☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to GenZedong • 1 year agoFinancial Times tries to convince the French that Macron is right about raising the retirement age because otherwise France would have to give up the idea of having a navy in the Pacific.archive.phmessage-square4arrow-up124arrow-down10cross-posted to: europe@lemmy.ml
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkFinancial Times tries to convince the French that Macron is right about raising the retirement age because otherwise France would have to give up the idea of having a navy in the Pacific.archive.ph☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to GenZedong • 1 year agomessage-square4cross-posted to: europe@lemmy.ml
minus-square@ihaveibslink15•1 year agoThe absolute shit show that is the U.S.'s lack of social rights has served for decades to manufacture consent for austerity in Europe. What happens when Europe becomes just like America?
minus-square@Shrike502link4•1 year agoHasn’t it been “like America” before? Late XIX - early XX century, before it crashed and allowed USA to rise into hegemony.
minus-square@ihaveibslink7•1 year agoAbsolutely, but westerners have had history systematically erased from their lives to the point where neoliberalism feels like it has always existed
The absolute shit show that is the U.S.'s lack of social rights has served for decades to manufacture consent for austerity in Europe. What happens when Europe becomes just like America?
Hasn’t it been “like America” before? Late XIX - early XX century, before it crashed and allowed USA to rise into hegemony.
Absolutely, but westerners have had history systematically erased from their lives to the point where neoliberalism feels like it has always existed