighter jets of 3 types only. Only f16 vipers, rafales and f35
@TheHunterOfYharnam2 күн бұрын
@@TheKurtkapan34 if my first comment visible or deleted by youtube? because i can't see it anymore
@theliato3809Күн бұрын
The Kurdish states an odd one since it’s not in an official capacity in rojava but if Turkey tries to crack down on them there’s no telling what sort of powder keg might kick off
@wabalaladabdab2 күн бұрын
I'm a European nationalist. A nationalist of the united European Federation. 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺💪💪💪
@bogdanivascu8970Күн бұрын
I see a lot of comments disagreeing with the video. I disagree too, but I think the analysis is as usual spot on on the crux of the matter: things cannot continue the way they do, so what is to be done? The problem as I see it is that the three pillars of "competition, national interest and the search for consesus" as they are listed at 26:30 are very hard if not impossible to balance. No.1 and no.2 brought us the Europe that we wanted to get rid of, the Europe with a gazillion of wars in the last hundred years, and two major wars in the last century, that almost destroyed it. No.1 and no.2 throws away no.3. How do you draw the line between "competition, national interest" and war in Europe? As it historically proved impossible to be drawn and that's why we have the current set up which proved not to be a solution. "Coallition of the willing" is a euphemism for "every man for himself" What if there is not enough critical mass of the "willing" in certain issues, and the others don't give a damn? Take for example the Russian aggression. If Russia eventualy swallows Ukraine and then wants some more, the Eastern and Nordic states won't be enough to detter it. While Spain and Portugal and even germany and France might shrug their shooulders and say "not our problem". The "coalition of the willing" resembles in way with the "Europe of sovereign states", the Europe that the populist-sovereignitists parties advocate, which - again - is the Europe that we wanted to be a thing of the past. In the realm of international relations it might also mean a return to bilateralism - which is what Russia wants. With stronger states - like germany and France, who laso have strategic depth and do not share a border - deal in one way, with smaller ones and closer to you, in another. In this scenario, a Ribentropp- Molotov 2.0. is not totally off the table. I also disagree with the opinion the Europe shouldn't strive to become a major player in the world game of power, like China or the US. The game of power might just break into your home without asking. With Russia challenging the post- Cold War geopolitical status quo, I'm afraid that "we don't want any of this", the ostrich policy is not an option. Economically too, even major economic powers like Germany or France cannot compete with China and the US. Europe might end up as a vassal, economically, politcally or both. I think it already is, and there's nothing to be done on the short term, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't strive. But I agree with the analysis, that the EU as it was conceived it's a typical case of "too much, too fast". It created an artificial superstructure, a caste of bureaucrats increasingly disconnected from the real world and the real problems of the people, a caste which people came to resent and even hate. It atemppted to miss out the stages and to trick the natural evolutionary process of social development. And so it backfired. What would be the solution? I don't think anyone has a straight answer, and I don't pretend to be qualified to provide one. But I can make a suggestion, an educated guess. I think we should return to the once discarded concept of two-gear Europe. And to the loathed concept by the multicultural narrative, still hegemonic in the European academia, of the nation-state. The nation-state which is not only an abstract concept, but in Europe still a persistent reality probably for a long way to come. So a two-gear Europe and three leading nations: Germany, France and Poland, with Germany as a primus inter pares, the main connector, and part of both of them. The two Europes would both create their membreship according to geography, common historical-cultural background, similar level of economic development, common security interests. One would be Western Europe, the other Central-Eastern Europe, or "Mitteleuropa". It can be argued that Western Europe gathers the states which are more economically developed -although of course there cannot be clear-cut lines. One could always argue that based on this criteria Portugal and Czechia should switch camps. There is a shared history on both camps, although of course, "shared" doesn't mean "honeymoon" -quite the opposite on many occasions. The security criteria is also crucial: for the Western Europe, Russia is not an existential threat, for the Mitteleuropa it is. The nordic states could be an important connector. From an economic and cultural point of view, they are related to the Western Europe, from the one of security concerns, to the Eastern camp (especially Finland) But the main connector and leader should be Germany. By its history, culture