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Do Europeans think the US is the leader of the free world?
by pb7 3y ago
Do Europeans think the US is the leader of the free world?
- data_maan 3y agoI'm not a leader, but behind closed doors, grudgingly, my impression is that they do (still) think that. A few more quotes by Trump might change that though.
- inglor_cz 3y agoRealistically: either the US is, or no one is. It certainly seems that the US is unsure whether it wants this role. The Congress is putting US credibility at huge risk right now. Nevertheless, if the US abdicates its leadership, the free world will shrink. Even democracies have domestic enemies and all of these will be encouraged to push autocracy as an alternative to the messy parliamentary system.
- Workaccount2 3y agoWhen polled or asked? Absolutely not. When viewed by how they act? Unquestionably. Europe is probably uncomfortable/ashamed by how dependent they are on the US for maintaining the western-centric global power axis. But on the same hand are unwilling to make the sacrifices their societies would need to in order to pick up the slack. Especially now that European economies tend to be in a slump.