The Future of Europe.

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[@finnonaut500]

I think the biggest problem here in Germany is that we hate our own nation. For example in history class I was called a racist because I didn't think Bismarck statues (founder of Germany) should be torn down

[@markostojic45]

Wow why is that, here in Serbia we also learn about Bismark he was a great statesman, why would you ever tear his statues down?

[@finnonaut500]

@@markostojic45 Because back then we were „racist“ with our colonial empire and „imperialist“ by having wars

[@markostojic45]

@@finnonaut500 Jesus, such a sad perspective of ones own history.

[@finnonaut500]

@@markostojic45 This is the sad reality here

[@dantebeernal1559]

@David Garcia My brother in christ besides Maximilian I of Mexico the rest of the imperial government was shit as fuck wtf

[@georgios_5342]

Keep in mind that a large part of the unemployment statistics in countries like Greece is workers in what we call "black economy" were essentially the boss and the employee will come to an agreement to illegally avoid making the position official so as to avoid taxation (in a country like Greece were 55% of the worker's money goes to taxes, it is a prevalent option, especially for the young who don't need public insurances, state pensions and the like). This means that many of the people will state that they're jobless to avoid taxation even though they're not.

[@offworlder2390]

Overregulation creates black markets

[@georgios_5342]

@@offworlder2390 no no, I'm not talking about the black market 😅. I called it black economy because I don't know exactly how it's called in English. It is essentially working and getting paid without the state ever knowing so that you don't have to pay the taxes

[@innosam123]

That’s still a bad thing, because Greece is in a debt crisis, and that sort of tax evasion was one of the biggest problems that lead to it. Also, grey market workers are generally less efficient than normal workers and have less protections.

[@kenny4957]

@@offworlder2390 indeed taxation is theft

[@vanhoot2234]

@@innosam123 greece is in dept for a ton of reasons including their refusal to raise their pension age many years back

[@hatalatesting6476]

This video is aging incredibly well. In small cities in France for the summer after not being here for 8 years (but having visited for decades) - it remains an "open-air museum" but demographically it's a very different country. There's almost no integration of Muslims, Africans, and the native French population. Everyone stays in their own communities. I spent last summer in Poland, and it remains the same country demographically that it always has been, just more Ukrainians (for obvious reasons).

[@kristinarp526]

The problem is that Europe, mainly Western Europe, has started to hate themselves and become unloyal to their nations.

[@SSDDssed]

It's the problem of the younger generations. Same thing in US btw If you look at the greatest generation(who fought in ww2), now there's a healthy generation in many ways, despite their racist views.

[@mididoctors]

This Europeans hate themselves narrative is often deployed by voices trying to undermine European unity . Which is super ironic and disengenious.

[@MrDiagorasofmelos]

Why would you be loyal to a nation which state is obsessed by taxing you more and more and make petty rules about everything? Why would love your nation when the governing body is a thief and burden to your life and happiness?

[@mickeyray3793]

​@@SSDDssed America has to spend all its tax money on defending Europe, then Europe can spend all ITS tax money on luxurious social and health programs. 😮

[@ericjohnson7234]

Because their nations are no longer European. Europeans are human and humans are tribal. Its just our nature. We must go back to theat idea and become competitive again.

[@lorenzotincani]

As an Italian I can absolutely confirm that there is a resentment against the boomer generation due , at least in Italy, to the way the retirement system works and the fact that as a young skilled person is really difficult to find a suiting job for your capabilities. The fact is that there are more old people than there are youngs, and in democracy the majority rules.

[@randombadchannel8700]

Purtroppo hai ragione

[@stefanodadamo6809]

Se non fosse per i boomer e le loro pensioni tanti giovani farebbero la fame sotto un ponte. Il nemico non sono i vecchi, ma gli sfruttatori.

[@julius43461]

I rather think the entitlement of the younger generations is the issue. Can't find a job in your profession? Go work in a mine or a factory. Screw your capabilities and screw your inclinations. The luxury to work what you like is only earned after you have done the shittiest jobs imaginable.

[@jack_riverz]

Maggioranza non significa il giusto, appunto. La situa è parecchio complessa ma non dobbiamo scoraggiarci e nasconderci dietro delle banali scuse. Possiamo imparare dai nostri errori.

[@ceejay1476]

@@julius43461 Well, even if that is the problem, don't you think is the boomers fault for rising children like that? People becomes entitled because they're raised to be.

[@EmperorHero1]

It wouldn't be a WhatifAlthist video if you didn't hear constantly "Europe has declined from 38% of the world's economy to 24%, Whilst the US has remained a stable quarter."

[@PragmaticAntithesis]

Yep, and every time he fails to understand that GDP is a misleading statistic because or the broken window fallacy. GDP fails to account for wealth that is destroyed, and EU consumer protection regulations mean less wealth is destroyed in Europe (by asset depreciation) than in the rest of the world. GDP also says nothing about how wealth is distributed, which is a lot more equitable in Europe than it is elsewhere.

[@husted5488]

Envy is strong in this one

[@PragmaticAntithesis]

@@husted5488 Yep, and it's far from the only time he falls into the very trap he tries to expose!

[@husted5488]

@@PragmaticAntithesis I was talking about this europoor's comment which is made out of envy, stop coping.

[@Andreas4696]

@End NATO >he says europoor unironically

[@Barwasser]

23:13 France and Germany "aren't that connected economically anyway" is simply a false statement. Germany is by far Frances biggest trading partner with ~80B$ in exports and France is Germanys 2nd biggest partner with ~106B$ in exports (US being the largest)

[@d4rktranquility]

Even trying to analyse EU economies seperately is so stupid like german economy could even work without the other EU countries and vice versa.

[@Barwasser]

@@d4rktranquility yeah at this point we can't realistically survive without each other. Maybe we could afford to lose a few of the smaller members, but ripping out any of the key members would be insane

[@fabriziobrown4454]

@@Barwasser yep, I don't fully agree with this video, I think that with bad times Europe (but most importantly the EU) could shine again, already we are basically one giant economy (or at least this is my perception) and by what I'm seeing in the recent years (even during the period of right winged parties) we are getting also politically more connected. The statement of Mario Draghi (prime minister of Italy) that the eu must federalize to survive, Macron pushing for an EU army or even how the EU basically kept afloat it's members during the pandemic by providing funds and vaccines, to me those seems all attempts at responding to the current crysis.

[@bigbadlara5304]

@@fabriziobrown4454 yes but then you also got the EU instated Covid QR codes.

[@Barwasser]

@@bigbadlara5304 fighting back against government overreach is gonna be important whether it is against the EU or your national government.

[@theclaydino436]

One thing I would mention for the European militaries is the fact that Poland of all nations is becoming the largest and most powerful European nation, militarily. Also Poland stronk

[@johnbattle7518]

Its with Eastern European nations like Poland and other former Soviet blocks I think the US should create defense treaties with and pl out of freeloaders NATO.

[@appa609]

Ukraine will rule you all

[@MrLordingit]

​@johnbattle7518 NATO freeloaders? Like the UK which has spent billions supporting the USA in their wars (but didn't receive help when we liberated the Falklands). Those billions aren't included in our military budget figures.

[@johnbattle7518]

@@MrLordingit "Their war"? It was the UKs foreign policy to stop the spread of communism. They did that with the US as their main ally, Churchill even called it the iron curtain in Europe basic history tells you this. Nobody put a gun to your heads and it's not like we couldn't do it without you. Besides the UK isn't what I was talking about. More like Germany Norway Spain etc etc etc.

[@rudysmith1552]

@@MrLordingit they did receive help during the Falkland wars they received live transmissions from the Argentine military from the United States intelligence that is unprecedented for that era

[@antimonycup7066]

I agree with you that The World Wars have given the European psyche PTSD, but I think you shouldn't underestimate the psychological after-effect of 'landing on top' (through the centuries), of winning the global culture race and how that element interacts with the World Wars PTSD and with the last 100 years of development in how Western culture thinks about race. It's a perfect storm of these three.

[@the11382]

Its like if Japan went through their Warring States Period and then into the Heian Period instead of the other way around. Its pretty bad. Japan is a very apt comparison I think.

[@CaptainDeston]

That's only if their 'culture' does not implode on itself.

[@strangestuff3281]

I see the flaw in this video is the fact it’s done through a American lens

[@SCIFIguy64]

Tbf the US won the culture race. Europe follows US cultural norms, albeit the US is a descendant of Western Europe.

[@prufenful]

@@SCIFIguy64 how do you figure, Europe isn't as ass backwards as the U.S.. although American I am insulted on behalf of Europe that you would make this comparison.

[@mikerogers8027]

Did he say "scrimmage between Poland and Slovakia" ? That's the most unprobable scrimmage ever. I come from Slovakia and there hasn't been one major issue between these 2 countries in decades.

[@chasx7062]

poland has built a wall with Belarus?

[@xdlol59]

@@chasx7062 yes

[@xdlol59]

As a Pole I like Slovakia, this sentence was so inaccurate XD I love Tatry and skiing in Slovakia, aslo when I was a little kid I often go to the Tatralandia and I remember this queues on the border, because we wasn't in UE yet

[@qudlik3117]

Has there ever been any dispute between Poland and Slovakia ( maybe except WW2 when sloviakia was a puppet state)? I have no idea how he came up with this.

[@chasx7062]

@@qudlik3117 This is a hack video and channel, why do you stress over it??

[@sluggo206]

"Europe doesn't have its own music." Europe was prominent in the development of electroswing, industrial, darkwave, new wave, and electronic music. It went for house music in a much bigger way than the US. Maybe its poppiest pop is imitational, but there's innovation beyond the big-media spotlight. And if it's in English, that's a worldwide language now, so it's a way to reach the widest audience.

[@alexhurt7919]

Europe literally created written music and like 90% of instruments. Classical music is European music.

[@benc.3128]

@@alexhurt7919 doesn’t matter. He’s talking about current music. He acknowledged that Europe dominated society for hundreds of years, and classical is part of that history It’s not relevant anymore, just like the continent

[@MEDVE1978]

At this point this popped in to my mind: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKaVo6xvoN6Njbc :DDDDDDDDD

[@JosueLopez-kk9us]

@@benc.3128 If you are ignorant about classical music, that's your problem, all across the world classical music is taught and appreciated.

[@captaindred342]

Europe invented Heavy Metal!!! 🤘🤘

[@juliushakala5148]

It hurts my soul, when whatifalthist said that whole Europe depends on Americans militarily, while we Finnish have been preparing for Russian threats for whole 80 years and most of us are proud of our culture, language, history and willing to defend our country

[@whitneyANDbunny]

Europe will survive "current year" trends...

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

Let's be honest: you do. If it wasn't for our nuclear weapons Russia would have invaded long ago

[@chico9805]

This isn't 1938, Finland couldn't stop a modern-day Russian invasion without heavy foreign support. Even back then, Finland despite inflicting heavy casualties, still lost and was forced to sign a humilating peace deal to give up its land.

[@archstanton3931]

The exception that proves the rule.

[@borisratnik9032]

I agree with you, but Finland is a rare exception: a country with balls. There are very few Finlands in the world. God Bless you. Still: why did you wait 73 years to join NATO? I would have thought you would have been the first to join.

[@maikilreategui1271]

I like how calm people disagree with parts of this video and they explain why and they don't try to talk anyone down 🙂

[@kmolnardaniel]

I agree. Also, as america exports it's culture and influence all over the world, everyone has an opinion about the US, and every intellectual who interested in this, at least tries to understand it. But doing the reverse, understanding all other cultures from the US is very-very hard thing to do. I'm a european, but to this day I can't fathom, how can it be, that just because I live 50-100 km from an other country, with basically the same genetic background, people have so opposing ideas and values.

[@aoveratedjoke3583]

The good ending

[@AdamOwenBrowning]

@@kmolnardaniel 100km away the people behave differently (even if they are genetically similar) because culture triumphs genetics. They developed a different culture of behavior even in a similar environment, with similar genetics.

[@bflex]

..this guy has an excellent sense of insight..europe has a ton of problems.. ..look at london becoming muslim.. ....this guy is good..he really has a profound sense of prediction and extremely conscientious.. ..more of us need to listen to his take on what he thinks into consideration or this could become a very ugly place..and many of his predictions will become true..like the turning on class status out of resentment from the past.. ..we are constantly rescuing europe out of every predicament..but we're the uncivilized ones..

[@tracysmith245]

@@bflex i always get people moving from war and unemployment but why UK and why not greece or Europe

[@connorhawthorne541]

The problem with a united states of Europe is that unlike each US state their is too much individual identity for true unity. If I had to guess Europe in the future will be like the Greek city states, sharing a common identity but with too much difference to unify.

[@g1u2y345]

Eventually though, those city states did unite. I'm sure the same will happen to Europe. If globalization continues the way it is, all of these countries will speak the same language anyways, English.

[@basedchad6035]

@@g1u2y345 I dont want to. I will continue to speak and teach my children german. Ur not gonna cramp us all together and let us loose our cultures. We dont want that. Besides that im not against a unified outer policy. But we can do that without a usa 2

[@miguelolvera2538]

Sounds like Europe through most history

[@Cornelis.]

you know that europe is not a country so ofcourse the diffrent countrys have indivdual identities, It is nothing like the us, as in Europe the diffrent countrys can leave the union to if they want while the us states can not leave the US.

[@billychops1280]

Europe can never unify because each European country has too much pride in its historical origins, plus many of the European countries come from different ethnicities which some even today consider to be inferior as opposed to others

[@borntoshitforcedtowipe9570]

Cant wait for the new minions movie of gru coming out on July first

[@MegrelMamba]

LMAOO I'm not even joking that your comment Inspired me to buy tickets for that movie for me and my friends so we can watch on July 2nd. 😂

[@jackfarns6448]

I’m wearing a suit to this monumental piece of cinema

[@warrix8312]

BANANA!!!

