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Brain Drain

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Don't think you white folk don't realise Europe has no real power anymore and shifting to facism. America has military hegemony, but not science or manufacturing, and again falling to facism and corporations.
Real power is moving to where stuff is getting made and leaving thode with bullshit over inflation like Tesla, or many other stocks. The current center of economic power has moved closer and closer to where it was 500 years ago.
- The EU has the second biggest economy in the world and contains 3 of the G7 nations (4 if you include the UK, which will almost certainly pivot back to EU membership in the next few years). All member states are part of NATO and France, Germany and the UK possess a significant nuclear arsenal.
  But yeh, no real power.
  PS 500 years ago, the economic power was Western European countries like France, England, Portugal, Spain.
  
  Germany doesn't have its own nukes yet. The nukes in Germany are operated by the US.
  
  The Ottoman Empire would like to have a word with you.
  
  500 years ago, the economic power was Western European countries like France, England, Portugal, Spain.
  Ps, you're so confidently wrong. 1525 the economic powers of the world were India and china https://www.businessinsider.com/mckinsey-worlds-economic-center-of-gravity-2012-6
  Here's a nice graphic to make it easy for your Eurocentric mind to comprehend
  second biggest economy
  Bud how put of date your knowledge is? You from the 90s? Name the top 5 in order of GDP? Go ahead. Please. I know you're speaking of Germany but please try and back it up it in 2025 that they are the second biggest economy lmao
  Also is Europe getting richer, is American or European manufacturing improving? No, it's going towards china, towards India, towards Africa. Europe became rich because of hundreds of years of exploitation and another 100 years of soft power to ensure cheap resources than be taken to Europe/America, produce high quality and sent back. Problem is, the world is now able to do a lot of it itself and Asia can make everything it needs and give to all other Asian and African Nations.
  Military threat, yeah, 100% that's all Europe has, that's how you become rich was bombing and exploiting others. But the suprise factor is gone, nobody trusts you guys, look at the trade map, you think you're gonna challenge this?
  https://howmuch.net/articles/trade-timelapse-usa-china
  
  I know you're speaking of Germany
  Nope, they very clearly said The EU and not Germany, which is accurate. The EU is behind the US and in front of China in GDP, firm second place.
  What's up with .ml users being shit with reading comprehension?
  
  They're obviouslt just spitting vitriol in response what is perceived as a threat to their identity. Which apparently is the notion that someone somewhere might beattempting to live free and joyously while also being reflexive about past mistakes.
  The audacity of those darned European! If I'm not happy, then nobody should!
  
  1525 the economic powers of the world were India and china https://www.businessinsider.com/mckinsey-worlds-economic-center-of-gravity-2012-6
  that is a fascinating map; i noticed that despite making projections about 2025 the date of that post is actually 2012; Business Insider attributes it to McKinsey, but via ZeroHedge (who charges for access to their archives).
  I wanted more context so I spent a few minutes searching; in case anyone else is curious it comes from a report called "Urban world: Cities and the rise of the consuming class" by McKinsey Global Institute.
  Here is their summary of it, and here is the 92 page PDF of the full report.
  
  Bravo on that deep dive, and thank you.
- Go back to reddit ffs :D
- Ayyyy. Some good ol' Chinese shill. On our Lemmy. What an amazing day to be alive.
- So many Euro simps on Lemmy. It's like a circle jerk for Europe on here for some reason. Which is kinda proving your own point around the growing fascism (Nationalism) in Europe. This time it seems to be Fascism fueled by a "European" identity alongside a "German or Italian" identity. Though state nationalism is growing it seems to be growing along with EU nationalism.
  It's very much fueled by anti immigrant (primarily anti Arab) sentiment. The most obvious of which is Germany. A country that has a national identity built around guilt for the Holocaust but at the same time pretending that they have some unobtainable (by others) perspective on Antisemitism. Which ironically is fueling modern day Antisemitism against Arabs in Germany.
  Germany is literally repeating it's antisemitic past by blindly supporting Israel and blaming Arab immigrants for all its problems. Literally supporting a Jewish Supremacists Ethnostate that models much of Nazi Germany in it's oppression of Palestine.
  Germany is just an example. But a lot of Europe (Poland being another strong example) is absolutely diving head first into the fascist pool. I don't see how anyone paying attention could disagree with much of what you said.
  Edit: Downvoted but not a single reply addressing anything I said. Enjoy your Fascism Europe. You're going the same way as the US whether you are opening your eyes to it or not.
  
  You sure as hell cherry pick as much as you desire don't you?
  We don't simp for Europe.
  We are Europe.
  Stop thinking the world revolves around you bud.
  
  I just keep getting replies like this with zero substance. Just Europeans saying "I'm wrong". Enlighten me. In what way did I think the world revolved around me? I literally was just talking about actual things happening in Europe. Seriously, tell me what part of my comment was at all self centered? Sounds like you're just projecting.
  Also, yeah, you can be a European simp AND be European. They often go hand in hand. That and hating Arabs and Eastern Europeans. All these substanceless replies are just proving my point of European supremacy and nationalism that is exploding in the EU.
  How dare I point out the racism of Germany and it's support for genocide. How dare I! I'm so self centered!
  
  Alright then a question of substance, what the hell is Antisemitsm towards Arabs supposed to mean?
  
  Good question. Appreciate it.
  The term "Semetic" comes from the Eugenics categories that originated in the 20th century. It actually has racist roots that popularized the term in Nazi Germany. There were people that proudly proclaimed to be "anti-Semitic".
  Semetic was a term to describe people of a "race" from the Semetic regions. These were categorized as people that spoke Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic languages. Basically people from modern day Arab countries and Israel.
  Now, the Nazis viewed Jews as "Ungerman" even though they absolutely were German people. The Jews in Germany had lived their for centuries and spoke German and Yiddish (a variant of German enough to be considered a different language). Again, the Germans viewed Yiddish as a "Semetic" corruption of the German language.
  So when the Nazis said they were "Antisemitic" they were categorizing German Jews as "not belonging" and associating them with the "Semetic" region.
  It was basically a way of categorizing the German Jews as outsiders in order to associate them with Arabs and the "Semetic" people.
  Because of the history of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust the term "antisemitic" has evolved to basically mean "anti Jewish" today. Even though it was originally a term to "otherize" German Jews and categorize them with Arabs. It fed on the existing racism towards outsiders and categorized German Jews as such.
  So when I said "Antisemitism against Arabs" I was referencing this history. As Arabs are by definition "Semetic" people.
  The same type of "otherizing" of Arabs and Muslims in Germany is being done today. But this time the focus is not on Jews. But these are the same structures of racism and Fascism that existed in 1930s Germany. And there is no reason for Jewish people not to be categorized as "others" again as this fascist history repeats itself.
  
  Careful, your complexes are overspilling.
  
  Germany and Poland are two of your examples. Are there any other examples? Please, anyone reply with as many real examples as you can and want. I think Italy is one? Please confirm. 🥲

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