> it's just a complete fantasy from the economist It's par for the course for Charlemagne (the column in The Economist). It's not meant to be an actual realist

> it's just a complete fantasy from the economist It's par for the course for Charlemagne (the column in The Economist). It's not meant to be an actual realistic analysis and reporting (the way their non-columnist articles are, even if they all have an editorial streak). Mostly it comments on the topic of the week/month in some irreverent way[0], or entertains a modest proposal[1] like this one, in a "ha ha wait a minute" sort of way. [0] https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/12/19/we-need-to-talk-about-europes-kevins https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/12/19/we-need-to-talk-... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal