The left in Europe is so used to reflexively pushing back against any reform of the welfare state/pension system that they don't realize that, in doing so, they're now actually actively redistributing towards the older and wealthier haves, away from the younger, poorer have-nots. They should study the demographics.
If you are European and still havenât grasped that the EU - both as a collective actor and through its individual members - has no real weight as a geopolitical actor on the global stage, then now is the moment to face this brutal truth. The EU has been completely sidelined in the negotiations over Ukraineâs future - and, by extension, the future of the entire European security order.
In the emerging triumvirate of great powers in this Cold War 2.0 between the United States and the DragonBear axis, Europe has been reduced to the backyard of global affairs and the main stage for the first proxy war between Washington and Beijing. Make no mistake: Russia would never have launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine - aiming to fully erase its statehood - without the long-term strategic backing of China.
Europe not only failed to prevent this war; it would have been incapable of sustaining Ukraine without the immediate and comprehensive support of the United States. Without Washingtonâs decisive intervention in 2022, Ukraine would likely have collapsed in the first phase of the war.
More than three years of complacency, inadequate measures, and a chronic lack of political will and courage in Europe have brought about the continentâs gravest war and destruction since 1945. This is Europeâs make-or-break moment. The fate of Ukraine - and the fate of Europe itself - is now being decided elsewhere, by the three great powers.
Welcome to the new world order. As a European, you can continue living within the carefully curated illusions of a politically incapacitated leadership - or you can confront reality. The reality is harsh, but facing it means you have not yet surrendered your future.
A single image that shows the madness of French youths who protested to keep old people rich and young poor, by maintaining pensions they will never get.