and security interests it belongs to both camps. It also has the economic force to shape up the dirrection of development, can (and must) become a major military power. I think that crucial for the future of Europe is how Germany assumes it's role of a leader, and what kind of leader it will be. It is already the leader, whether we like it or not, and many complain that EU policies are actually shaped on the interests of Germany. It should understand its role as a leader, mainly that it is its interest to keep Easter Europe as its backyard, and not let it become Russia's backyard, especially if confronted with an American withdrawal. And of course not turn Eastern Europe into an object of bargain with Russia, in a soft or hard Ribbentrop-molotov style agreement. It should be a benevolent hegemon, bringer of prosperity and economic stability and careful to the historical sensitivity of this area towards her, especially's Poland's. In the long run, I think it might be an either-or scenario for this part of the world: either the economic fruitful, benevolent hegemony of Germany, or the military backed, violent, tuggish and poverty-bringing one of Russia which they know too well. There are many "ifs" and "buts" of course. Which direction will Germany go? Will the national French and Polish pride give in and accept that although they are major European nations, they are not quite on equal footing with Germany? Especially considering their not so happily ever after history. Will the smaller state accept such a ranking-system? All in all a "coalition of willing", if you want, but not a loose one on the model of "Europe of sovereign states". Instead strucured around two or three solid connected cores, themselves created based on geographical, historical, economical and security criteria. With a nation-leader and two lieutants. With a gradually increased level of integration, including a future European army, and the whole process resumed. But this time organically, by "trial and error", not rushing to create artificial, untenable superstructures. I think you articulated well the main issue: if you kill competitiveness, you drain the lifeblood of any social system. But too much competitiveness ends in war and conflict. How to have the cake and eat it too in Europe? This are the horns of our future dilemma here in this part of the world
@rikulappi9664Күн бұрын
A good video, but you are mostly wrong. EU has been a success and it still seems to be. European countries are more prosperous than ever and more trusted by each other than in the past. The EU is facing big problems because it is accomplishing great things. Democracy and co-operation are inherently stormy and problematic. EU is just fine, operating as designed, thank you. Suprisingly so.
@alehaim2 күн бұрын
I fear based on the history of European statebuilding from reading about the histories of the Dutch wars of independence and the Northern and Eastern European wars, that only a conventional armed conflict with Russia without an outright overwhelming defeat of the either side would be sufficient to wake up Europe into truly consolidating, as the European States were founded at their heart to sustain a war machine.
@havencat93372 күн бұрын
drink some cold water and chill down...no one in EU or Russia wants that. Maybe you want to drag your little island in what Ukraine is but we dont....can't believe what is in your head
@wladekhanczar2 күн бұрын
Well done, thank you, happy New Year 2025
@len20632 күн бұрын
Europe is not great because they are not independent and have no army or a security state that can protect EU an its people interest. Losing access to resources or prevented to develop key technologies does not help. USA, China and Russia are big independent states that can take strategic decision while Europe have to listen to their big brother USA that have to much power over Europe.
@NeidlichesSchwert2 күн бұрын
Is the presenter intentionally stressing the wrong syllable on every word?
@Sombre_gd2 күн бұрын
He's Polish, and he stresses the words as in Polish language. I am Polish too and have the same problem, especially with longer speeches, where's it's harder to control yourself.
@javiervll80772 күн бұрын
I have always thought that if the five main countries in Europe (Germany 🇩🇪, France 🇫🇷, the United Kingdom 🇬🇧, Italy 🇮🇹 and Spain 🇪🇸) were more united on an economic, commercial and military level, we could compete better with the United States 🇺🇸, China 🇨🇳 or Russia 🇷🇺. But the United Kingdom has always prioritized the relationship with the United States more than with Europe, Germany and France are immersed in serious political and economic instability and although the situation is now a little better in Italy and Spain, we are not exempt from possible instability.
@chickenfishhybrid442 күн бұрын
Obviously, the problem is that it's not likely to happen and would be very hard to do. Aligning that many countries' interests is near impossible.
@dffndjdjd2 күн бұрын
Compete with Russia? Lol, everyone single one of those countries has a larger economy than Russia
@pauljohnson16642 күн бұрын
I want to stand with the Anglosphere. To say I have a hatred of the EU now would be an understatement.
