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Europe Led by Emotion, Not Reason #37
Recent European escalations w.r.t. the conflict in Eastern Europe echoes a long line of irrational energy, economic, and foreign policies in Europe led by emotions. In this podcast, I discuss how and why this has come about.
Published by Dr Jiulin Teng on 31 Mar 2022
Keywords: drjlt-economicseurope
Recent European escalations w.r.t. the conflict in Eastern Europe echoes
a long line of irrational energy, economic, and foreign policies in
Europe led by emotions. In this podcast, I discuss how and why this has
come about.
In short, I think PR is a major link in the mechanism:
Traditionally, politicians stoke up emotions to win support for their
policies.
Today, with the amplifications of social media, politicians easily lose
control of the emotions that they stoke up. They have to follow the
heightened emotions and resort to irrational policies.
I also provide a possible solution to this, but I acknowledge that it
will never be adopted.
With a weak leadership, I can see the Euro and the EU fall apart in the
coming years. This is not because Europe cannot be saved; rather, it is
because the system resists any attempts to save it.
I apologize for not covering relations in Asia as promised. It'll most
likely be the next podcast. I also apologize for some incomplete points
in this podcast: as usual, I don't have a list of bullet points, and
sometimes I forget to touch on important ones.
