I’m pretty sure the most important european atlanticists at the levers of power do actually have a sober analysis of the situation. Their base of power lies outside of Europe though, so their decisions will be made independently of economic or social outcomes for the EU.
There are plenty of genuine fools though. It is a possibility that a critical mass of them has been reached like in the US.
Are Japan and South Korea also in the same boat? They seem even more occupied than Europe despite their global north status.
I really wish China was as good as the US at manufacturing color revolutions and installing comprador regimes.
It was too expensive, there was a huge language barrier, and the quality of life wouldn’t have been been better in most cases.
We’re still in the early days of organization in the imperial core. People simply have no idea what to look for in a leader.
So far Mamdani is a just a city mayor, but also the de-facto leader of the American socialist movement in the eyes of the public. He will eventually need to superceeded as unprecedented changes to material reality continue to occur.
It’s so hard to tell for me. I like to read the white-papers by western think-tanks and the analysis is often of the same caliber as a Marxist’s, just with different wording.
Does the leadership refuse to read these things and just paint by number?