@EenYouTubeGebruiker2 күн бұрын
Those 5 big countries always forget the League of Small Nations.
@JayZx7772 күн бұрын
We already saw what Germans could do, especially between 1933 and 1945, so no, thank you! We do not need more concentration camps under German leadership!
@vojtechvanek1686Күн бұрын
Europe needs to reinvent itself quite a lot, it's clear. It needs more inner trust, vision, shared responsibility and still, despite the top end is very high, fumbles can be punished pretty hard.
@Pilvenuga2 күн бұрын
13:10 No losses of independence in the U.S.A or elsewhere in the Americas? The natives and imported immigrant slaves would disagree.
@dasbubba8412 күн бұрын
At the national level sweaty, pay attention.
@stephenmarcus9601Күн бұрын
The Americas should be considered nothing more than a pan ethnic continuation of Europe. Culture, not geography, is what matters here. The US and Canada are a continuation of Great Britain and Ireland--themselves becoming multi cultural democracies--and additional economic and military cooperation should be considered w/NATO, not EU, as the templet as the military alliance allows for greater sovereignty especially on the economic level. LATAM, a continuation of Iberian culture as well as indigenous heritage, should also join the block. Peace only comes through strength and this block would prevent global rivals from acting in an aggressive manner. The West has weakened but European settler colonies will infuse the block with new vitality. The Commonwealth should also be examined for further partnership
@AmericanAdvancement23 сағат бұрын
America, Mexico, and Brazil have a better chance of directly annexing Britain, Spain, and Portugal respectively than them choosing to revitalize the old continent. Cultural ties and a better demographic profile will give them a disproportionate sway in European affairs and will allow for them to dominate their former colonizers. In other words: when the parents get too old sometimes it’s best for them to move in with their children
@righteousmammon901112 сағат бұрын
@@AmericanAdvancementhonestly it wouldn’t be a terrible idea
@adamtedder10122 күн бұрын
The eu would work if it was a representative govt. Right now the people of europe have no voice in the eu. Until that happens the eu sits with its hands tied.
@LucasRoach-t1jКүн бұрын
Smaller countries like mine would lose their voice then
@adarret2 күн бұрын
By itself, Nationalism isn’t a Four-Letter Word. It starts going off the rails when you start adding an ‘-ism’ to a nationalistic movement…
@Jupa2 күн бұрын
Thanks GDBD. Don’t let the bots shake you. Those who know agree and they’re in sync with ya 👌🥂
@martinetsirac15822 күн бұрын
Sounds good, doesn't work. The problem of this proposal of a loose coalition-building association is that politicians in each state would be heavily incentivized to drag their feet on common policies and to freeride. This could be seen in failures of ASEAN (paralyzed and unable to form any common policies e.g. vis-a-vis China) or UNASUR (practically dead now). Of course those regions can prosper as individual nations, however, their geopolitical weight is close to zero. Conversely, many of the highlighted issues are global trends affecting also states outside the EU. Eurobarometer opinion surveys repeatedly show that vast majority of Europeans supports common trade, energy, defence and security policy - forming also absolute >50% majority in every single member state - so why throw this potential strength away, especially now when it is needed the most?
@Forsthman642 күн бұрын
If we are to have a united Europe, I totally agree with Zielonka's prescription.
@eldarshamukhamedov45212 күн бұрын
How are EU countries supposed to counter Moscow's influence as separate states? Moscow has no intention of letting each EU country remain independent and competitive. This is a very short-sighted perspective.
@peterbalogh81382 күн бұрын
"Moscow has no intention of letting each EU country remain independent" Any evidence for this claim? Besides, it is the EU itself that restricts it member countries' sovereignity.
@guardianoffire88142 күн бұрын
Western Europe is not concerned about Russia while Eastern Europe has to as they share borders with them. EU more focused on cultural policies imported from state of California, United States.
@bratbrata49742 күн бұрын
Old Roman maxim: Money doesn't stink. Especially gas from Russia. The countries of the West have perfectly shown what "unity" and "democracy" are. There were no opportunities under the rule of the Muscovites, to whom they so easily give up the freedom of others.
@Lawrence4000-s3k2 күн бұрын
Maybe they just can't counter that influence and we would be wise to recognise that fact? There's no point in Eastern Europe pinning its hopes on the west if the west has no interest in defence spending (and in fact has sent far more money to Russia since the start of the war than it has to Ukraine!). We need to have our eyes open to how the world actually is rather than how we wish it would be.
@SuperCrow022 күн бұрын
A fully funded French or German military would humiliate the Russian Army, but they just refuse to fucking do it.
@Guard20Күн бұрын
The simple problem of the e.u is they want to stay separate nations and together at the same time the e.u has two choices separate back to nation states or actually form a European country
@Kannot202320 сағат бұрын
Former nations that had empires used EU as a substitute for their lost empires. Also Germany and France stamped their beaurocratic system on the EU DNA. Some things are done better at local level.
@KlajniKleiner21 сағат бұрын
Great movie (again), thank you.
@youchrismelotube2 күн бұрын
I really like the thought exploration. Not that I agree with the potential ways forward presented, I don't think I liked hearing them, I'm sure I can think of some others. But aside from my own biases, I appreciate the way the subject is introduced and visions articulated. Very well done and why I have been following for such a long time. Thank you.
@viva8422 күн бұрын
EU is looking so small. Adding Ukraine and Belarus would be the only thing that could save EU in the face of future global changes. Otherwise, Europe just could be turned to ashes by barbarians.
@allthenewsordeath57722 күн бұрын
Mostly barbarians that they let in.
@Kannot202320 сағат бұрын
Europe had always had loose coalistions, when Spain was strong, France and England allied againts it. When France was strong Spain and England allied againts it. It will be the same. 30:31
@ColdWarWarriors10 сағат бұрын
The EU is done for, just a matter of time now till we see countries withdrawing from it. Nationalistic and ethnic desires can be suppressed, but not indefinitely, hence the break up of the bloc.
@KaMil-gw2qr2 күн бұрын
3:30 who ever illustrated that map is a deceiver. They didnt even try to put an accurate map together.
@petarswift508918 сағат бұрын
I learned in school that Hitler and Mussolini were basically leftists and not rightists
@rensvanderhoeven94402 күн бұрын
This is just a description of a European Confederation
@giovannituber28272 күн бұрын
Which would be better then federation. So yes, here we go..
@ggvacm4st3r792 күн бұрын
All confederations leeds forward to future federation Swiss, america etc.
@sakakaka40642 күн бұрын
@giovannituber2827 There was not a single time in the human history where a confederation wouldn't transform into a federation relatively quickly or died suddenly. Ancient Greece, ancient Rome, Switzerland, United States...
@tonipwneroni98462 күн бұрын
Germany has a golden opportunity to work with its partners to sure up the European project. If it visibly makes the effort abd sacrifices, leading by example and providing security, they really could move this forward. France and Poland are rearing to go further. Georgia and Ukraine are crying desperately for help. The Baltics deserve their own futures. Finland and Sweden are now on-board for defence. Get it done, get it done fast. Make Europe the shining example is pretends to be.
@max-imal85882 күн бұрын
Well the issue with that is that germany has a foreign policy based on making ourself small and pretend that we are just one of many to not scare anybody, the moment we throw around our power and influence some people will be scared and for example france wouldnt accept a German lead european federation, same with the poles, italians or spanish, thats not even talking about hungary or slovakia blocking a lot of stuff importsnt for the eu. Reform in the eu is needed and the critical thing is to get rid of the need to have unanimous suport for changes, as keeping that will lead to a slow end of the eu and it being replaced with other organisations.
@Issac-eg5ekКүн бұрын
@max-imal8588 both you 🐵s literally have zero clue what you're talking about 😂😂😂
@vojtechvanek1686Күн бұрын
Unity is needed. You have to look to develop yourself in the first place, not react to what others are doing. More effective governance is needed.
@Zapata-Cuahtemoc2 күн бұрын
Can you please add different sections to your videos. I dont want to watch Europes history but I know there are some that need to see it.
@marcarmstrong882 күн бұрын
The guy has the most overly simplistic understanding of evolution to the point that just shows he does not understand it one bit, nothing about this and any similarity to biological evolution, as this is a nested hierarchy.
