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Re:The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Ow... by refurb on Friday September 04, 2020 @11:59AM (#24376134)
Strongly disagree we’re (the US) in decline at all.

If you think we are, you’d have to agree that the EU is post-decline. The UK, France (the list goes on) are all countries that are past their peak of power, influence and prestige.

But I would argue those EU countries haven’t declined in a negative sense. They’ve just evolved into something other than a global superpower.

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Re:The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Ow... by NotSammyHagar on Friday September 04, 2020 @12:08PM (#24376230)
Strongly, why? The us is declining in lifespan, people's happiness, education, govt and this was all before covid. Cv19 failures have revealed the problems more than ever.

Europe has some issues too but they don't have the same systemic failures we have. Also, Europe can be independently successful or failing from the us.

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Re:The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Ow... by HeadsUpHigh on Friday September 04, 2020 @05:58PM (#24379294)
France is not past their peak of power unless you count centuries old empires. UK and Germany sure, neither of them have any strong foreign policies and especially the UK isolated itself by their own decision.

France in comparison is building alliances in the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Africa. I believe they have a lot of growth in their future. They are far form done and very much realpolitik and with expansion in mind( plus one of the few countries that still holds colonies across the world).

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Re:The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Ow... by voldacar on Friday September 04, 2020 @07:53PM (#24380128)
the EU is the white dwarf of human societies
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