People tend to choose extremes. Either a total globalization or zero-sum games only. Everything in between bears risks of a cognitive overload so should be avoided at all costs.
reply> People tend to choose extremes.
replyCorporations, along with greedy, selfish people and also perhaps ignorant people too, tend to choose extremes.
The rest of us are remarkably good at compromising and finding common ground.
I think when Europe failed to handle Ukraine on their own, the optics started looking pretty bad.
replyThey're handling Ukraine better than America is "handling" Iran
replyI honestly don't even understand what you mean by that. Europe has accepted an extraordinary number of refugees from Ukraine giving them immediate and full rights to live and work within its territory, keeps donating billions of dollars worth of goods to keep Ukraine going, provides training to Ukrainian military personal and ramped up its military production specifically to bolster Ukraine.
replyHow has Europe failed here? Did you expect Poland to start shooting missiles towards Moscow, or something else?