@JamesR-f9l2 күн бұрын
Also America is number 1. Europe is number 2 and responsible for colonialism and every evil ideology from Fascism to Communism. Europe would be better off as an occupied US territory paying a tribute tax. America got it right rejecting England and the old ways of Europe.
@dffndjdjd2 күн бұрын
Yes, all too common sadly.
@foodistzen2 күн бұрын
Didn't you lose at the ballot box?
@alexanderrose15562 күн бұрын
@@foodistzen This guy supports PiS which lost at the ballot box and is now a joke in Poland.
@foodistzen2 күн бұрын
@@alexanderrose1556 Poland is a vassal of the US and will do whatever the US wants them to
@bobrid3 күн бұрын
GTBT clutch research as always 🫡👏
@bobjohnson39402 күн бұрын
Europe would be complete if western Russia was as much part of the project and union as France and Germany. It really is the missing piece. It's like having Texas/Arizona/New Mexico/Navada/California partially connected to the US who always have this looming threat of war vs having them as states working together cohesively as one bloc. Russia, instead of invading Europe, would have been much smarter to integrate into Europe, as it was doing, and grow with it, and eventually lead it as the most powerful region. That would have been the true dream and true marker of progress on that continent, anything else is masturbation. Imagine the place in history such a Russian leader would have, being the first one to make Russia respected in the world so as to be the leader or at least in the top echelon of the old continent? Instead, the cycle continues. A strong western Russia equals a tighter hold over its land empire. Moscow effectively holds all that land hostage from the rest of Europe while never really truly working it like the US did across North America. Soft power is always the key to a full and robust platform to develop and deploy hard power. It's almost like Putin is existing in a world that's simple in his mind, it's old, and it's too one dimensional to comprehend time ahead in conjunction with now. He's set Russia back decades. Completely foolish.
@HJJ1352 күн бұрын
Even tho the UK lost a lot during the last century they still left the EU since they are "their own civilization". Now when the UK economy is weak, they again seek to integrate to the EU. So only if a country feels itself too weak to be on its own integration will happen. Russia is seeking integration with eastern countries for now.
@mrsupremegascon2 күн бұрын
The saying for most European Federalist if "Europe, from Lisbon to Vladivostok". It is part of the project, but sadly, until Putin and his thugs are around, that will just be a dream.
@attilaabonyi88792 күн бұрын
As a hungarian i do not have positive opinions on the russian government and neither does my compatriots or fellow neighbours so no thank you when it comes to what you wrote
@Qnexus72 күн бұрын
russia, actully moscow is the worst leader and has no good historical background of good leadership that leads to progress. russia will eventually be closely aligned with the rest of Europe, but not for now.
@Samwell_20242 күн бұрын
Reality is that the United States didn't want Russia in the EU or NATO, as that significantly threatens the US's position in both (and yes, the US does have major influence on the EU and does have a vested reason to prevent Russia from joining the EU and therefore gaining closer ties to the West). The thing with Russia is that the "liberal democracy" that followed the collapse of the USSR that the US did "support" was a mafia state, heavily corrupt, heavily oligarchical, Russian living standards dropped far below that of the Post-1950s USSR and the economy was basically dead, nepotistic and basically was a massive money laundering operation. Lawlessness ruled the streets. Russia in the 1990s was in the worst state it had been since the 1940s realistically, and that Russia was the one the US "supported". I say "supported" because again, the US just wanted to have a corrupt and weak Russia, they never wanted Russia in NATO/EU nor did they want an real liberal Russia without corruption, oligarchs or the Mafia State. I'm not a Putin apologist, but Russia has a very limited history of democracy - 1917 and then the 1990s, both where terrible experiences. Russia is obviously a dictatorship now, but statistically speaking, Putin's Russia is providing a far better quality of life and living than any other Russian regime and it is much less corrupt, nepotistic and certainly has higher living standards than that of Russia in the '90s. Russian's are mostly content with Putin because it isn't totalitarian like the USSR was and it certainly isn't a total disaster, lawlessness and economic collapse like 1990s "Liberal" Russia was. Russians live in fear of a return to the 1990s, and so they live with a fear of "Western Liberal Democracy" even if in truth they never got that, but the US did support that "Liberal" Russia in the 1990s. In regards to Ukraine, Putin's obvious fear is that if it integrates with the West fully, that it may become prosperous like Poland. Russians are convinced the Western model just doesn't work for them, and Ukraine (as much as we like to pretend it's this beacon of democracy and wealth) is Pre-War the 2nd most poorest country in Europe, one of its most corrupt and also is a mafia state. Integration with the EU and the implementation of a proper rules-based Liberal Western Democracy in Ukraine would show to the Russians that it can work on a neighbour so culturally, economically and politically similar to themselves and as such would be the beginning of them questioning Putin's rule.
