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Lao Tzu
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I don't know if its just me, but europeans seem alot less warlike than americans, at least their governments seem less warlike than american governments. Does anyone from europe care to comment on this issue? i have some theories on why this is so.
1. The european public is just as warlike as the american public, but they don't get media coverage. So no one notices.
2. European countries have much smaller economies, so a war would be infeasable w/o multinational support and a great economic depression.
3. Europeans don't pride themselves on being #1, so they can back down from something.
4. Europeans are more socialist than americans, so they place the interests of the people of the world over the interests of patriotism. (i'm catching hell for that, who cares though).
5. Europeans have a history of extreme warfare, and they want to move beyond it (this is why switzerland is so neutral, their history of war made them change their ways).
And my most likely theory
6. Europeans know war first hand. In america war is sitting at home in front of the tv, watching CNN coverage & eating a microwave burrito. In europe war is your grandparents telling you about their houses being blown apart by bombs or watching their friends die. In america, when war does happen we barely know about it (its not like WW1 & 2, where the center of town is blown to bits), and virtually everyone who goes comes back alive & well. Honestly, could any of you tell the Gulf war was going on (aside from those of you who served). There were no negative repercussions in america at large, and most of the people who went came back alive & well. This country hasn't been attacked on its own soil in a massive fashion since the civil war (9/11 wasn't a major event from a war perspective. It was a one time event. Imagine a 9/11 everyday for a few years, that is what berlin & london went through in the 40s).
1. The european public is just as warlike as the american public, but they don't get media coverage. So no one notices.
2. European countries have much smaller economies, so a war would be infeasable w/o multinational support and a great economic depression.
3. Europeans don't pride themselves on being #1, so they can back down from something.
4. Europeans are more socialist than americans, so they place the interests of the people of the world over the interests of patriotism. (i'm catching hell for that, who cares though).
5. Europeans have a history of extreme warfare, and they want to move beyond it (this is why switzerland is so neutral, their history of war made them change their ways).
And my most likely theory
6. Europeans know war first hand. In america war is sitting at home in front of the tv, watching CNN coverage & eating a microwave burrito. In europe war is your grandparents telling you about their houses being blown apart by bombs or watching their friends die. In america, when war does happen we barely know about it (its not like WW1 & 2, where the center of town is blown to bits), and virtually everyone who goes comes back alive & well. Honestly, could any of you tell the Gulf war was going on (aside from those of you who served). There were no negative repercussions in america at large, and most of the people who went came back alive & well. This country hasn't been attacked on its own soil in a massive fashion since the civil war (9/11 wasn't a major event from a war perspective. It was a one time event. Imagine a 9/11 everyday for a few years, that is what berlin & london went through in the 40s).
