Že dolgo nisem bral tako dobrega komentarja v sicer sinofobnem, rusofobnem, pro-vojnem in neskončno pro-izraelskem The Economistu. Če povzamem – Evropejci, svet je šel v tri krasne, prebivalstvo nam upada, že dolgo nas ne bremeni več, da ne znamo doseči omembe vredne gospodarske rasti in že zdavnaj smo se sprijaznili, da ne bomo globalna velesila. Ampak, hej, kaj boste počeli čez vikend? In če težave ne moremo rešiti do junija, lahko počaka na september, ko se vrnemo z morja.

Je nekaj simpatičnega v tem našem odnosu do sedanjosti in prihodnosti, mar ne? Zakaj bi se sekirali zaradi stvari, ki jih ne poznamo ali jim nismo kos ali pa ki bi zahtevale preveč matranja?

The world is going to hell, meaningful economic growth is a long-forgotten phenomenon, and by the way what are your plans for summer? That, roughly, is the vibe in Europe these days. To outsiders it feels hopelessly self-indulgent. Europeans have plenty that ought to keep them up at night. Beyond war in Ukraine and Trumpism in America, its big companies are also-rans and the continent’s population is shrinking for the first time since the plague seven centuries ago. Panic, moi? Whatever the issue, if it cannot be dealt with in the next few weeks it will have to wait for la rentrée in September.

Europeans know the global race for economic supremacy is lost. But the continent’s business model endures: it is a third poorer than America, works a third less, and is a lot more tanned at the end of August. 

Enjoy the weekend. Most Europeans will also enjoy Monday off, by the way.

Vir: The Economist