> If we pretend history begins at 1991...ignore the colonialism, world wars, fascism, communism, genocide, and body counts collectively in the hundred millions...
Uhhh it isn't Europe taking all its bad news out of its museums, friend. That's the good ol' U.S.A. attempting to hide from its own history.
> Europe is a 24-year old trust fund kid working in a vegan commune while living in a $2M Brooklyn apartment paid for by her dad who is an executive at Exxon.
What a very ... American analogy.
Most of the "europe-is-utopia" voices on this site are actually American euro-fetishists in SF/LA/NYC. So I felt it the American analogy is more fitting.
If I'm wrong though, the irony that the European tech community has to resort to a US message board to voice their opinions, only serves to further underline my point.
> Uhhh it isn't Europe taking all its bad news out of its museums, friend.
Yes they proudly fill their museums to the brim with colonial loot. So Europeans can reminisce about good old days when they were the top dog.