[@nomenklatakura]

@@jackfarns6448 W then

[@whothedogwasdoing1846]

Same

[@schadenfreude000]

"Europe just copies American culture." Americans travel to Europe and see that music and fashion are very similar and so, in their arrogance, they just assume that everyone has copied them. But virtually ALL the top fashion houses are European. When it comes to mass retail fashion, the biggest in the world are HM (Sweden), Zara (Spain) and Uniqlo (Japan). Modern fashion is a global phenomenon; that's why it's the same everywhere. But the European influence is substantially larger than the American. Music is another example. Europe received a lot of American influence in the 50s with rock, but that was just after the USA itself had imported huge amounts of European influence in the 20s and 30s, with cabaret etc. By the 60s and 70s, the biggest names in pop music were coming out of Britain and Sweden. This became a two-way flow. Again, European and US pop music are similar now because they've been co-evolving in tandem for 70 years, not because Europe has "copied" the US. American artists have copied as much from the Beatles and ABBA as Europeans have copied from Britney Spears. US artists have copied European techno and metal, while US and European artists are both in a frenzy now copying Latin American reggaeton.

[@mainiak1]

sound like a salty European.

[@Sorenzo]

Literally the one word "Beatles" refutes half his video

[@verynice5574]

I travel all around the world and in every country I hear American music and sometimes more than local music. Occasionally you'll hear something from somewhere else. It may be true that individual artists are copying each other across the pond but the rest of the world doesn't care and just listens to American music anyway. Your whole tirade is so typically European though. It's in the vein of, "ha ha look Americans don't know geography" while having half the per capita GDP. The real world doesn't care about some artificial standard of what "should" matter. Power is power and influence is influence. The rest is cope.

[@tanizaki]

@@SorenzoWhat popular artists today do you think are influenced by The Beatles in anyway? Cardi B? Your argument might have been good fifty years ago.

[@tanizaki]

@@yeussean I wonder how long Europe will remain European.

[@jamesmason8436]

Regarding Nobel Prizes: I think you've overlooked the fact the US has a huge population. If you add the UK, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Switzerland and France you get a population of 255 million and 403 Nobel Prize winners, which is better than the US with its population of 330 million and 400 Nobel Laureates with lots of room (as far as population) to spare. Furthermore, the US ranks 15th in the world based on Nobel Prizes per capita, with 11 of the 14 countries ranked ahead of them in Europe. Overall, 16 of the world's top 20 Nobel Prize winning nations per capita are in Europe.

[@richardholfeld4619]

Pssst, you're messing with his right-wing bias "stuff that is good for workers is bad for the country". I'm sure all those homeless people in Los Angeles are great for innovation and growth!

[@kilors206]

@@richardholfeld4619 LA's shittyness is based solely on Left-leaning policies

[@R3dTi3nJ3ans]

Obama got one as did Bush or some other twat. Point is only euro-centric goofs care about “peace prizes.”

[@richardholfeld4619]

@@kilors206 Can you be more specific? Which economic policies lead to this?

[@MacCionnaith]

Tell it like is James 👍

[@steffenaltmeier6602]

as a german, i have to agree with your points. europe has become complacent, but here is to hoping that ukraine will be an effective reality-check. after brexit and the migrant crisis i was worried europe would fall appart, but now that reality is finally setting in and that europe is not above having war, the eu has a purpose again. i just hope we don't go back to complacency when this whole mess blows over.

[@miltonpeter1295]

The EUDSSR is declining anyway, and with the black money hole Ukraine a lot faster. The incompetent and arrogant leadership is the worst enemy of the EU-countries. Nobody of them worked in the private economy. And the head of the EU is a corrupt woman, which destroyed the german army and left it in shambles.

[@marcusaurelius5742]

Rooting for you guys 🇺🇸❤️ My ancestors came to America from all over Europe. I wish there was a way for y’all to shed your narrow identities and embrace a deeper Indo-European/Western connection. USE needs to happen in my opinion.

[@finnonaut500]

I wouldn’t be so confident. Especially with our current government. I mean most of the greens say that they hate our country and the SPD is openly cooperating with the ANTIFA (left extremist group)

[@LowSkillSurvival]

>the eu has a purpose again lol. lmao even. You have to be kidding. Yes, ending complacency is the way to go, but following this logic the EU is the absolute last thing we'd wan't. Put legislature and border authority back into the hands of the nation states, not into the hands of some faceless unelected bureaucratic body. Along with ending the laissez-fair immigration politics.

[@iamasalad9080]

@@marcusaurelius5742 You forgot about the indo- part of indo-european.

[@shaunrosenberg4568]

I'd like to see a whatifhistory on what would have happened if Europe had a population boom from 1900 to 2022 instead of population stagnation. I always wondered how the world would have been different.

[@sinoroman]

ww1 and ww2 avoided

[@ethanwmonster9075]

@@sinoroman Not sure about that.

[@zakaryloreto6526]

Some European countries already are extremely densely populated like Italy or the UK, you probably see many more immigrants form those countries going to nations like Argentina or Australia increasing their populations. Slavic countries and France probably would become the new powers as they own relatively more empty liveable land and can feed many more people.

[@SDM_Arcugos]

He quit doing WhatIf videos. A bit ironic for his name.

[@randomlegothingswilson2396]

Europe had a population boom from 1900 onwards, but the world Wars fucked it up

[@samuelfriden]

As a swede i couldn't agree more about europe, thank you for posting this

[@jackylynn]

🇺🇸🤝🇸🇪 🤗🤗🤗

[@ricgillingham8056]

Bollocks

[@600micsofacid]

Sweden is finished sadly. Swedes are non confrontational and aren't having children while the immigrants are having 3-4 kids and are very much about the violence life. By 2050, Sweden will be 10% Swedish, 90% Muslim.

[@uranusismightybig5111]

Agreed! Felt the same way when watching this. Kind of refreshing and thankful feeling hearing an outside "conclusion" of the state of affairs in Europe and in Sweden.

[@86Corvus]

Oh yea, you guys fucked that immigration thing up royally.

[@QuixEnd]

Meeting people from eastern Europe is always interesting. The millenials being children of communist citizens makes things VERY different for them. Many adults are ego maniacs after being complicite in the communist heirarchy, or they were outcasts and poor. You can kinda tell who was who, much deeper direct history than we see in the US

[@wonderwinder1]

I live in Warsaw. It’s not like that at all.

[@freddy4603]

I can vouch for the ego maniac one. But "many" is an exaggaration, a better word would be "a small minority of". the younger generation doesn't seem to have this scar of communism. It was so weird hearing from other people I knew they also had grandparents who had weird manipulative tendencies that exactly lined up with one of my grandparents.

[@Don-Coyote-De-Transylvania]

I also can add that even institutions in some Eastern Europe countries like Romania are still communist like. For exemple, recently SRI (romanian secret service) proposed some laws(which is illegal in every democratic country for a secret service to make laws) to parliament to vote. Laws that included all romanian citizens to be forced to help secret agents if they ask and need help. That not not happen not even in communist era. Not even communist secret police did not dare to propose such a law. Another law SRI proposed was that SRI agents to have the right legally to have business. This is corruption and greed at the highest level.

[@G0TIMAN]

XDDDD what a bullshit

[@Bat-Georgi]

@@wonderwinder1 I live in Plovdiv. He's 100% correct.

[@codysodyssey3818]

It's hard to imagine just how traumatising it would have been to be a European during the world wars. As an Australian basically all of history is viewed as being something that happens far away. When talking about wars and such things with people here its not uncommon to have the person you're talking to basically throw their hands up say things like "I don't get it." "What's the point?" "Such a waste of money and people" (--> all direct quotes from my dad). The stereotype is definitely true when it comes to American ignorance but most of you clearly haven't spoken to the average Australian. It fills me with great shame when I hear a fellow countryman say something about how much better they are than those ignorant Americans and then in the same breath pull out the most braindead hogwash about some incredibly complex topics. At least Americans interact with the rest of the world. Australians just view the rest of the world as that thing you hear about before the sports comes on T.V.

[@dave_sic1365]

It wasn't that traumatizing for the people who lived through it. The trauma started at the end of the sixtys when the boomers found out about injustices that happened during the war.

[@shorewall]

@@dave_sic1365 Really, the problem is with the Marxist subverters in University. I remember being told that everything bad in the world is the fault of White Men, specifically Europeans, to the point that I started getting depressed. I eventually had to throw off the shackles, and I only went for my two year degree. Most of what we see in the west is the result of brainwashing in the Universities. Young people are taught a Marxist Conflict Theory of history, and try to atone for it. It started in the 60s, and only now is starting to die out in the younger generations, and only because the world is not going well enough for such lies to be comfortable anymore. I really agree with this channel putting Social Justice as a religion, but its been around for a while. It's the Marxist professors teaching the kids to regret being born, and hate their race. Some people grow out of it, some never do, but Western Society is sick from that Marxist disease, even as the 3rd world has benefitted from Western inventions and methods in the Post War period. I think times are going to get worse before they get better, but as a result, the lies are gonna be seen for what they are, and people are going to turn to common sense answers to the crisis of our time.

[@fredjohnson9833]

As an American, I have simaler feelings about my nation as you do about Australia. I guess both our counties have alot in common when it comes to cultural arrogance, dispite our differences.

[@guytech7310]

"with people here its not uncommon to have the person you're talking to basically throw their hands up say things like "I don't get it." "What's the point?" "Such a waste of money and people"" Everything changes when the food shelves go bare. Europe hasn't experienced, hyper-inflation, extreme unemployment and empty store shelves in about 80 years. When this starts to happen, people like your dad will flip like a switch and mirror the emotions of Europeans 80 to 90 years ago.

[@bflex]

..wars are nothing like what they are know..but

[@MrHawkMan777]

I don't know what it's like on the continent but in Britain I've started to realise how non-meritocratic our economy is becoming. I've heard multiple stories of people with amazing qualifications attempting to get jobs that would suit those but being constantly denied. Literally people with PhD who have to work in restaurants as they are waiting to get accepted somewhere. When at the same time I've noticed many people doing undergraduate degrees in fairly useless degrees tell me that they have been guaranteed a job starting at like £35k because they know someone who has spoon-feed them the job. I'm positive this has gotten worse because my parents and grandparents had no university education but managed to get decent jobs based simply on their interviews and training. When now this no longer seems the case. It really does seem to be about your connections now which is really gonna show up in the near future when those qualified but unemployed start to accuse elites on sucking up all the best jobs, proving that Britain isn't, as free an equal as we pretend. In fact this may have played a role in Brexit aswell. Not too mention the fact that our politics is an absolute shambles at the moment everyone hates both the major political parties to the point that I wouldn't be surprised if it just imploded in the next election.

[@mcjesus5603]

What if they all vote green or something? I’m Canadian and don’t know much about the uk but currently in Canada lots of people hate the current government and part of it is because our leader is weak minded and has fucked our economy

[@MrHawkMan777]

@@mcjesus5603 yeah I think if the Liberal democrats (who are the 3rd most popular, centrist party) get their act together they could definitely win lots of seats and if they join together with the green party then now would be their best opportunity to win since like 1910. I think they need a more charismatic leader however.

[@mcjesus5603]

@@MrHawkMan777 interesting

[@samuelsstuffyt]

When nearly 50% of Young People in Britain go to University often to study shitty degrees (ones that you can get in with using BTECS or shitty A-Level results) then it probably speaks for itself why people with Uni degrees can't get good jobs. There isn't that many of those jobs to go around, and a lot of the "University Degrees" people get now are what the gov calls 'Mickey Mouse degrees' from shitty former polytechnic universities. People with actual good Uni degrees will get jobs in them, either in the UK or outside, but relatively few people who go to Uni here will get degrees with any sort of value. It also doesn't help that the 50% of young people in Britain who go to University will also never likely work a single day of their lives until graduation from Uni. You can have all the education in the worl but that won't get you a job.

[@Gerishnakov]

@@MrHawkMan777 Not going to happen with the electoral system in the UK.

[@Foxeen515]

So what I'm hearing is that we've managed to hit the Renaissance's objectives of getting as close as possible to the ancient Greeks. I call that a win.

[@amh9494]

Not true at all we don't live up to those ideals at all, if you mean a group of arguing city states but larger then yes.

[@Foxeen515]

@@amh9494 We don't, but people during the Renaissance used to.

[@amh9494]

@@Foxeen515 ...

[@robertmartin6800]

Europe is like an old folks home. The people are kept comfortable, and entertained, they're fed, and protected, and they're all just laying back and enjoying their retirement waiting for their civilizations to die. They have lost all of their vigor, their energy, their will to power, and their desire to carry on, and it's a crying shame if you ask me.

[@yoyonn1]

Every dog has its day. You can’t be on top forever

[@anyways4438]

That's such an accurate description of Europe, holy shit

[@tj-co9go]

As a European I could not think of a better analogy. This is exactly the sentiment. And no wonder, considering the demographics. Another apt comparison would be to inheritor in a rich family, who now feels bad conscience due to how their wealth was gathered, and now wants to help people with it. He does not understand why he has to be rich while others starve, and donates to charity and invites the homeless to his mansion, which is now in a slightly delapitated condition as they no longer can afford all the servants and repairs due to the inflation in prices and labour. But he has no longer any contact with the poverty and hard work that preceeded it, so he does not respect those values. He just chills and tries to enjoy life with his friends, but he feels like has no purpose and can't measure to his powerful ancestors and rich family members.

[@robertmartin6800]

@@tj-co9go That's an excellent comparison, I hadn't though of that. It's not as bleak as mine, but perhaps more fitting.

[@barkley8285]

"no king rules forever my son"

[@makspasik5654]

21:42 a conflict betwen Poland and Slovakia is absurd. Non of the countrys are (nor where) ever hostile to eachother, the border is clear, and is set by the mountines. There is no polish minority in slovakia nor slovakian minority in poland.

