Yeah because the west has no future. The lofty fantasies of even the late 70s were killed by neoliberalism, under its hegemonic culture - postmodernism - there can not be anything new, just endless deconstruction, subversion, commodification; that is not a foundation to build a house on.

Doubt it, honestly. The NSA has a Consolidated Intelligence Center in Wiesbaden as well as Darmstadt’s Dagger Complex just a stones throw away from Frankfurt the center of EU finance and logistical hub. Any alternative will be compromised with these bases remain.

People kinda forgot that medieval people couldnt just constantly rely on the lactate-carnist duploly and had several alternatives now considered “trendy” “chemical” products.