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# Notes on What Even is Europe?
- URL: https://www.bramadams.dev/202301032151/
- Published: 2023-01-28T09:28:59.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-28T09:28:59.000Z
- Author: Bram Adams
- Tags: youtube-notes, history, politics

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the romans failed to unite europe, the han succeeded in china to connect the country

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 03:19

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EU has a different economic myth to Chinese (communism) and USA (capitalism)

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 04:35

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the EU project has a goal to cooperate and avoid the imperialism eras of the past

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 06:08

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when a european empire falls another quickly rises into its vacuum

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 07:41

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self limiting natonalism came from Turkey in the 1920s

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 09:04

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the holding hands episode at a funeral

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 11:00

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russia destroyed reconciliation multiple times, which caused energy dependence issues on other countries (germany reliant on russia)

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 13:52

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reconciliation is a promise b/w countries to prevent one from becoming an empire and dominating others

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 16:48

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france is clinging on to empire (energy dependance on Africa and price setting wheat)

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 17:30

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national cooperation for post imperial world with countries that europe has fucked the past few 100 years instead of trading mainly with china or the us