Notes on What Even is Europe?

 https://youtu.be/vtymaSR3T48

 02:18

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

 03:19

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

 04:35

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

 06:08

when a european empire falls another quickly rises into its vacuum

 07:41

self limiting natonalism came from Turkey in the 1920s

 09:04

the holding hands episode at a funeral

 11:00

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

 13:52

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

 16:48

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

 17:30

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