[@michelangelobuonarroti4958]

Just shows you that he's still got much more reading to do on Europe. While I do agree with the general sense that we're staring down the bottom of a barrel in Europe atm I wouldn't say the crisis is going to he as bad as he makes it out to be.

[@p_snimon_enis9850]

Same thing when he suggested a potential conflict between Spain and Italy. What.

[@stefanodadamo6809]

@@p_snimon_enis9850 eh? 🤣🤣🤣

[@Ussurin]

Even ignoring how hard would it be to wage war through the mountains (there's a reason border was ALWAYS there), over what those countries would fight? Slovakia is way to week to realistically expect raids for resourcers or holding territory to be succesful, especially as regions adjecent to Slovakia aren't the richest with exception of Krakow metropoly. And Poland doesn't require anything that is in Slovakia? Like, Poland has everything it needs except oil and nuclear. Neither is in Slovakia. Where is the closest place that has those? Ukraine. Even if Poland would decide to become agressive, the direction of agression is quite clear into historical Wild Fields of Commonwealth. War with Czechs on the other hand? Well, logically it still has no sense, but at least there is some actual conflict potential over Zaolzie and Czechs complaining about Polish industrial sector in Silesia. Still, mountains make this practically impossible to happen, but at least it has some basis.

[@innosam123]

Technically, there was a conflict over some border provinces when the two were gaining independence, but it’s not really a thing anymore. Hungary and Slovakia however… Ironically, Hitler did a better job drawing borders for Hungary than the entente did after WW1. Huge Hungarian minorities outside Hungary.

[@JohnSmith-of2gu]

I wouldn't say Europeans don't try to justify why their social democracy is the best system. The Quality of Life metrics in the Scandinavian social democracies are often cited and positively regarded. But they do downplay the sluggishness such a regulated economy causes. Really Europe's fundamental flaw IMO is how self-flagellating Europe's elites are. Wanting Europe to grow greater (at least as Europe rather than vague internationalist ideal) in any way is treated as if you're being nostalgic for the days of colonial genocide.

[@Arcaryon]

You mistake noise for reality. What’s holding us back is that the Euro got too big too fast and that we invested too much in China and do not regulate internal migration better, , leading to a lot of brain drain and pack of investment. In the USA, this isn’t as obviously because it compensate via international aggressiveness which do not want to afford because confrontations are expensive snd fixing the EU economically is already difficult enough without wars etc. Also because creating a new form of government democratically is simply difficult. The social capitalism we employ has little to do with progress or a lack there off. Remember Silicon Valley? How it started? Military funding by the feds if I recall correctly. Look it up. Also, don’t forget, half of us were under the, both politically and economically terrible Soviet system until roughly 1991, Britain, France & Germany to Name the Big three still repaid debt/ war reparations to the USA until literally 2006, 1987 and finally, 2010 snd guess what; Switzerland is both the most innovative nation on the planet AND has the same average income per citizen as the USA. Didn’t loose population, didn’t have to rebuild, no debt and no commies.

[@carlhaeggman2378]

How is our economy in Sweden "regulated"?

[@p_snimon_enis9850]

There is so much to back the clear superiority in certain areas. Indexes associated to quality of life, security, environmental sustainability, etc.

[@Passonator11]

As a avid student of history, I have to point out that there is nothing wrong with the empires or nostalgia for them. In fact europe should rethink it's reluctance to exercise its will abroad. With the gradual withdrawal of US from the policing role, especially on trade protection, we will have to step in. EU is much more dependent on imports than US is.

[@utvara1]

it isnt the best

[@AhimtarHoN]

1) Most Europeans - at least from the eastern part migrate to Scandinavia, Germany, Britain or Benelux, not US, simply because it's much easier, closer and in most aspects better 2) I find it bizarre that Europe would wage an offensive war if Russia was about to collapse. Also, Russia is unlikely to fully collapse even in a crisis at this stage but I understand that's just a speculation

[@izayaorihara7059]

As a German I hope that our eastern brothers may help steer the social and cultural collapse away. Where did you get this tidbit from?

[@dotterdam6047]

@@izayaorihara7059 they won't

[@notahandle965]

Every European's geopolitical analysis: Hmm after determining that everything is totally collapsing with no means of protection or recovery for the aftermath and that an unprecedented amount of unpredictable high risk long term problems are going to sprout all at once, I've concluded that everything is just going to magically be okay.

[@bruhbutwhytho2301]

For the first part , yes but that situation will only be like that for a short period of time because of declines in thoose countries.

[@haisheauspforte1632]

​@@notahandle965 the entire video is based on a false understanding of EU-USA relations. Yes, Europe does not have the GDP or the military power of the US. No, they are not at the brink of collapse. No analysts thinks Europe is even close to collapse. Maybe it is not the dominant world power anymore. So what? Australia is doing fine without being dominant, Canada is doing fine and Europe is too. Crisis like 2008 or Greece were not a sign of European decay, but a sign that Europe is still able to react to crisis without the US. The Yugoslav wars were the exception, not the primary example. Europe has integrated half of the Warsaw pact in just a few years and now the living standards are better than ever. Also the idea that Germany, France and the UK would fight for spheres of influence as soon as the US pulled out from Europe is just as stupid. They can't just dominate their neighbors and they definitely cannot without working together. Also the demographic and immigration stats don't really seem to proof the same point? Many European countries are balancing out their birth deficit with immigrants. And the part about European cultures being washed away by American culture is the most stupid and American claim I've heard in a while. I DoN't UnDeRsTaNd oThEr LaNguAgES sO oBvIoUslY tHeY hAvE nO MoViEs Or SoNgs. The ignorance is outrageous. Also regarding defense: Yes the American military is very present in Europe. No, the European Union would not be open for invasions without the US. Non-EU states maybe. But if we look at Ukraine we can clearly see that the US did not prevent it either. So to put everything in short: Yes Europe does have serious issues. No, it is not unable to solve them and it will not instantly collapse if the US pulls out (which is very unlikely anyway because of the interests the US have in Europe)

[@EclipseZer0]

As a Spanish Social Politics student, I'm getting more and more convinced the demographic crisis will end up devolving into an open conflict (massive civil unrest) that will pit the young (which will suffer the burden of sustaining the economy) against the retired population (who are constantly getting better treatment from the different Governments at the expense of the young). It's been said many times in this channel that inequality is the main driving factor of social unrest, and a rising problem (specially in Southern Europe) is the so called *generational wealth gap,* only made worse by the political system being incentivized into fueling this problem just to get the votes of the elderly (local example: the Spanish Government announcing they'll keep linking the pension rises to the inflation, while the rest of the population sees their wages stagnate) . I fear the inevitable solution will be "sacrificing" the elderly (taking away their quality of life by massively cutting pensions) just to save the active population from getting broke. That said, I see Europe recovering from this by the later half of the century. Europe has a very strong historical bakground and value system to fall in its entirety. Whether we end up with an united Europe or a bunch of hyper-nationalistic states its up to the imagination.

[@Icenri]

Yes, you saw this with the corona, where the senior's votes were saved with the sacrifice of the youth's future.

[@declanfeeney7004]

Ideally we would get a unified, hyper nationalist Europe. One that can defend itself from African and Arab hordes. A Europe united around around shared blood, culture, race, and the greatness of Europe as a civilization and people. Identitarianism is the salvation of Europe.

[@Sunrah]

in truth mate we are fucked, same thing happening in romania and all the young people are leaving for western/northern europe. i still hope for a united europe (if god wills it, a federation to hold itself a superpower) but this "pandemic" if we can even call it that fucking shattered the hope I had. Wages suck, working hours are crazy, people are unhappy, can't do business for shit and we are getting preached at by the political elite. can't catch a break

[@CarloRossi54523]

@@declanfeeney7004 There is 0 chances unfortunately, and those hordes will replace us 100%

[@ppoison44]

once somebody contributes less to the national budget, eg. they retire, their vote should be weighted less, otherwise this happens, they had many years to accumulate wealth. Same time, governments should not inflate their debt and should stop printing money and encourage inflation, they are biggest gangsters

[@georgios_5342]

Oof, well that was a slap of a reality check. One thing I want to note is this: the people of Europe aren't as pacified as you think. Its leaders are. When people don't want immigration they're called Nazis by their own leaders. The people might dislike it at an overwhelming rate but anti-immigration parties are literally jailed for being racist. Europe has had a really hard time balancing the nation states on which it has functioned ever since the dawn of man with not being racist. It doesn't help that the ideological framework behind the largest democratic power in the world is directly the opposite of what we're used to. A multiethnic country with numerous cultures that promotes pluralism and the difference of opinions between classes. This may be normal for countries as large as America, but it's nigh impossible for Europe to maintain the things that set it apart while also trying to draw inspiration from America's system.

[@TheFattestLInHistory]

oh wow, I did not even think about it in that way...

[@N19htcat]

Based, same opinion. Europe should be a community of independent national states, which cooperates and counts interests of it's members, and of course Europe wouldn't be as it is if we didn't have constant rival with each other :) Still, wars, especially world wars were a mistake.

[@rubenraasveldt3693]

Anti-immigration parties are not jailed though. The only case I know of government intervention on an anti-immigration party is the AFD party in Germany being marked as extremist (which they are tbf) so the secret service could keep an eye on them.

[@00fgytduydrtu]

@@rubenraasveldt3693 You Forget Golden Dawn. And many, many other parties.

[@Nando-po3db]

We don't want to be like the Americans. Their system is laughed at.

[@echoecho3155]

I remember listening to a podcast poking fun at the future of politics, and he said something that got a chuckle out of me: "People today seem to want either a hardline nationalistic policy or a hardline socialist policy and, unfortunately, history does offer us a compromise."

[@Emanresuadeen]

Uh, hardline National Socialism? 🙄

[@Lucky-sh1dm]

@@Emanresuadeen Ukraine’s Speed running that vibe rn lmao

[@thecrusader1095]

@@Lucky-sh1dm speed running it with their Jewish president

[@Dr._Nope]

Half of my family is from Malta, which for those who are unaware is an incredibly small nation, one of the smallest in the world. However, Malta is also one of the most densely populated, and in recent years it's only getting worse. When I went to visit last fall, it was the first time I had been there in over seven years, and it felt like so much had changed. Before then I had never noticed seeing an Indonesian or a Malaysian in Malta, but when I went there last, there were certainly enough to notice. They predominantly worked the ferries and at little shops here and there, jobs that would have normally been taken by a native or even a mainland European immigrant. A similar scenario applies for other ethnic groups, including Africans and central Europeans like Albanians. The problem is that Malta cannot keep up this mass influx of migrants, who take jobs that the native Maltese would have normally taken. Some towns and villages on the main island took over an hour to find a singular parking spot in the early afternoon, with traffic jams and accidents being a regular occurence due to the terrain, driving culture, and designs of the roadways. On top of that, the rent and housing market is exponentially increasing while wages remain the same and working hours are notably reduced when compared to that of somewhere in America. All that coupled with several other problems are serving to cripple the Maltese economy, while the government only seems interested in stroking its own ego and focusing on leftist social politics that only shoot themselves in the foot even further. While nations like France and Germany are at risk of population decline, Malta has the exact opposite problem, where mass immigration is causing an economic crisis that will surely lead to disaster.

[@ericl452]

For wealthy immigrants, Malta is appealing because it is the easiest and cheapest European country to get a passport and citizenship.

[@incurableromantic4006]

Perfect microcosm of what is going on all over the continent.

[@standad7541]

Albanians are Central Europeans? They border Greece

[@avantelvsitania3359]

An interesting analysis, as always, but it’s one of the few were I mostly disagree. At the beginning you mentioned the views of much educated Europeans towards the USA as being somewhat distorted. As a Portuguese, I find this video as the opposite - the view of educated US Americans towards Europe, that also ends up being distorted and molded by its own worldview. Basically, your interpretation of Europe seems more of a reflection of American thinking than reality. You treat the disintegration of European cohesion as inevitable and develop your conclusions from that premise. I think you should be more careful in that interpretation. In your analysis, I found two historic parallels particularly curious and . First the comparison of Greeks and Romans to Europeans and Americans - I would dare say it was that comparison that inspired you to make your general argument. You imply that the EU will fall just like the Greek leagues eventually succumbed. But while very solid, I don’t consider that comparison to be absolute. And I found a counter interpretation in another historic parallel that you mentioned very briefly - the European Union having the same role of the Catholic Church as mediator for the cohesion and pacification of the “Cristianitas”. It’s even more striking as Christian Democrats were perhaps the most influential political group in the creation of the EU. Even the flag has a lot of Catholic symbolism since, golden stars on a blue field is a common association with Our Lady. Well, the Church certainly passed through a lot of existential crisis and always found itself in a power legitimacy competition with the local Kings, who can be an analogy to national sovereignty. In fact one can see today’s competition between sovereignist and europeanist tendencies as an evolution of the struggle between the temporal and spiritual powers of old centuries. But the point is that the Church was in a constant dynamic of reform, although at its own pace, and managed to survive, with its influence on the European societies varying with the secular circumstances. I think this is a better analogy with the European Union. The Americans ironically see it as something recent, therefore with weak foundations and that can easily disappear, but the EU is too needed in the continent. Everything will be done to guarantee its existence. It is facing and will face a lot of crisis, but like the Church as an institution it will probably rather pass through constant reform than declining to the point of irrelevance. Remember that we are the continent that maintained the HRE centuries after it’s existence was (arguably) needed. And it has to be said that while it is true that America is winning the cultural scene, by now, when regarding politics the EU is the one seen as a model by external countries. Europeans don’t migrate to the US as if it were the first option. They mostly migrate internally to the richer countries of the continent. Only certain niches migrate to America. Also, before the 24th of February I would find it a bit easier to agree with this analysis, but since the war in Ukraine a lot have changed that you didn’t seem to take into consideration. The Russian invasion, contrary to its intention, only strengthened the cohesion institutions of Europe, while at the same time the Ukrainian resistance allowed a window of “acceptance” to national sentiment and militarism. This moderate and healthy (in my opinion) equilibrium is contrary to the “doomerism” of recent years and seems to have set the EU in an optimistic path and a favorable place in the coming international order of the Old World. Russia also made the idea of “influence zones” very unpopular in Europe. Also one thing you could have mentioned is the demographic geography of the EU heartland - the “European Banana” covering the Rhine river and extending to Milan (and London). Densely populated and spreading between several countries the economy and societies, while distinct, are too interconnected to allow the disappearance of the EU. If Belgium ceases to exist and France “inherits” Wallonia (which is not that improbable) that it will only more integrated in this economic-demographic structure. Finally, as someone who lives in Europe I feel I have the duty of warning against using France as a base of interpretation. You said you lived in France, but if you shouldn’t use your experiences there to conclude that is how European nations behave in general. France is it’s own thing. Like America its influence is primarily cultural, but every time they tried to politically or military influence other Mediterranean states it always end up in failure. And here are some thoughts. Some things could be more explored, others perhaps are not relevant. In either is a small contribution, in giving my vision as someone from Europe. Either way, we are living “busy” times, let’s see what History has for us. Thank you for your work, we’ll be waiting for more. Obrigado!

