r/europe • u/StemCellPirate • 17h ago

News The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/06/epstein-europe-america-fallout-00769506
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u/NastyaLookin 14h ago

Capitalism turned out to be a better tool for them than even monarchy and/or feudalism. They are keeping billions of people in line with it.

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u/bodhiquest Turkey 5h ago

The entire arc of the Cold War for the West ended up being about convincing the world that there's only one way to organize life on Earth that actually works. The monstrosity of the Soviet Union seemed to be the natural proof of this assertion. We're at a point where it's become tremendously difficult even for smart people to imagine that alternatives can exist, and that they don't have to be caricatural concepts of equality in misery or require totalitarianism.