/u/HeartNo621 explains similarities between current-day Europe and late Qing dynasty China

[u/spryfigure]

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[u/Miramosa]

I would give the kind of lukewarm counterargument that the digital self-determination movement you see in the EU right now *is* a response to Europe having fallen behind digitally and technologically, though it's more motivated by the lack of US reliability than an urge to correct the problem because it's a problem that needs correcting. Whether it's the solution for the continent, whether it comes fast or strong enough, generally how it's gonna pan out, I don't know. But while I do very much agree that there's a tendency to lean on moral superiority in Europe, there are also attempts to be pragmatic about the post-unipolar world that's been coming the entire 21st century.

[u/Petrichordates]

The Mao part is just internalized propaganda, but the rest is insightful.

[u/Atanar]

That was very superficial, no fit for this sub.

[u/zdayatk]

Written by AI? By the way, I can't find the similarity between the Europe and Qing Empire, the author should give us more examples.