[@baleriontheblackdread6679]

Great comment I agree with you

[@haidouk872]

Thank you for speaking the truth

[@SilverisDuhas]

Really great points. One more thing I'd add, in the part where he talks about declining populations, he quotes France and Britain as having comparatively better birth rates than other European states, but does not take into considerations that those countries are also full of POC immigrants whose birth rates are much much higher, in fact over 30% of the babies born there aren't ethnically native to those countries and it's getting worse every year

[@fernandoaguiar3069]

Best comment in here, in my opinion. You address several leaps of logic and some very wrong assumptions that are not backed by facts. One of the easiest ones to disprove is the claim that European talent mostly emigrates to the U.S. that is not true. Most European talent emigrates from the outskirts of the EU to the heartland where they can enjoy a very high standard of life and still be close geographically to their roots. I am within an emigrant circle and I barely know anyone that went to the U.S., I actually know more Americans that came to Europe for the quality of life standards. Most Europeans that go to America go for the money mostly and I know of at least one case when they promptly come back to live long term in Europe.

[@maytt07]

Yep great comment, i feel whatifalthist is not understanding that europe is moving in the direction of unifying and not the americian mindset of breakup/collape/disuninty that the united states is heading in.

[@slurky3992]

i’d like to argue that the reason american culture is so integrated into european society is more so an economic reason. the european artists see what the incredibly rich artists in america do and copy to try and bring the same success. there’s plenty of creative music in europe, it’s just pop music right now is the same for both continents essentially.

[@Korfax124]

Eurovision does have a certain degree of wacky creativity, but it's not the same as the standard pop music...

[@ChristianDoretti]

Exactly, America is the mirror Europeans want to imitate. What ever the trend is in U.S you rapidly see it in Europe.

[@nathan_408]

same with Latin america, except we have our pop too

[@blancavelasquez9859]

@@nathan_408 US spanish music also seems to be dominating globally

[@sotch2271]

Uh one art in poland won’t be as like in tanzania Same for US and bosnia, especially when we talk about culture

[@5h0rgunn45]

The Victorian ideals of Europe died in the mud and the blood of the trenches. It was mown down by the millions by machine guns and it was torn to shreds by raining shrapnel. The First World War really is the Blueprint for Armageddon (great podcast series by Dan Carlin, give it a listen).

[@shorewall]

The best, the brightest, the most idealistic, cut down before their prime, and leaving the world to the shell shocked and weary. And then add another world war on top of that. Geesh, it was pretty terrible.

[@chupacabra304]

The final stages of imperialism

[@mattlittleton5137]

Love those Dan Carlin podcasts. Absolutely the best!

[@MrRemi6464]

23:14 what ? as a french person i honestly can't buy the "france and germany aren't that economically connected anyway". both countries are insanely interdependent when it comes to everything from industry, energy and the service sector. france's biggest trading partner is germany, and germany's second trading partner after the US is france. you can't just dismiss that. i think that part illustrates the problem i have with this video, and also all the problems i have with americans trying to understand how europe actually works. it's overly simplistic to think that both countries have "spheres of influence", and that germany somehow has more leverage than any other country on the continent. both germany and france simply would'nt have any leverage whatsoever on the world stage if they didn't have each other, and that's not even mentioning all other european nations contributing just as much. more broadly, i think what most americans dont get is just how you can't reduce the european union as just another tool used by more powerful countries to seek out spheres of influence within itself. in many ways, i'd say it's quite the opposite : it is more of a compromise between countries to have leverage against larger powers OUTSIDE the european union (china, india, the US, etc. and no, russia is not what i'd consider a larger power, i think everyone now knows what it really is : a joke). that's actually how the european union managed to enforce industrial standards abroad, for example.

[@STEP107]

If you talk to any european thats not french or german they will say the same exact thing about spheres of influence. This just seems to be your bias as a french person clouding your judgement

[@Decamix300]

@@STEP107 Or it might seem that way to an outsider. I'm French as well for context and while I agree that we do have a sphere of influence in Africa and have mostly good relations with western europe countries I don't see Italy or Spain as "under French influence" they are their own countries with their way of seeing things which do not feel the need to adapt to each other. Yes there is a degree of cooperation and when it comes to the EU France most likely has the biggest say of the three but I would not call it a sphere of influence

[@philippelibreros5609]

France and Germany are actually pretty close partners, with each a very distinctive role: France does food, Germany does industry. However, they are both breaking the deal quite a lot lately with the french industry re growing thanks to its pseudo empire, and germany buying the crop in Poland.

[@franknwogu4911]

And Germany manages cars, France does luxrury etc

[@Paul-xu6gt]

@@franknwogu4911 the french industry became a joke after the monetary unification, luxury is not enough

[@timcarpenter2441]

I’d like to see the UK form strong ties with France and all along the north coast to Poland and into the Baltic states.

[@Paul-xu6gt]

@@timcarpenter2441france and the uk are the best allies, though poland and France im not that sure

[@maikstrecker6995]

@@timcarpenter2441 You mean after Brexit? UK will not form anything with anybody anymore from now until its dissolution.

[@OverkillGamingPC]

As a european, I thank you for saying this. Unfortunately, it will mostly fall upon deaf ears.

[@biggibbs4678]

Yeah they never care.

[@cerdic6305]

As a European as well, I don't really see that this video is saying anything new. Most people I know in my country are well aware that things are not great and will probably get worse for a while yet.

[@i_like_chomp6382]

@@cerdic6305 In my opinion, I think with what's going on in America makes Europeans feel a lot more better or naive about their own situation. Truth be told both societies will face a crisis and it's very ironic how the 'less developed' one will most likely be able to better handle it. Who knows only time will tell.

[@cerdic6305]

@@i_like_chomp6382 you’re right that a lot of Europeans think we’re doing better than Americans culturally/societally (as in we think we have better laws and political situations) but I don’t think more than a few people would say their country was better economically, at least not in my country.

[@i_like_chomp6382]

@@cerdic6305 I think to many Europeans the economy isn't their biggest concern, they value quality of life over basically anything. As long as something doesn't directly interfere with their lifestyle it is irrelevant.

[@pawl23]

The problem with the EU is it started as an economic union, that's now trying to be a cultural union. But is resorting to urban Cosmopolitan values and almost American style social justice. Which is less popular amongst the general public.

[@BigHenFor]

Lol.

[@applejuice7847]

the eu has zero say in these matter you are just making the eu into a boogyman for issues caused by your own politicians

[@BeanOfBean]

@@applejuice7847 those politicians are controlled

[@chemicalfrankie1030]

not true. in Europe everyone is very jealous if its own culture, and cosmopolitan values are nowhere to be found. actually there is a resurgence of 'local is better' as answer to globalization. also, social justice it is not a thing, nor in politics, nor for the population as a whole

[@przyna]

@@chemicalfrankie1030 social justice doesn’t exist in europe? what the fuck are you talking about

[@evalationx2649]

I think Europe, at least the Western part, is pretty much over. In France the only reason why the aging of the population isn't as bad as say in Germany is simply because the immigrant population is much larger in France and they have the most children of any immigrant population in Europe. France will likely be the first European country to become majority immigrant in the next few decades. This is likely why our government is forbidden from taking racial statistics in Metropolitan France. I believe the Native French population is already at or below 60% of the overall population, and most of that 60% is considered elderly or approaching elderly.

[@evalationx2649]

@@noboliNo America is worse than France lol. When the world goes to shit America will become a continent full of rival warlords.

[@rell0223]

@@noboliNo No, hold the ground. Islam cannot be allowed to genocide European culture from the continent

[@pincermovement72]

The French generals seem to be realising they may be needed sooner rather than later .

[@duncanharrell5009]

Time for America to recolonize the motherlands.

[@awellculturedmanofanime1246]

This is simply wrong 😂 it just shows how american these mfs think most immigrants to europe and any country for that matter adapt their fertility by the next one or two generation

[@_TriGN]

22:00 an invasion of switzerland would be quite literally the worst military strategy used ever. Not only would invading them make everyone pile on the new aggressor, but the Alps and Swiss military/defenses are extremely good.

[@ktoth29]

France has an airforce

[@commisaryarreck3974]

Enough blackmail to start WW3 Nobody will fuck with the Swiss Banks, their military is barely even needed

[@H3LLGHA5T]

@@ktoth29 and no way of transporting military equipment through demolished tunnels and mountains.

[@michaelwellen2866]

Plus, Switzerland has a weirdly large amount of national pride compared to most European countries...at least that's what it felt like when I was there.

[@gustavju4686]

@@michaelwellen2866 Makes sense, though, given they have kept to themselves more than the rest of the continent.

[@maru-dy5ld]

as a belgian i can say that a lot of the things you say are absolutely true altough i doubt there will be a nation that will try to concure its neighboors, left or right wing nobody wants war and most nations esspecialy in western europe the core of the EU have very strong relationships not only the government but also the population

[@julius43461]

Meh, the only thing keeping wars from happening here is American hegemony looming over us. Without it, we are going to party like it's 1941 all over again.

[@perrycalstrum4079]

Cough cough *the Balkans* cough cough

[@jds1275]

@@perrycalstrum4079 lol, the most toxic place on earth.

[@Dj-621]

Say that again if the us pulls out

[@dantesfinferno7248]

I can safely say, I would try to conquer bosnia

[@NP3GA]

Well this continent has survived literally everything that has been thrown into it and if some guys manage to pull off THE comeback that was the eastern roman empire, I believe that it can happen one more time

[@gxkdykxiyx1985]

Easily. But in the 11th hour, as these things often come

[@ericjohnson7234]

You might be right.

[@thetreatment498]

Αδερφε μου δινεις ελπιδα. You are right

[@tomorrowneverdies567]

But there is no eastern roman empire....so...?

[@GrigRP]

Except Constantinople 💯

[@floriaxonasaphroxilanthopo4904]

The balkans (especially countries like Greece) have their very own music industry which is a bubble not many foreigners get into. Most Greeks hardly know artists like Kanye or Eminem or even Ed Sheeran, the greek music industry is rich enough to fulfill you and not needing to listen ti “foreign” music The percentage between “foreign music” listeners and greek music listeners is split in half.

[@georgetanner9381]

As someone from Croatia, it's also mostly the same here 🙂

[@mattlittleton5137]

Being from the USA I'd love to hear some if your guys music. I hate all the lame pop crap around here and would love to broaden my horizons and hear something new.

[@lorenzogumier7646]

You are right guys, some Americans forget that the European culture has so many languages and culture that don't need to "copy" from them.

[@billychops1280]

As a European I can tell you that west and Northern Europeans hate themselves and their history because they have been getting guilt tripped for it the last 6 years or so, even though the grand majority of their ancestors had pretty much no say in what happened back then, and this guilt tripping has caused them to slowly but surely destroy themselves

[@Arcaryon]

Na m8, you fall pray to thinking that level of noise = degree of presence. In essence, you got noice tricked into thinking that there is actually a dominant movement like that when in reality, it’s a fringe minority that, as my words imply, is incredibly noisy.

[@danielimmortuos666]

Europe needs nationalism, free market economies and strong militaries imo

[@dualmoldedb3088]

I agree with your opinion. As danish person, I constantly see people being proud of Denmark and what our ancestors have done. Military is the only thing we lack on.

[@connormcgee4711]

Slowly but surely is a nice phrase, but incorrect. It is certainly not set in stone, a counterculture has sprung up against it. Also guilt-bases mechanisms often move towards different topics over time. You could be correct, I'm just saying it is not for sure.

[@Bishmark-nq7ti]

@@danielimmortuos666 “Europe needs nationalism and strong militaries” Lmfao like that worked out so nicely the last 2 times

[@Sidera17]

It’s so strange that groups in the US are trying to adopt the European PTSD response, using fear of Nazism, slavery, and colonialism to fuel the ideology of the Woke culture. But none of these things directly happened to the generations alive in the US except carryovers from WWII or if you count injustices on Native reservations. It makes sense Western Europe has not yet shaken the cultural response, but the US somehow decided to adopt its own on the Left and we are increasingly seeing a push to behave more like the PTSD response of Europe to crises in our country and abroad. (I am referring to anyone left of center in the US). At least here in the US, there is a self-loathing of “Western” identity I feel like they want to see it all collapse. And now THIS is being imported into Western Europe as well with American culture.

[@purpledurple621]

I'd argue it come more from pushing slavery, genocide against the native Americans, and how we kept screwing over black people after the civil war either by Black codes, redlining, denying black soldiers GI benefits after World War II, building highways through prosperous black neighborhoods, and the War on Drugs under the rug. We really need to address this. The US exported both the New Left and wokeness to Europe

[@nathan_408]

this s**t of woke culture was exported all over the world, even in latin america it is strong cuz of the American influence.

