[anon9384929]

It can’t even keep its most important members in. European pride will be its downfall.

When asked, Americans are Americans first, then whatever state they come from second.

Europeans are whatever state they come from first, European second.

Most European countries haven’t seen per capita GDP growth since the beginning of the millennium.

They’d rather preserve their “culture” than compete and survive, and it’s starting to show up in the data.

[Bakary]

I understand that the EU is a poor candidate to be a superpower. But how can it be a worse candidate than Russia, which can't even control Ukraine?

[disgruntledphd2]

To be fair, I've been making that comment since well before the Ukraine invasion, I may have to update it...