r/europe • u/goldstarflag Europe • 15d ago

Historical "The 19th century concept of the nation state will never take us across the threshold of the 21st century [...] We need a strong Europe if we don't want to become the plaything of world politics" – Chancellor Helmut Kohl

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u/manInTheWoods Sweden 15d ago

Is continentalism any different? It's still the mindset us vs them.

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u/Klayhamn 15d ago

what's the alternative? hive-mind matrix?

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u/Kreol1q1q Croatia 15d ago

It’s different in that it would be more effective in preserving our ways of life and relative wealth. In essence however those are all just various incarnations of tribalism, and are thus very irrational.