[@ironmind258]

Same with Australia, western anti westernism is the cringeist shit to ever exist.

[@williamdavis9562]

@Sidera17, That self hating woke culture you speak of hasn't infiltrated American society as much as people are led to believe. The fact that it's pushed so hard by mass media and entertaining gives it the illusion of being a widely adopted way of thinking. When in reality it represents such a small percentage of people who hold these ideas. For example how many people have you met who actually believe there are 150 different genders?

[@ironmind258]

@@williamdavis9562 There is very few in Australia also compared to say what seems to be the case in Canada and Europe to some degree, but things are changing fast I wonder if a lot of it is surface and if any struggle or war broke out it would diminish

[@theultimatefreak666]

I gotta say it sounds like you got a better grip on Europe in the last few months (most your Europe videos had quite the problems, this one i only have minor disagreements with) Although it still has the problem of "why are polish speaking bands not that popular in Spain?" and similar stuff from comparing to the US which uses English a language known by most Of the world to some degree which provides a clear adventage in spread. With that in mind outliers like Rammstein should be considered impressive enough, i mean when was the last time you heard a song from an (actual) African band on the radio

[@Arcaryon]

@Emotional Damage Let me guess; you are not talking about the New Belle Delphine marketing gag but a tasty cinnamon roll. Brb to check…

[@Icenri]

@Emotional Damage The perfect spam account

[@LeifMaelstrom]

Hello. Kpop calling.

[@theultimatefreak666]

@@LeifMaelstrom thing is aside from BTS I never heard that shit on the radio. I think generally they're only loud online creating an illusion of being bigger than they are. If mainstream metal was as obnoxious Germany would likely be thought much bigger as well, twitter just isn't infested with rabid Accept, Kreator, Helloween, Heaven shall burn and oh right THE SCORPIONS fans on the same scale as with pink-black or whatever they're called. Most obnoxious metal fans talk about tiny bands literally only a dozen people have heard of, not the hugely popular with us it's "how can you like [big band]?" instead of "how can you not love [big band]?"

[@antjeeismann4684]

Die Antwoord.

[@dimn9403]

As a person in a country indebted to europe (greece, so literally indebted) i wish i could leave for a country and continent more proud of itself, were people are not afraid to speak their minds and where they have hope for the future. The atmosphere here is the most oppressive you can imagine, everybody is hopeless, just living because they have to. Historically, revolution or collapse is our only hope, and i say this as a complete moderate conservative. Edit: yeah some times i fantasize about it all ending, bacause i wish for renewal, for a revival of some kind of spirit rather than boring, monotonous, drudging existence

[@fafnir7149]

Same

[@mattlittleton5137]

Looking at Greece in the last 20 years and trying to imagine what it would be like if I lived there gave me that exact same feeling and it made me really sad for you guys. I live in California and to be honest it's going in the same direction here as well now that Biden and his left wing policies are aimed at destroying us too. All these god damn immigrants need to go back home and stop destroying everything here and living off of the welfare that was created as a safety net for our elderly and weak. It wasn't supposed to be used for working age males from other countries that go out and steal from us and rape our young girls rather than getting a job. Diversity is a plague that does nothing other than destroy the unity that once made us strong. The more you diversify your population the more impossible it becomes to govern and reach a concensus on any topic. There's no way to keep everyone happy if everyone has opposing beliefs about what should be done in a society..

[@mattlittleton5137]

Looking at Greece in the last 20 years and trying to imagine what it would be like if I lived there gave me that exact same feeling and it made me really sad for you guys. I live in California and to be honest it's going in the same direction here as well now that Biden and his left wing policies are aimed at destroying us too. All these god damn immigrants need to go back home and stop destroying everything here and living off of the welfare that was created as a safety net for our elderly and weak. It wasn't supposed to be used for working age males from other countries that go out and steal from us and rape our young girls rather than getting a job. Diversity is a plague that does nothing other than destroy the unity that once made us strong. The more you diversify your population the more impossible it becomes to govern and reach a concensus on any topic. There's no way to keep everyone happy if everyone has opposing beliefs about what should be done in a society..

[@manhoosnick]

Go to Turkey, they still have real Men and self respect

[@ninjaa6952]

​@@manhoosnick😂😂 real men the same men that got slaughtered at zenta.

[@garethwood8332]

This is a little too generalised an argument in places. Britain and France both retain highly experienced and well trained armed forces. Other countries like Sweden, Finland and the Baltic states maintain high degrees of readiness. Judging a whole continent by Germany’s thinking is too simplistic.

[@doscassette871]

Both are massively underfunded

[@R3GARnator]

The fact those two countries have such relatively strong militaries is part of why they get along so well with the U.S. compared to the rest of western Europe. Both also have substantial soft power outside of Europe as well.

[@d4rktranquility]

Only 30 years back literally the whole world wanted Germany to become as pacifist as possible to secure peace in Europe. It's just now that everyone realizes the actual opponent is a different one.

[@d4rktranquility]

@@R3GARnator Spain and Germany have massive influence in the world aswell. Germany leads the maschinery and car sector. It's not as abvious as McDonald's and Google but just as important. Spain and Potugal are still the Motherland of a whole continent. Having huge influence on their culture.

[@joshbentley2307]

@@doscassette871 U.K.’s military budget is going up to 2.5% of gdp and Germany’s is also going up to 2%. Both Will have military budgets over $80 billion meaning they’ll have the 3rd and 4th largest military budgets in the world. Frances budget is currently at 1.9% of gdp (around $50 billion) but I’m assuming that there will be an announcement very soon that there military budget is also increasing.

[@derwandschauer]

I’m an Austrian and it’s gloomy. Nobody does anything, if you talk about serious things, no one wants to hear it. And everyone is partying all the time. Surreal.

[@autotuna3805]

I am German and I have been watching the country and the continents decline since the early 2000s. All the crises of the 2010s and the recent Covid crisis have accelerated this decline. I think Europe is going to have more military conflicts and especially civil wars and breakaway states are likely to happen. EU and Euro will be a thing of the past soon, since these systems are practically destroying themselves.

[@JKTProductionzIncNCo]

Also this whole western fetish with immigration to make up for falling birth rates is madness. This has never worked. It didn't work for the Assyrians, Romans, Malmuks (the slaves usurped the previous dynasty), nor the Ottomans. Tbf the birth control pill alone has killed off more the 65 million Americans. Idk what's going to happen as the demographic implosion happens at the welfare system runs out of money. Should be interesting.

[@jirislavicek9954]

Germany plays major role in this decline. Its ideology is based on German Frankfurt school of neo Marxism. Germany produces the most dangerous psychopathic politicians and philosophers. Marx, Horkheimer, Adorno, Merkel, Schwab. Also Germany is completely servile to American ngo's and elites, who destroy your country by uncontrolled immigration and energy deprivation. You need to reject Marxism and bring back Christian religion.

[@noahway13]

. You are so correct. Pressures are building up everywhere and something is going to explode like it has around Israel but it's going to be all over the world. The world in a decade is going to be scary. Plus, look at all the national debts and artificial economic bubbles.. There is going to be a mass re-set and it's going to be ugly.

[@ivandinsmore6217]

The EU is the cause of Europe's decline.

[@seangleason260]

This boils down to 1 thing- will they close the borders or wont they

[@thepyroking1236]

they need to, desperately

[@Pedro_Ferrandi]

If the right keeps winning, we will

[@Duck-wc9de]

Im Portuguese, I see the southern governments literally exploring the european central bank to exend our social programs above our capability and kick the can down the road. The european democracies are becoming electoralist republics, this means that goverments govern to the next elections and democracy only exists once every 4 years and the entire government is dedicated to stay popular. This makes our governments extremelly shortsigthed policies. We say that "they run behind the loss", allways micro-managing and without having an strategy for the future. We literally had an election in january where the ruling party won a majority without a program, without a reason and without a message. They literally said: "with us, everything will stay the same. We need stability, and for providing stability, we need a majority" And I think that this is the reflection of the major problem of europe: people just want things to stay the same, they are afraid of change, they are afraid of taking action. And the people WILL obstruct any atempts of reform, just look at france, a coutry whose social state is rotting, but as soon as Macron touched it, he became unpopular, and imidiatly all the politicians that are not Macron started promissing more spending, more pensions ... more rotting... The only thing that can get european governments to do anything is when there is a crisis. Beeing the TROIKA and austerity during the eurocrisis or all this situation on Ukraine. You see european leaders so unconfortable about their positions on Ukraine, they are jsut trying to go with the flow and not lose their popularity. The problem with europe is that Portugal and spain are not becoming more like the rest of Europe, but the rest of europe is slowlly turning themselfs into the Iberian ditch. One thing I found really interesting in this video was when he talks about the fact that our parliaments are organized with a governing center and extreme parties... 12:45 this is the exact criticism we make to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic. Its an house with 2 large centrist parties, called "the arch of government", where one of them is in Power, beeing an absolute majority or a relative majority. The rest of parliament is composed by extreme left (literally soviet era comunists, and Maoists), and then there is the extreme rigth and the extreme liberals. One of the central parties is more left leaning and talks with the lef extremists, the other leans to the rigth and talks with the new extreme rigth and the liberals.

[@paulocruz1544]

i am also Portuguese and i agree 100% with your view. Bravo.

[@Icenri]

I'm Spanish and I couldn't have said it better. Obrigado.

[@southernemperor7794]

Boa noite (ou dia) meu amigo Portuga, falo do Brasil, ex-província do Império Português. Gostaria de saber: Sei que isso pode ser aleatório, mas o que tu acha do período Monarquico em Portugal e do Reino da Espanha? Ou melhor: A União Européia, na sua opinião, ajudou os Ibéricos ou apenas destruiu seus países?

[@Arcaryon]

As a German, I never put it so well but this is it. Too many of us are afraid of change. It’s not that change is impossible, but like you say, it’s always an uphill battle unless a crisis forces a severe reaction. As politicians in Brussels say, Europe never wastes a good crisis, meaning that it is often the only time when things can be adjusted etc.

[@ktoth29]

This has been the problem with Democracy since the ancient greeks, which is why Europe turned to monarchy after the fall of Rome and enjoyed 1000 years of progress and prosperity on the continent in spite of the constant internecine conflict for power among the elites.

[@escape209]

"Europe's far right" _picture of Boris Johnson_ lol

[@georgios_5342]

32:50 no, Europeans learn English like literally everyone else in the world to have access to the internet. This is more and more important in a globalized world

[@travis9841]

You do know that the Internet isn't only in English? There isn't even a massive difference between languages.

[@georgios_5342]

Half of the languages of Europe are only spoken in their respective countries. There's no effective internet support for those languages. I remember when I was 8 and had my first console, I bugged my mother all the time because I didn't understand a thing 😅

[@travis9841]

@@georgios_5342 Must of been lucky then, most I've used had good enough support. Though that could be due to my low standards.

[@accountreality1988]

@@travis9841 all the important information on here is in english.

[@peterpaksi9794]

The greeks didn't stick together, Europe will. Even the most far right forces are more entho centrist than nationalist, and they see brothers in their neighbours, not rivals. This is increasingly true for the youth. Don't worry, we'll put it together

[@Pattern_Noticer]

It is essential. Europe couldn't afford it's most recent brother war and it has brought it's people to the brink. Another brother war would bring them to extinction. Europe must understand it must first fight off the world as even it's 'ally' the US is nothing but an entity that attempts to subjugate and control it by 'being friends'. The enemies are in order of importance, WWII guilt instead of pride and seeing German's or Germany as enemies not as the very people who tried to save Europe and it's people from precisely the current future. Followed by a hostile, managerial elite that wishes nothing but to comfortably rule by pushing paper across desks getting noticable salaries and ridiculous benefits. A cultural vacuum filled by soulless American consumerism as though it could ever be some civilizational ideology. Somewhere in there the threat of an East Asian, totalitarian technocracy also exists.

[@kkvv3699]

Yeah, a right winger in France would be happy for electoral success of AfD in Germany

[@BboyKeny]

As part of the working class in a rich European country. It's clear that our leaders are running it to the ground due to incompetence, politics and ideology.

[@il967]

As an Lebanese-American of shia muslim descent, who has a deep appreciation for the west and its people, I mostly agree with the premises presented in this video. Pertaining the immigrants, especially many of the muslim immigrants, there indeed is an issue. Although this may not apply to all of them, religious extremism and radicalism has been propagating within the muslim sphere for the past half centure, due to a myriad of factors, such as the US backing of the salafist/wahabist governments and institutions, thus allowing them to fund their brand of islam unfettered. This ideology is the source for the overwhelming majority terror attacks that have occurred, and specifically incites terror. Genetrally, Muslims aren't usually like this, however, regarding even the non salafist sunni muslims, wahhabism has penetrated their religion to some extent too. Salafists should be distinguished from the general sunni population, due to their inherently violent ideology, and there should be an active effort to subdue it, preferably by attacking the head of the serpent, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states; the verty people that have funded ISIS and have gotten away with it, and sending a barrage of suicide bombers into my neighborhood in Lebanon via the syrian rebels.

[@Lestibournes]

From a little reading on MEMRI (an Israeli organization) it seems MBS is working on religious reforms against extremism by purging hadith that don't have high reliability, with such hadith being the basis to justify extremist ideologies.

[@Dbadaing]

Lmao you're so ignorant. Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states are fuck*ng terrified a Of ISIS and salafism because Salfis don't view them as proper Islamic states. Particularly regarding the monarchy system.

[@il967]

@@Lestibournes Good, but this is really insignificant. The war on Yemen, and the brutal totalitarian theocracy persists. I have a relative that disappeared after being tricked by locals to shittalk the kingdom.

