COLUMN. To win the cultural and intellectual battle, Europe must staunchly defend its model, writes the economist in his column, dismantling the narrative of a 'declining' continent.
If you think that what people living here 500 years ago did is a reason for us to feel bad, then you need therapy. This shows our strength: we think, adapt, and change what is wrong, slowly but surely. This is extraordinary in our world. We have achieved so much and done so many positive things also in the past that what you are saying is insane. I hope you are just rage baiting here…
If you had read my comment, you would have seen that I never said we had stopped anything.
I said that we made huge progress — you can’t deny it — and did a huge amount of good in the meantime.
Compare us to any other continent or country and not some ideal, imagined perfection. The UAE, China, Russia, the USA…
If you think we’re bad and exploit people, I suppose we should replicate the approach of one of those countries, right? Then we will stop exploitation, wars, everything bad in general and become better people! Is that what you believe?
Proud of extorting the whole world for centuries for our wealth? No, thank you
If you think that what people living here 500 years ago did is a reason for us to feel bad, then you need therapy. This shows our strength: we think, adapt, and change what is wrong, slowly but surely. This is extraordinary in our world. We have achieved so much and done so many positive things also in the past that what you are saying is insane. I hope you are just rage baiting here…
If you think we have stopped extracting wealth from other countries you are the insane one
If you had read my comment, you would have seen that I never said we had stopped anything.
I said that we made huge progress — you can’t deny it — and did a huge amount of good in the meantime.
Compare us to any other continent or country and not some ideal, imagined perfection. The UAE, China, Russia, the USA…
If you think we’re bad and exploit people, I suppose we should replicate the approach of one of those countries, right? Then we will stop exploitation, wars, everything bad in general and become better people! Is that what you believe?