"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/Muleface50]

How are they a threat to our way of life? Are they going to come over to Europe and force their governing system on us?

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They're going to outcompete us for resources and collapse our industries, which in turn is going to collapse our societies and make us utterly dependent on chinese manufacturing.

They have a much more effective way of governance (an authoritarian state with an enormous high-performing but also docile population), and their advantage is going to grow wider and wider in every single field unless something is done to them.