[@momo-cchi5978]

All of this could have been prevented if Islam were to go through a period of enlightenment like it's sibling religions smh.😮‍💨

[@il967]

@@momo-cchi5978 To be fair there was an Islamic golden age. The Islam you see today is a product of the modern era, surprisingly. Salafism is a modern phenomenon.

[@freddy4603]

You put the "Now back to the video" BEFORE a sponsorship. My trust is broken. Now I shall hone my skill of perfectly skipping your sponsorships by looking for the "part 1" card.

[@BuddyLee23]

You cannot deny though that he got you to watch at least a small part of the ad. If I was the sponsor, I’d give the guy a bonus for that tactic, intentional or otherwise 😆

[@shorewall]

@That Guy I have ad blocker, I also skip these ads out of principal. :D Can't knock the hustle though. I want all my favorite creators to have booming patreons and good sponsorships.

[@freddy4603]

@@shorewall came back to this video and found this thread again. Have you heard of sponsorblock?

[@jenishparekh1342]

Interesting video! One of the main point I would like to raise is that France and Europe are very close partners in reality and have a strong ideology that priorizes keeping them together to avoid errors of the past. You often hear politics talking about it when any major decision has to be taken on a European level. It is true tough that their own ideologies and cultures are very different. I don't see them getting any closer but as of now, it is not like you portray it in the video.

[@stoyanb.1668]

Thats why nothing gets done.

[@matthewscott4629]

France isn't part of Europe?

[@alexrexaros9837]

Watching your country losing its identity and influence is the most depressing thing I've ever seen. There is no strong movement to counter that, nobody is pushing a European identity movement, it's just people are accepting this shift like sheep. I'm tired of this timeline.

[@gxkdykxiyx1985]

Not everyone are sheep, you'll see more and more wake up to reject this forced death upon us. But YOU have to do your part too Alex, spread knowledge, rekindle passion for your nation in people, get involved

[@wrestlinganime4life288]

Ah so now you know what many third world countries have and still are experiencing

[@Nozoroth]

@@wrestlinganime4life288 bro take your guts pfp off, you don’t deserve it for that abysmally god awful take

[@Hannodb1961]

I really like your Greek-Roman / European-American comparison. Its actually freaky how much that history rhymes.

[@user-kn6dq8uw2p]

It’s a good comparison. It’s too true how much the US tries to emulate the Roman Empire as well.

[@cerdic6305]

It's interesting, but comparisons like that can't be used to predict anything accurately. There are just as many significant differences between the two situations as there are similarities.

[@redrave404]

@@user-kn6dq8uw2p I would say the US tries to emulate the Roman Republic and is in deep denial of its inevitable transformation into the Empire.

[@aloys5961]

It's mind blowing. And it actually goes much deeper than that, if you speak french, read and watch Phillipe Fabry. He made a deep model to show how history repeats itself every 1500 to 2000 (a cycle) and we are at the 3rd cycle. Probably one of the most interesting thing I have ever read, it's crazy.

[@wires-sl7gs]

@@cerdic6305 Yeah, Personally I hope we avoid repeating/rhyming with the worst parts of Roman History, Like Caeser, The Authoritarianism, The Civil Wars, and Etc

[@ForwardSynthesis]

Chav subculture isn't an example of trying to copy African-Americans. It's more like convergent evolution, where you get two populations with similar social status taking on similar traits, but they're different in many ways as well. A lot of racism (actual racism not fake racism) exists among chav communities so that isn't it. The "wigger" phenomenon (as it's sometimes unfortunately dubbed) is a quite separate thing.

[@RBYW1234]

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[@makeytgreatagain6256]

He never alluded to this… he simply said why is it European nations specially more Anglo influenced ones like UK and Ireland mimic Black American pop culture. But then again K-pop can also be criticised for the same thing and they are from higher class backgrounds.

[@RJT80]

Chavs might just as commonly look like a Russian Gopnik but they act the same as any other culturally arrested person in the US. They certainly aren't good for society or should be considered some kind of logical evolution in being. They suck.

[@nathansellars3757]

@@makeytgreatagain6256 yeah but chavs have absolutely nothing in common with black Americans

[@robbiealderton1361]

A lot of people don't get this, especially in the united states. This is going to sound racist because it is statically racist, Black stereotypes are not black stereotypes, they are poor stereotypes. Crime, slang, absent father, drugs, violence, lack of intelligence, drip culture, all of it are not "black" its poor. Poor white people, Hispanic people, Asians, all speak with the wrongly coined AAVE slang, and are more likely to participate in or be a part of black stereotypes.

[@FelipeJaquez]

Watching this while the Euro goes below the Dollar for the first time in 20 years.

[@More_Row]

As a European I think its fine to learn a few things from this video. You don't have to agree with everything. And obviously hes missing some European context. But there is still things to gleam.

[@karigrandi7]

yeah you can definetly see that hes american :D

[@More_Row]

@@permanentmarkerone oh thanks. Whats gleam again?

[@franknwogu4911]

@@karigrandi7 and you europeans don't have a problem talking about americas problems even though you're not america

[@karigrandi7]

@@franknwogu4911 america is living in tje past. even asia can talk about america.

[@franknwogu4911]

@@karigrandi7 that doesn't even make sense, you europeans stay talking about the iraq war which was 19 years ago

[@zek2326]

Rudy, big fan, you should take some time and clean up your editing/presentation. A tiny amount of effort would up your production quality significantly. Clipping your own lines, different mics/audio quality from line to line, etc are a little jarring. Just some constructive criticism. Thanks for being so prolific, love your channel!

[@Jamie_Crosby]

I would rather have more videos tbh

[@oskars1419]

it is worth notice that Eastern Europe has a completely different approach to its own identity and army

[@joshualove3073]

What's interesting is that Oswald Spengler's Decline of The West predicted much of this, especially the emergence of the EU.

[@Ladysolosmostversescope]

No the eu is a good thing its just too diverse with non-europeans

[@1439315]

Original smart Irish vote was NO to european dictatorship. They knew the score. So why another vote? Same thing happens in the states when we vote NO to state lottery; couple years go by and another vote . . .in fact one state voted about 4 times before gambling was allowed on riverboats . . . . . . . . .

[@MartinN1711]

Skirmishes between Poland and Slovakia? I am from Slovakia and that sounds extremely unprobable. If anything Slovakia is the most polarised country right now in east Europe due to incompetent politicians corruption and russian influence, so internal skirmishes are more likely.

[@ForageGardener]

Would never happen unless Poland was protecting Solvaks from some bad regime.

[@MartinN1711]

@@ForageGardener Why would Poland "save" slovak people? We aren't that much close and also would be difficult to excuse it on Polish side, since there aren't polish minority here. I see this possibility more for Hungary, since we have huge hungarian minority and in case of "bad regime", they would easily excuse the need to protect their minority here. Also, we kind of already have "bad regime" with no outlook to any solution since most voters are boomers and both sides of political spectrum in slovakia are in core socialist with incompetent and nepotistic people.

[@janboreczek3045]

@@MartinN1711 As a voice from the other side (polish), I can confidently say that I don't see any way the possible will or an impulse to clash with Slovakia would appear. There are no historic and territorial conflicting "wants and needs" that I am aware of, and I have never seen even slightest anti-Slovak sentiment

[@rafagrabowski7301]

Poland invading Slovakia is surely the most outlandish idea I've heard in a while.

[@W1RE_F0X]

It's scary how well you described current politic climate of Poland when talking about Slovakia. May we found resolution to that kleptocratic problem Brother.

[@JustAToeBee]

more and more europeans slowly overcome their ptsd / guiltcomplex but it hope the numbers will grow before it is too late. I'm German and unfurtunaly the germans are suffering of the worst ptsd in europe. Generations nowadays should not only look at the bad stuffs that happened in history. There is no nation or population group in europe or all over the world without sin.

[@Nando-po3db]

In Holland when they test all of the alarm systems all the kids still say "the Germans are coming" y'all are never gonna get rid of that image.

[@Bubs88429]

In fact, just few populations in history has developed an ideology dedicated to repair its pasts sins

[@raystargazer7468]

Here's a Guten Tag! from Hungary! :D

[@georgios_5342]

Germany is possibly the only place where this effect makes sense. It actually is your fault that all of this has happened (not as a person, but as a nation) and not only that, but the West literally put you back on your feet. The West fed you and allowed to have an industry, while the countries you ravaged and destroyed could only hope to move there as gastarbeiters. You never had to pay reparations afterall, as that was deemed "too harsh" by America. You were even given the right to reunite, and become the largest, strongest, most influential country in Europe, the very continent you destroyed. This definitely has left everyone else bitter. I don't think a single country, even Austria at this point, supports Germany for EU leadership, even though it is a defacto reality. Also, really questionable decisions made by Germany when it comes to Russia and Turkey. No other European country has sinned and been given a second chance like Germany did.

[@Ussurin]

Well, there's no nation in Europe without sin, but I cannot think of German action that wasn;t a sin. The sentiment you state is appropriate to all european nations EXCEPT Germany.

[@yespls4184]

"You don't see the same hatred of capitalism in Eastern Europe" has got to be one of your worst takes ever. This is what you *want* to believe, but this is not actually true as someone who has spent time in Hungary, the Balkans, Ukraine, and the Caucuses.

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

So all these countries love communism?

[@yespls4184]

@@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl no, many people in these countries actually have a nuanced view of both systems and haven't been forcefed neoliberal capitalism

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

@@yespls4184 by nuanced view....... You mean they are socialist?

[@ktoth29]

I'm sure that's why they have a statue of Ronald Reagan in Budapest

[@mastermindd]

I aggree with you, many people are disappointed in capitalism, because, while the system was tyrannical, almost everyone had access to proper education, everyone had jobs, housing etc... or at least the boomers say so.

[@1Bearsfan]

Don't forget Poland. They are rapidly becoming militarily powerful.

[@Westpark16]

He didn't

[@vh5663]

I think that the difference between handling immigration is due to the fact the US is literally built on immigration. Everyone is either an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants, its one of the most fundamental elements of the US culture. The US was pretty much always on the recieving end of the immigration process for the last +- 250 years, while Europe never really had to deal with it on such scale ever. Its not like it excuses the failure to work with the situation properly, but this is about more than just stupid politicians making stupid decisions.

[@LucasFernandez-fk8se]

America needs less immigration though u gotta admit. We take on 1 million immigrants a year, most of them poor third worlders who don’t speak English and hate America (Ilhan Omar) yet we let them in here in DROVES. We need a 10 year immigration stop gap to let people assimilate. And if you hear a foreign language again on American soil then we need to ban immigration again post 2030.

[@georgeodongo4734]

Are you telling me America was empty before the European and Africans arrived.

[@enticingmay435]

The US, even with its hundreds of years of experience accepting and settling mass migration, still faces many problem in regards to immigration and immigrants so we should all cut Europe some slack here. I think that they’re doing fine. Over time they’ll learn how to manage migration and use it to their advantage just like the US has. America faces the same, if not more, problems in regards to immigration and tensions between races/social classes/and identities, it’s just that our police and military state keeps the harmony. Europe will need to come up with its own way to keep its own harmony.

[@vh5663]

@@georgeodongo4734 No im not lol

[@alanbudde8560]

@@georgeodongo4734 not at all but it was made empty pretty quickly. Its not known how many native americans live in the us but it was less dense than Inca/Aztec continuum and quickly depopulated by violence and disease. So yeah 95% of Americans are not descendants of native americans. Very few other post colonial states are in the same position and none are of the same size except Brazil.

[@florianfasquelle5212]

As French, I think more than other countries France has a huge card to play in the future

[@declanfeeney7004]

I agree, and so does WIAH. He has openly said that France is the only western European nation that even has a flicker of ambition, spirit or good demographics. I think that France could emerge as the undisputed hegemon of Europe if things go right

[@hehexd4557]

They are the only ones with the colonizer mindset left.

[@husted5488]

Nah man, the big blue blob is a goner for sure :))

[@florianfasquelle5212]

@@declanfeeney7004 the only problem we have is we have a terrible political personnel that blur our potential, but France has huge card on its end for sure ! Not to the point you say but Yes many France ambition to be a great power independant

[@florianfasquelle5212]

@@hehexd4557 I would say with the wanting to be a big player

[@xxthemasterx3407]

I think a core problem is that as a result of WW2 most of Europe (especially Germany) lacks strategic longterm thinking. But due to the war in Ukraine that is now changing, so I am a bit more optimistic that Europe can sometime in the future carry its own weight.

[@ericjohnson7234]

It wont happen. Now that Europe has effectively become the Africa or Middle East of the West. It will only end in war.

[@Mayor912]

Yeah most of Europe is actually starting to make actually decent armies, due to the invasion.

[@ericjohnson7234]

@@Mayor912 but who will they be fighting when the war is over?

[@genghiskhan5701]

@@ericjohnson7234 Cold War mode

[@alexanderlipowsky6055]

@@ericjohnson7234 i hope those who dont want a unified euromil, no weapons please...

[@fraterophidrion3332]

Just accept that racism is moral and good and things will make more sense.

[@SonOfMorning]

Its like nuclear weapons. Unless everyone drops it simultaneously, it won't be going anywhere.

[@roberth2833]

Hard to get a group of peoples whos average IQ is lower then a cold rooms temperature to integrate into a "post-modern" nation.

[@Pedro_Ferrandi]

Europeans have been fighting for millenias between eachother. We have engrained racism in our blood and minds.

[@Strettger]

There's a large number of problems... but honestly I hope and work towards the ideal of a ressurected European Civilisation. Preferably as a Civilisation State. Every challenge and crisis an opportunity. Bring it.

[@curiodyssey3867]

what is a 'civilization state'?

[@Paul-xu6gt]

he says a ton of bullshit in his video

[@kordellswoffer1520]

Europe will never and should never be a single state. Any attempt otherwise is stupid.