@tyalikanky2 күн бұрын
Europe need to integrate in everything that it can, from Turkey and Russia to Northern Africa.
@ΑντώνιοςΤρισμέγιστος2 күн бұрын
Absolutely meaningless at this moment👀 They are barely managing what they have, why add more?🥴
@dixonhill1108Күн бұрын
Do you feel like studying the Quran? Is this a joke?
@karloyu34842 күн бұрын
Good worked. 👍 You took the problems by heart. It should be done and start now rather latter. To keep flexible and strong. 💙👍
@kertpilman2 күн бұрын
This channel is next level
@tonyraffetto931Күн бұрын
Figure it out, Europe. Dont make me come over there
@znotch872 күн бұрын
Is it showing the wrong comment section again? I'm watching a video about 9/11...
@moritamikamikara38792 күн бұрын
Yes, it is indeed. This is a video about the EU and it's future.
@alphaomega154Күн бұрын
for EUROPEANS, i think this new year's eve is the right time to REFLECT and CONTEMPLATE, of how you all gets to enjoy the europe and nations you are having now. do you remember that less than a century ago, you were under nazi occupation? so how did you get to be the nations you are today? did you "SURRENDERED" for the sake of "peace" that gained you the luxury of freedom of todays? or DID YOU "fought" back back then? or did SOMEBODY ELSE fought FOR you? there were resistance in europe but merely fractions of the european locals. FRACTIONS. it was the U.S and the british (including the soviets actually) who sails the ocean and continent to win back your lands, right? something WORTH to be grateful about. yes, the freedom you enjoyed didnt came from surrendering. its from fighting. in other parts of the world the same case. for example in the country where i live, indonesia, the reason now they can sing the independence song and gets to invade and occupy ohter pople's land(west papua) was because they fought back the occupiers(japan and netherland). they dont get the current days from surrendering. there are other part of the world where in history they LOST their rights over their land. like the natives indigenous in north america and australia and other places. they dont gets to enjoy the luxury you are enjoying now, BECAME THE MASTERS IN THEIR OWN LANDS. contemplate and reflect on that in your new years eve. PEACE WILL NOT BE GETTING BY SURRENDERING.
@MDP1702Күн бұрын
You just show how little you know. 1. European nations resisted against Nazi occupation, they just weren't strong enough militarily. Just like was the case with the initial Japanese invasions in pacific area's (like Indonesia) 2. There were resistance movements in Europe, they just aren't generally much portrayed in movies etc. They also more limited to sabotage and support for allied forces (intel, evacuations of stranded soldiers, ...) because open resistance was just crushed hard with meaningless results. 3. Resistances are almost always fractions of the populace, most people always just try to survive and keep their family safe, this is true all over the world and throughout time 4. The british just protected themselves and freed European nations because that was needed to defeat the Nazi's, there were troops from all occupied nations fighting along the Brits after their nation got taken over and many also (tried to) join the allies after being liberated. The US only came into the conflict with more than just material support after Japan attacked them and Germany declared war on them. Just like the French aided them in their independence fight against the british for selfish reasons. I don't see why you are talking about Surrender so prominently, it has no place here.
@Ooz4ruКүн бұрын
Revolutionary ideas are cool topics for discussion but are risky and most likely will never be implemented in EU consisting of so many actors. We can start with less spectacular but easier to do things like: common stock exchange market, deregulate, spend more on arms and less on ideological fancy things. We are not doing even that.
@execgrhvxКүн бұрын
I live in Sweden and Nordic country should create a coalition, Nordic United States, would be a powerhouse in the world.
@evgen7646Күн бұрын
Your videos about EU are stages of lost. Previous video was denial. This video is bargain. Next will be depression or acceptance.
@yourpalharvey2 күн бұрын
Do you really think that space x has any serious intention of colonizing mars??
@foodistzen2 күн бұрын
IT has serious intention of colonizing the US through foreign workers
@thegrandlord29142 күн бұрын
Politician in brussel: since our beloved country belgium is about to colapse, let us bring EU to colapse with us
@MDP1702Күн бұрын
Belgium isn't anywhere near to collapse.
@thegrandlord291422 сағат бұрын
@MDP1702 belgium is litteraly and technicaly about to split in two
@MDP170216 сағат бұрын
@@thegrandlord2914 No, it isn't. There is no popular support for separation (only 10-15%) and there is actually even slightly more support for status quo/more federalism than confederalism/splitting.
@thegrandlord291416 сағат бұрын
@MDP1702 that is good. That means channel promoting belgian separation already spreading hoax
@jandalheimer46542 күн бұрын
Very true, we got lazy and complacent in Europe, thinking that our wealth is an eternal given. Competition was neglected for standardisation, focusing on so called compliance with Western democratic values. Along with this we have lost our creativity, being busy complying with overburdening bureaucratic EU regulation demands. China clearly is outperforming the EU economically and politically.
@calvinhoward38082 күн бұрын
Where did the chapters function go? Great video, but I sometimes have to step away and like viewing by sections.
@PetruGeorgianNastaseКүн бұрын
Very good job
@kennaljo2 күн бұрын
Excellent presentation.
@MarioSitter6 сағат бұрын
Yes, the EU can do better, but i like the EU and the Idea of countries with major differences working together. Next step, WU. Yes, a dream, but i like the dream of humans working together. And that thought i get out from a save state within the EU.
@anonymous876542 күн бұрын
11:24 third pic of human evolution should have had head down staring at a smartphone.😂
@marcMH2 күн бұрын
great video but way too much adds
@IamdeaththedestroyerofWorlds2 күн бұрын
Europe is facing very similar problems to India and China 200 years ago when Europe was young and the world was its oyster.
@dixonhill1108Күн бұрын
Being filled with Asians?
@casey2032 күн бұрын
The EU promised to be an economic project to ensure prosperity. It turned out to be a political project that led to anemic growth and social turmoil. I would say it at least kept the peace. But NATO is really what ensured that.
@fedethefico2 күн бұрын
The Union has always been a political project, the ignorance of these comments is endless.
@casey2032 күн бұрын
@ The EU was known simply as “The Common Market” and was only sold as an economic project from the beginning. Especially in the English speaking world. They never had popular support for a political union which is why the Lisbon Treaty was agreed upon instead of the planned referendum. It’s also why the Brits left the union. You really need to do your research.
@KonsaiAsTai2 күн бұрын
@@fedethefico Go back to when the EU was first established (not even called "EU" then) and you'll find out how ignorant you are on the matter.
@MDP1702Күн бұрын
@@casey203 Even from the very start there was talk of an "ever closer union", that this was portrayed differently in eg. the UK doesn't change this. And the UK was also not misled by European countries in this, they literally were refused the first time they wanted to join. The UK joined the EU because it at the time saw no other choice, though mostly from an economic standpoint, which is likely where the talking points came from. To put it bluntly, the UK was an opportunist trying to get as much out of the EU while giving as little as possible.
@sebzuddas2 күн бұрын
So many comments by expert historians and policy makers it seems. Good analysis, I think it encourages some thought in all of us. Even if people don't agree with everything, I believe these sorts of analyses are useful. Thank you.
@cipriant95712 күн бұрын
👏great work
@LeosResearchКүн бұрын
Less people depend on state I mean money would solve demographics.
@KlajniKleiner21 сағат бұрын
Great movie thank you
@havencat93372 күн бұрын
In EU we need common military spending and standing. Germany is in a mess because Russia but also due to USA. The once mighty german army now buys overvalued military gear...bullets, cannon mortals and tanks from US (plenty of documentary about it). Next EU needs to focus on Digital economy, we live in a modern world and the tech companies are the most important. Many american tech companies worth more then the whole German stock exchange. EU needs to have their own Tech giants like US and China has. India is doing the right thing to develop their own. This companies are the ones that ll bring prosperity