What reason can one give for this irrational belief? How is it that these devotees of reason can fail so miserably to make a rational assessment of their own situation?
Stuff & nonsense. - Europe has birthed Socialism, Communism & Fascism, all in one Century & within that one century alone, not withstanding the thousands of years of open warfare preceeding it, also initiated and prosecuted two World Wars which killed hundreds of million of people and along the way, casually murdered over 60 million helpless Jewish men, women & children.
European Reason? snort!