Europe Sleepwalks into Irrelevance as the U.S. Ascends

Europe's failure to be ready for another Trump presidency is to a large extent caused by the moralizing and blindly ideological stance that most of its media and political leaders have taken toward anyone, including very large parts of their own electorates, who does not adhere to the political orthodoxy of the day. Many refuse to entertain the idea that they might have gotten it wrong on important issues and that the insights, opinions, and concerns of those outside of their own bubble are deserving of attention, respect, and dialogue. We do this at our own peril, considering Europe's already dangerously weak state marked by the risks of economic turmoil and a slide into a full-scale Third World War.

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