| I was appalled when sarkozy put France back in NATO, if that make you feel better. Even in the current geopolitical context I would preferred the US to get out of our hairs. That would probably smack some sense into EU in regards to a shared defense. Weirdly enough, none of our politicians, or yours except trump, seems to be super into the idea.
I guess NATO yield some dividends, too? But I was more thinking at resilient community of civilians. Living in village / small town that are livable without that much inputs from the “grid” and without driving miles and miles( because they were build before that support system even existed ) Also, communities where living together is seen as normal, not some hippie or comunist idea. As a result, elder citizen can lives longer there without need for adhoc care. It’s cheaper to raise kids. Food is cheaper and of better quality. ( farmer markets are where poor people buy food, for instance, not a fancy place for organic ware ) My observations are of rural US and rural France. Of course I’m biased. |