[Cacique]

I have been saying for a long time that Europe is becoming irrelevant and sinking fast. it seems I am not the only one with this view. We are just not moving far ahead. the Europeans are leaving the neighborhood altogether and rather than move into a better neighborhood, they're headed for a ghetto.

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[Cacique]

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[BossLady]

"America is becoming a cosmic nation comprised of all peoples rather than just an offshoot of Europe."

Becoming??? This person needs to pack up and move to the 21 Century......:o

[A. Pole]

In the U.S., the main focus has been to reduce centralism and the size of government. In the 1980s, U.S. federal spending was 24 percent of GDP. Today, it is 19 percent. That is only half or two-thirds the level in most EU states, where levels have been rising not falling.

This is a nonsense - how many European countries have federal government? For example the high tax in Sweden corresponds to the COMBINED federal tax, social security tax, state tax, etc, etc ...

[Cicero]

This author suffers from the illusion that America is moving away from Europe because more Americans have no European ancestors. That may be a minor cause, but it is minor, I believe. All of my ancestors were European, and I am thoroughly disgusted with what is happening over there.

America, oddly enough, stays pretty much the same. It's Europe that has changed, grown old and decadent, repudiated its Classical and Christian roots, stopped reproducing itself, and decided to commit suicide.

I have always had the greatest admiration for Europe. But Europe is Europe no longer. They are a bunch of angst-ridden existentialists determined to turn their continent over to the first takers, presumably Muslims.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Excellent article. Thanks for posting.

Sitting high on current lists of the richest Americans are at least a couple dozen billionaires who made their fortunes in companies that didn't even exist 25 years ago. In Europe, hardly any of the top companies are recent start-ups.

That says a lot about the difference right there. Another that struck my eye was the part about Europeans being complacent and allowing the elite to rule. Our leftist elite is envious of that but we just won't listen. :-)

[I still care]

Bump for later reading. Thanks.

[lainde]

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[Constitutionalist Conservative]

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[GranpaVet]

This makes me very sad. Europe are our allies. I know - I was there.

[Bonaparte]

"The U.S. will never be hostile to Europe: there are too many links of kinship and shared purpose for that."

Don't bet the farm on that, Fouloy. Only our shared economic interests are keeping us civil to eachother. Barely. And for now.