One of several articles on this: https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-china-supercomputers-idCAKBN2R223O

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      I’d sooner bet on the EU reverting back to the mean of Europeans trying to kill each other over petty grudges and power/resource struggles

      Being in europe I agree with this take. I don't think some in the US realise quite how shaky the EU is now. Brexit may be first in a line of dominos that ends it as contradictions tighten.

      As nationalism in each state rises the EU continually weakens. Individual state nationalism and the EU are incompatible, it will need to reorganise into something federal and find a way to create an EU-wide nationalism that people support or the nationalism of each individual state will result in further splits.

        • Awoo [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          There are five EU countries with declining opinions of the EU over the last 12 years, Italy (-20 points), Spain (-14), France (-11) and Slovakia (-9). All of these have been caused by the right wing movements.

          Greece should be on the watchlist too but because the left is strong there and anti-EU.

          Fragmentation itself will come from the nationalism in individual states in my opinion. It's the rise of the right that will cause it to fall apart. Italy would probably be the soonest to go.