[@Strettger]

@@curiodyssey3867 India and China are not really Nation States, but Civilisation States with constituent nations within its structure. My own Scotland is too small to really do much by itself, but as part of the UK its been stronger, at one point the UK being the world power. I see a similar model being the way to reconstitute Europe. Will it be an evolution of the EU? Will there be a European Federation to fill its place after an EU collapse? I don't know.

[@nono114499]

@@Strettger But there is no European people and you can't force 27 nationality to agree on everything so an European federation will be anti democratic.

[@matejdostal9992]

I'd say that scirmishes between Poland and Slovakia are the least probable in the whole region, because they have no grievences and there is quite a large moutain range between them. On the other hand, Icould see Poland and Czechia arguing about Těšín (again) or Slovakia and Hungary arguing about hungarian minority in southern Slovakia (again).

[@wonderwinder1]

Poland wouldn’t do such trivial things. They prefer to focus on defense.

[@E4439Qv5]

Or Romania and Hungary arguing over Transylvania? Or is that too mountainous too?

[@crypto-qg2qx]

Yeah exactly I don't understand how can this idea come on his mind. I am Slovakian myself future skirmishes between Poland and Slovakia are total bs. Please do some more research before rambling without evidence.

[@anyways4438]

I can so see Hungary trying to get the lands that were taken from them by the treaty of Trianon lol. Or at least keep up that dream and be really mad at every neighbor

[@wonderwinder1]

@@E4439Qv5 There is no need since the border is just an afterthought in Europe.

[@silvanvanderhorst7366]

You forgot to mention that Europe's loss of their colonies was also largely because the US forced them to give up their colonies. The US believed that every nation should be independent and rule itself and because of that, the US forced the European countries to give up their colonies if they wanted to receive economic aid from the Marshall Plan to rebuild the wartorn continent.

[@DaBIONICLEFan]

They didn't believe that at all, given that the US colonised other countries itself. It just didn't want competition.

[@ThePumpkinRot]

Given how the soviets were exploiting eastern Europe at the time, we could be forgiven to make sure the old empires didn't do the same to their colonies.

[@jakeholloway8071]

We were sick of cleaning up your inevitable mess. Fukking France can’t keep its shit together, thus, Vietnam.

[@adamdriver1016]

You do know that the US empire took large swathes of Mexico, Hawaii, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, etc etc. They did try to take Canada but were sent packing by the British and British/French Colonists.

[@jabbrewoki]

The UK has one important cultural export: Warhammer 40K.

[@jamesg9468]

And sport. The world is playing British sports. Football which dominates Europe and Latin America, rugby amongst the Anglosphere (minus US), cricket in the Indies...

[@TheMazyProduction]

My experience as an engineering student in Italy so far. 6 Months in my residency documents are still being processed due to bureaucracy, Fellow Italian students think they invented all of engineering, and people seemed more worried about how you eat your pasta than the fact that their economy has shrunk since 2008. The fact that a crisis is around the corner seems so obvious yet more people here can barely imagine it. Italy is still full of kind and hospitable people they are so oblivious to their problems.

[@cacaraca4200]

🤌 Hey, what are you saying? 🤌 How you eat your pasta is very important.

[@chemicalfrankie1030]

@@cacaraca4200 lol top comment

[@ericjohnson7234]

Then, what needs to be done, is a more technological solution, to ease them into what is going to happen regardless. Utilize tech in new or old ways, but the people must be given the tech to help them in the coming years, when your isolated, you will need to rely on yourselves, and its better to have people who have the tech know how to use it and are self reliant. DONT GO QUIETRLY INTO THAT DARK NIGHT. FIGHT UNTIL DAWN.

[@Wiwaz]

Bappi di buppedi bappi du bubbedi

[@blueshuriken2839]

thats most people everywhere they think becouse things are good they will continue to be good its not just Italy

[@ShadowSkryba]

I cannot speak for all of Eastern Europe, but Poland really isn't how you might think it is. Bussiness is extremely regulated, new taxes are introduced non-stop and are one of the most complicated on the continent, and people generally really want to live off the state, not understanding that this money only comes from taxing everything an everyone and doing too much of that will kill bussiness sooner or later. A lot of people are nostalgic for the communist times, and while some will shout against "Those dang commies", they will then beg for more government programs. And the young people aren't that much better. The most popular parties among them are left to far-left and right to far-right. The first one is the result of a very socially conservative government being in bed with the church and limiting abortions for example. The other is a hard phenomenon to diagnose but it's sometimes like some teenagers watched the equivalent of Ben Shapiro compilations, but more radical and worse, and didn't grow out of it. For many others it's dissapointment with every other party and them being economically left or center at best. Edit: Also why on Earth would we fight with Slovakia? And those borders at the end of the video, good Lord! I mostly enjoyed this video but that was just awful.

[@marcus_8608]

I wish there was a far-left party in Poland lol.

[@ShadowSkryba]

@@marcus_8608 Razem, PPS?

[@marcus_8608]

@@ShadowSkryba Razem is a socdem party with a populist rhetoric. PPS MPs left lewica because it was too much left-leaning, and were one of the most liberal MPs there.

[@marcus_8608]

Also both parties are largely irrelevant at the moment.

[@ShadowSkryba]

@@marcus_8608 I'm pretty sure they're actually DemSocs, or at least a mix of the two. And being more or less part of The Left, arguably the 4th biggest party is enough to be considered relevant I think.

[@g1u2y345]

32:07 What did you ingest to come up with this map? Slovaks ceasing to exist, Poland taking the most Ukrainian parts of Ukraine, leaving Ukraine as likely a majority Russian speaking nation.. Hungary taking over Romania? That green mess at the bottom of the map? Turkey forming an empire but not taking Azerbaijan (another Turkic nation which borders them)? I could go on, just pure insanity. I've seen saner borders in hoi4

[@randommonkey4900]

Bros gotta enjoy his job too lmao

[@Koodaris]

Dont forget scandinavia which does not seem to include finland If anything, norway would never join a scandi-union, having to share its oil on top of probably needing to join the EU when they simply don't have incentive to do so. Whereas Finland would most likely absolutely agree given their geopolitical situation, on top of being incredibly close to Sweden

[@balticsunday7557]

The most Ukrainian parts of Ukraine? You know those parts were apart of the POLISH-Lithuanian Commonwealth, right?

[@nsk370]

That is the question i ask myself upon seeing ever yone of his maps

[@1996koke]

Yeah my biggest problem is Turkey coinquering the balkans without facing opposition? also this directly contradicts his other prediction of Poland taking the hegemony in eastern europe

[@ironsandhammers359]

Some of this is what happens when you try to replace the people who have a birthright to their land...

[@86Corvus]

Nobody has a birthright to land. You may inherit some land maybe...

[@thebreakdown7753]

​@@86Corvus course they do. People whose families have lived in a country going back thousands of years should have more rights then someone arriving on a boat. People will fight for their country as u are about to find out.

[@igottheshaft]

@@thebreakdown7753 Well said. Even if they were born there, they stand on top of a mountain of our ancestors bones. All of them, young, old, newly arrived, born to Europe by migrant parents - all of them need to go home. We will accept nothing short of full remigration for all non-Europeans, and Europe shall once again be European. They all have home countries where they are the absolute (if not exclusive) majority, and where their identity, culture, tradition and religion is protected and celebrated. We shall once again have that too.

[@marwindarx4974]

I always enjoy your point of view (same here) and well thought out arguments even though I have a rather different political, religious and geopolitical worldview. But as a Swiss citizen who travelled both France and Germany extensively, I have to say that you continuesly get the French-German relationship wrong. Both feed off each others assets and complement each other rather perfectly. The flashy political and military power of France with the quiet economic (and also cultural) power of Germany in the background. Besides this rational factors, the border area of both nations share deep common cultural roots. Visit Alsace-Lorraine and travel up the Rhine to Köln. You'll see a regional culture that crosses at least two if not more language barriers.

[@MagnaMater2]

It will get even much more closer, with most of Germany's economy relying on Russian Energy. The French have Nuclear energy, that other than solar and wind works stably and independant from weather. According to some engeneers without the gas trade-deals with Russia Germany will be without energy come next February... it most likely being too difficult to maintain an even electric circuit in the grid, without gas-turbines keeping the flow stable, the electricity will go down... and once electricity is down, nothing goes. It's a rather keen experiment to attack one's main supplier. Somebody didn't think a lot. - Or they thought a lot and came to the conclusion that Russia (their gas-fields) have to be conquered for European use. History teaches us, this is not a very wise conclusion to come to. Whenever a western country thought 'let's conquer Russia' that country collapsed shortly after. Let's see how it turns out this time. It will be interesting, though most likely painful to watch.

[@SeattlePioneer]

Yes --- Germany and France have learned they can combine to conquer and rule Europe, something that neither Napoleon or Hitler could do alone. And the EU is the vehicle for French-German rule. Interestingly, it was Britain that resisted both rule by Napoleon and rule by Hitler. Not surprisingly, they are resisting rule by the EU as well. And the rest of the provinces around Europe conquered by the EU are increasingly restive as well, as they see policies approved by their lords and masters increasingly doing them dirt.

[@tomasrocha6139]

@@SeattlePioneer Britain was the aggressor in the Napoleonic Wars (an in most other wars), even launching a brutal unprovoked attack on Copenhagen, the EU has actually become more a lot more popular since Brexit and France and Germany don't rule it since most EU policies require unanimity among member states.

[@sluggo206]

@@SeattlePioneer The UK was always ambivalent about the EU. it never adopted the euro or Schengen. All throughout the decades there were large factions disagreeing on whether the UK should be in or out. In the end the Leave side won the referendum, but I think part of that was through misleading advertising that got enough swing voters to believe things that weren't true.about the NHS, immigration, more favaorable trade deals with the US and other non-EU countries, etc.

[@sluggo206]

Swing voters -- it sounds like such an American term. Is it used in Europe, or what is the equivalent?

[@JBBrickman]

As an American most people I know think the opposite, they don’t think of it as a socialist hell scape, they think of it as as a shiny city on the hill. The perfect vacation paradise destination.

[@hopeintruth5119]

It's not socialist but it's not a perfect vacation. Its just a country with a different way of guiding its economy and have beautiful and ugly things

[@disillusionedrightest7313]

That's highly dependant on whether your team red or blue. Team Blue holds Europe up as an example while Team Red says Europe is killing itself.

[@Heywoodthepeckerwood]

@@disillusionedrightest7313 exactly. We’ll see we are right in the next generation too unfortunately.

[@blancavelasquez9859]

@@disillusionedrightest7313 and both are right and both are wrong

[@SeattlePioneer]

Haven't you heard? Climate change is IMPORTANT! Stay home. It's the future.

[@DJ1573]

Thanks for giving us some new interesting points of view, i as a german appreciate this but i got a big objection. The connection between france and germany is waaaay deeper than you tell here. Culturally and politically. The centurys old rivalry is completely over and we rely on the french the same they rely on germany. The french are on the same side on topics like the United States of Europe and many other topics. And i think the reliance on historical facts does not fit into the modern age to predict certain possible future developements because the 21th century is a breaking point in all parts of humanity and makes predictions based on century old history not fitting at all.

[@DJ1573]

The war in ukraine has changed and shattered the old PTSD like view on their own history. 80% are in favor of a strong german army. And in germany the radicals like far right or left wing (their party got 5% votes last time and in the local elections only 2% in many states) and the right AfD loses more and more votes. And since Trump germany already realized that the can no longer rely on the US and plans for that have been set in motion. Oh and Rome was not democratic, as most people had no voting rights. Comparing Rome to the US is in my opinion not fitting at all because civilization has changed massively. I am open for any discussion and ready to change my view.

[@declanfeeney7004]

The United States of Europe (terrible name btw call it the European Federation or something like that) is far from inevitable. I disagree with Whatifalthist on the idea that Europe is doomed to be a slave of America however. As an Irishman, my ideal would be a confederation of nations. Think HRE. European Nations working together on common goals but maintaining their sovereignty and national anthem integrity. Basically a less centralized, non internationalist EU. That’s my dream, a Europe where Germany, France, Ireland, Spain, Poland, Greece, Italy, etc can all take pride in their nations, pride in their people, pride in their history and culture while also maintaining a common European brotherhood.

[@akiraraiku]

@@declanfeeney7004 a confederation is the worst of both world, you get neither the freedom of the nation state nor the might of the empire. The Nation State came to be as the middle ground between imperial might and city state freedom and cohesive unity. It's best to have only international structures for cooperation between european nation states than any supranational confederation.

[@ryancasey7713]

Very good point, but I think that the said reliance of France and Germany the two powers of the mainland European continent, on each other, is part of the problem that this video is trying to get at. While it would certainly not be productive for them to hate each other, their implicit shared viewpoint on desperately trying to maintain a false European hegemony could potentially turn problematic as their status continues to be tested. Trying to run France and Germany in a similar fashion is a nice notion, but they are different nations with different needs. The problem is that the business sectors of Paris and Frankfurt are in fact quite similar, and as such have similar interests, so their outsize influence over their national governments and the EU as a whole is what leads to this weird limbo state of pan national “progress”

[@SeattlePioneer]

> True. Both France and Germany FAILED in their campaigns to conquer Europe. The EU HAS solved that problem. The EU has taken control of Europe and France and Germany co-operate in dominating the EU, so now Germany and France combined have conquered and controlled Europe. And n--- what do you know! The power of the EU (Germany and France) now extends to the east pretty much as far as Napoleon and Hitler EVER got. Will Ukraine, a part of nRussia for hundreds of years, be added to the power base of France/Germany/EU? Wait ansd see, And all this with the United States carrying the water for the EU bureaucrats! WHAT a DEAL! Of course, the sanctions are forcing Europe to start carrying some of those burdens itself for a change.

