Worse off I'm not sure, but you bet Greece, Italy and Spain are not treated as equal partners to France, Germany or even Belgium.
This doesn't mean I'm anti EU, I'm just realistic in that Russia would never be treated the same.
I'm also not confident that US/EU will be on top forever. China is gaining ground.
I would advise you to not confuse your preference for the US/EU with reality. And not every form of criticism means advocating for the other side.
You have North Korea level indoctrination my friend. Stop seeing the world so black and white, you sound like a teenager.
nobody want to live in Venice because of reasons
I wonder what the reason might be 🤔
I would simply change my destination.
Looks like it is already working!
A thing can't be weak and strong by the same metric, indeed. That's why this article has to call China's economical strength a miracle, as well as so weak it is about to collapse, otherwise the contradiction would be too obvious.
I am not defending China, just pointing out a crappy argument.
We're becoming more and more fascist in the west, with politicians like Trump, DeSantis and so on. This article from Reuters is part of this shift to the right and that's why I'm pointing it out. Fascism is a bigger risk to our way of life than China is.
China's economic miracle? I don't believe in miracles. I don't believe articles that talk about miracles.
China is both a dangerous enemy and they're about to collapse. The enemy is both strong and weak. Umberto Eco called that one of the characteristics of fascism.
Republican means you are in favor of a republic, meaning no monarchy. Communism wants a classless society, so they are republicans as a logical consequence of the ideology. America is a democratic republic, so both Democrats and Republicans are just meaningless labels .
I don't think there is much difference in the use of the word liberal. If I compare the politics of the main liberal party in my home country (VVD in the Netherlands) there isn't that much difference with the average Democrat in the US. The main difference is whether they are perceived as left or right wing by the population.
And it very much is neoliberal. Both parties (VVD and Democrats) are in favor of a smaller government and laissez-fair capitalism. They might need to compromise on these principles from time to time to remain popular, and in Europe maybe a bit more.
Funny thing: right wrong conspiracy nuts get their talking points from the us, so more and more people are starting to call liberals left-wing communists in Europe. So far it's just by the people who get their talking points online.
The trains and subways are already very full. Just making things cheaper will not be enough. We need to massively invest in new lines and more frequent trains everywhere.
We're giving them loans, that they have to repay and with the provision that they have to enact austerity. The welfare being cut is being replaced by companies from richer countries, making a lot of money out of it. It's basically the same thing the IMF does to a lot of developing countries.