> The European principles that created your social guarantees are largely incompatible with an individual-centric, growth-focused society that would reward cert

> The European principles that created your social guarantees are largely incompatible with an individual-centric, growth-focused society that would reward certain ambitious individuals much more than others. I agree in terms of the negative correlation, but I do not think this is related only to this set of synthetic principles but also due to the huge tailwind of the longest peacetimein the continent's history plus all the economic development and prosperity generated during this time. Not to dismiss your point, but in terms of semantics, we cannot mix general guidance for policies and decisions made based on temporal preferences with a principle, which is a fundamental truth that sets the foundation for something and has axiomatic acceptance. I acknowledge that for ethno-Europeans the European principles (social guarantees) are a thing (especially for the ones in Central Europe), but as soon as the money flow slows down, we will see those principles being tested, particularly due to the contentious (unfair?) intergenerational social contract.