[@andydechamplain]

I am thoroughly enjoying your videos, Rudyard. Thanks for making these.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa69]

Do the UK supercarriers count for nothing militarily? I see a lot of American geopoliticians ignore this and instead label France as a greater military ally despite the UK's unique dedication to US set NATO spending targets and it, even if the actions themselves foolish, being the only nation to consistently assist the US in their military endeavours.

[@slimdiddyd]

The British carriers don’t have enough aircraft to fill even half the air wing of one carrier.

[@johnseppethe2nd2]

Whatifalthist does like to see the UK as an unimportant region that exists just to split up and accept US influence. I don't see Britain in the same way. Its not a pushover country i agree.

[@thelordz33]

There is more to military might than how many carriers a country has. People view China as close to on par with America in terms of military might and China has the same amount of carriers as the UK: 2.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa69]

@@johnseppethe2nd2 The UK is in practice a US sleeper state. Whilst this may hurt their pride, it puts them in a better position that any other country to survive what is coming. Zeihan also seems to miss this point and write them off completely. I just find this odd.

[@pepperonigum5688]

Looked it up and the UK Spends 42 Billion Euros compared to Frances 50 Billion. The Uk has also been in a slow economical decline due to harsh trade restrictions from leaving the EU.

[@cheesecakedoublepeanutbutt6511]

I do believe Eastern Europe is operating more on common sense, thus they'll survive.

[@chsi5420]

If they have the money.

[@BlackeyeVuk]

@@chsi5420 What money? Only thing that matters is your tomato backyard. And we have it plenty.

[@chsi5420]

@@BlackeyeVuk tomato backyard seems like a good idea.

[@purpledevilr7463]

As a Brit, I really want to see what results. I want a proper revitalisation of the UK and this is the environment for it to happen in.

[@danielimmortuos666]

True

[@johnseppethe2nd2]

Agreed

[@pola5392]

I don't. As a half English they have been nothing but a menace and global threat

[@johnseppethe2nd2]

@@pola5392 a menace and threat to violent powers and malefactors yes. The UK needs to rise again.

[@purpledevilr7463]

@@pola5392 I didn’t say we weren’t going to be a menace and threat. Just that I want to be properly revitalised.

[@dennisthe-menace2898]

I am german Every word you say is true, and i am so sad about it .

[@thamesrowingchallenge9496]

Some serious issues in understanding European culture, British culture to be exact, the Chav is nothing similar to African American culture - at all. Some other really surface-level analogies of culture throughout sadly. The rest of the video made some very interesting points but I felt that this was a particularly weak area of analysis and was based more on stereotypes and American misunderstanding of what constitutes culture rather than deeper analysis.

[@jonnykhatru]

Agree

[@MEDVE1978]

I discussed this topic around 2002 in a Hungarian internet forum. It was 20 years ago, the world looked pretty different that time. Being a young socialist in those years (I'm not one anymore) I trusted in a hopeful, new future in the EU. However we also discussed immigration and almost all people in the discussion agreed that Africa and the Middle-East are ticking time bombs concerning their rapid population growth and their production of refugees and immigrants. And we also discussed that the reaction of this will be the reemergence of the far right. You have to see that was a pretty innovative call that time: there was only one example that a far right party came to power in an EU country (Jörg Haider and the FPÖ in Austria) and that caused an insane diplomatic boykott by then. By now, Europe has far right leaders that are hostile to immigration like Orbán in Hungary, Kaczinsky in Poland, almost all leaders in eastern Europe do not welcome migrants (the only difference is whether they communicate that or hide in the shadows). Even western Europe has far right leaders: I consider Boris Johnson as one of them (he is a nationalist, who campaigned with xenophobic messages) but also Salvini in Italy was / is a far right politician. The iron curtain is more or less reality right now: Bulgaria and Greece closed their land borders to Turkey with iron fence, while Poland closed its borders to Belarus / Hungary its borders to Serbia the same way. Spain protects its enclaves in Africa (Ceuta and Meillia) with high fences and surveillance. Western Europeans and their elite have very different perceptions of life than eastern or southern Europeans. Until 2005 you could have an easy life without working in Germany, unemployment transfers were at a very high level. So most of the West-Germans were strangers to real poverty, they had a high living standard. If your biggest problem was to choose whether you go on Holiday to the North Sea or Maillorca you will be very emphatic with people in need, because your life has been a success story so far and there is a social welfare state that saves you if you have any problems. In southern and eastern Europe however people mostly lived through crisises, there was not enough welfare state.

[@ashleygrey3071]

Europe has made an enormous mistake with immigration. Most (not all, I've met good people from all places, but we have to look at AVERAGE people here) migrants from the middle east and africa make life worse. That's just how it is. Not a single country in Europe got better with them being there. I've been saying this for years. As for what you're saying, I have totally noticed it - the difference between the east and west is night and day - for example, Paris feels like a step into Morocco or Mali, and Budapest actually feels European. I have noticed that most people don't even want to visit places like Paris or Berlin anymore, they all want to go to still-European places such as Prague or Budapest, gee I wonder why. A problem is that the EU allows freedom of movement, so if Western Europe gets bad enough, the muslims and africans with their EU passports can just walk right into Poland or Czechia or Hungary. We will have to see what happens. A huge problem is the MASSIVE explosion in population especially in Africa and other parts of the third world, and so many of them want to immigrate to the west. If they are allowed to come here the west will simply be RUINED. They have so many young people and they have ambitions to move to Europe/Canada/USA.. And make NO mistake - this was all completely intentional. Our elites know what they are doing. "Economy" is just an excuse - Japan has a declining population and they are still doing perfectly fine without mass immigration from third world nations. And even still, it would be better to sacrifice our economy a bit, in order for Europe to actually still be European. West European and American elites intentionally fill their native populations with immigrants. In America, the government literally ships "migrants" and "refugees" from countries such as Congo and Afghanistan into areas that they deem "too white" (this happened in Maine, Montana, and Iowa recently for example), so that not a single "white" place is left in all of America. I have European friends and they say their governments even ships "migrants" into rural villages. It's a total disaster and nightmare.

[@Megalomaniakaal]

@@ashleygrey3071 _"Japan has a declining population and they are still doing perfectly fine without mass immigration from third world nations."_ And they are begrudgingly starting to accept immigrants from Europe and North America you meant to say? _"I have European friends and they say their governments even ships "migrants" into rural villages. It's a total disaster and nightmare."_ I'd chalk that up more to the factor that past experiences say that ghettos aren't good. In other words, contemporary wisdom indicates you want the immigrants to actually integrate with the locals/natives rather than to go on to establish very closed off and isolated communities. Just ask the Swedes.

[@MrJoey1971]

Boris Right winger? You lost me there. Immigration hasn't stopped under Boris.

[@kevinkim9620]

Really eye opening. Thank you for your insight

[@trinxty6099]

As an Englishman I have to take issue with Boris being far right. Id he constitutes far right then everyone else is the most left you can go. Immigration has continued under Boris at the same or faster rates, he can't define what a woman is and he spends a rediculous amount of money. Also does everything under the guise of tolerance or equality

[@brownycow22]

You're right but regarding American cultural dominance you need to keep in mind how much bigger the American domestic market is compared to any European country which allows American film, TV and music to have much larger production values which makes its media more appealing. Also you could probably just expand the American domestic market to actually include the other native English speakers tbh Great video though

[@SerialDesignationG3071]

Who else is watching this now/again because of the riots in Britain?

[@brokenworld94]

One thing many might overlook is the perception of democracy. Democracy has been the pseudo-god of the postwar period within Western Europe, and it's fraying. If the status quo collapses, that democracy and everything attached to it (technocracy, liberalism, pluralism, etc.) will be viewed with the same disdain by the angry disaffected section of the population. Much the same way that the Caesars brought about a revival of Roman Civilization through autocratic reforms, as democracy collapses in Europe, there is as much a chance as not that a Caesar will come to the forefront with a philosophy and roadmap to revival and galvanize a section of Europe and revives it. I've found that buried beneath the surface of every "young person" (people under 35 at this point) I've been able to have a deep conversation with; that they have a deep sense of nostalgia for something that they've never experienced. There's an obscure German word for this: Sehnsucht. A broader Western European Sehnsucht, where e.g French and Germans, who don't have a great deal in common, the younger people have more in common with this yearning feeling of loss than they have differences of culture, and language, and politics. If I was to make a bet, this mindset will cause a firestorm at some point over the next two decades, and if properly channeled by a highly intelligent autocrat, will lead to a European renewal. Or it won't be properly channeled and will end up destroying European civilization. I have a much greater level of optimism for the European future than I do the American one. While I see some paths out of the darkness for Europe, the most positive outcome I can see for the United States of America is balkanization. I guess time will tell.

[@Firewordien]

Yeah i can't really see how America would fix the political climate. The split between the Left and Right (mostly Right) is becoming way to extreme to solve. It would really not surprise me to see the south break away in the next coming decades.

[@brokenworld94]

@@Firewordien Yeah, it's a common question I ask people when trying to provoke thought: What does a Texan or a Floridian, have on common with someone from California or New York? One of the two major factions will take control of politics in the United States, federally, and the faction without control will have half the small states and a couple of big states represented by an utterly different type of politics, worldview, and social culture. The worst case scenario is massive civil conflict and the best case scenario is balkanization, or as Americans call it, "peaceful divorce", as the disaffected states just leave when they are shut out. The recent issue of abortion has added more fuel to the fire. You can't find a middle ground between one side that says the other is murdering babies, and the other side says they are enslaving women and refusing them lifesaving medical treatment. America is full of these hotbed issues that are increasingly becoming inherently unsolvable, and the list grows every year.

[@hidesbehindpseudonym1920]

Hopefully we can see that just being over 35 doesn't make someone not useful to the economy. There are people who can work well into their 70s and so the whole label of young and old starts to feel discriminatory as soon as you hit 35.

[@basedchad6035]

I mean its hard to not have this yearning when compraing modern decadent pop culture with 100 years ago. You yearn for something better and then you find all what you searched for in the culture of the past. Overcoming our degenerate culture might be hard but aknowladging its badness is the first step. And with democracy. I still dont know if I can blame the slow developement in the "progressive" direction (after ww2) on democracy. It seems to be a very big contributor to our downfall to me. Decadent roman republic vibes.

[@brokenworld94]

@@basedchad6035 The degenerating technocrat-ism that we've developed unto present years could've happened with any political system, democratic or otherwise. I'm not an advocate for anything else, really. Indeed, some form of increased democracy at this point would lead to better outcomes in the short term, even if I don't think they can solve many of the structural problems. The issue I was alluding to was merely that the collapse happened under the rule of Pluralistic Liberal-Democracies, these systems are going to take the blame for the problems, and many younger people, indeed people in general, will reject them.

[@syn_watcher9498]

Bro really said Chavs try to copy black Americans-

[@weekendjail1417]

At this point in time, I see Poland and France as becoming the two "big" players in Europe in the next 20 years or so. Anyway, good video dude.

[@joshbentley2307]

What do you mean by big? Spain has more than double the economy of Poland, and the U.K. and Germany have 2.5-3X the economy of Spain. If we’re talking militarily the U.K. has the strongest military in Europe besides Russia at the moment.

[@weekendjail1417]

@@joshbentley2307 I meant mainland Europe. and yes, everything s a totality-- but the will of government to act plays a big part. I do not see Germany stepping up for that role anytime soon, hence why Poland will be the influencer in Eastern Europe and have the military to back it up. but anyways I see the UK/France being the big players in Western Europe & Atlantic/North Sea-- and Poland being the big plaer in eastern Europe. I don't really see Spain as doing too much in European influence, it seems to be overshadowed by France in a Nation-State sense. Though does have a pretty decent GDP, and is a bigger player in the ocean-space. but obviously a good NATO ally with a good percentage of GDP spent on defense to my knowledge. TBH I'm curious about Spain and what you think thy could be a bigger player than I suspect... perhps there are things I do not know. Let me know.

[@joshbentley2307]

@@weekendjail1417 Germany is stepping up tho, there one of the world’s largest military exporters so the knowledge and buildings are already there to begin mass manufacturing. Germany’s already pledged to put 2% of gdp on its military budget (which would currently be $85 billion, and that’s double Frances current military budget although I expect there’s to go up to around that level as well). In 10 years time (my best guess) the strongest in order will be the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain. Ukraine could be on that list, (ahead of Poland and Spain) but I’m assuming people are going to want there weapons back after the war.

[@Lucky-sh1dm]

@@joshbentley2307 the entire British military logistics and all could fit into Wembley stadium and still not fill it up Lmfao. It’s nothing else than a U.S. Airbase.

[@ytsm]

Most US hit/pop music since the 90's have been written by Swedes. Also, EDM was directly influenced by German electronic of the 70's, and remember those little boybands called The Beatles and Rolling Stones, to name but a few? These may seem insignificant point, but I think they do highlight the consistently, "unique" takes on broader geo-political aspects of 20th/21st (modern) Europe, this guy has. This is not a criticism, merely an observation.

[@vexed5567]

Yes but even the beetles and all those Swedes were mimicking genres of music created by Americans. They were European yes but they’re music was American in style

[@franknwogu4911]

France's greatest export is Daft Punk and I thank them dearly for that.

[@LucasFernandez-fk8se]

The Beatles existed 60 years ago though? That’s like if Russia constantly went around saying they were are the forefront of technology because “Remember Sputnik?”. And claiming Swedish people invented rap (a ghetto black American genre) because they made some rap music is as ridiculous as Americans saying “we invented the moon because we went to it” 🙄

[@viewer.123]

@@vexed5567 That is true but in turn the roots of those styles for the most part came from Europe. Since the European colonisation of North America, music, philosophy and culture was generally in a cycle of reinvention across the Atlantic

[@alexchainger]

@@viewer.123 HE IS TALKING FOR EUROPE NOW! NOT EUROPE 500 YEARS AGO GOD DAMMIT!