Maybe Europe doesn't need to be a hegemony. Maybe instead Europe should just be a self-reliant world power, capable of standing up for itself against other large powers like the US, China, and Russia.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

capable of standing up for itself against other large powers like the US, China, and Russia.

To do that, it needs to consolidate power in some way, a way to compile all resources of united/allied countries and leverage them against other powers. IE: they would need to be hegemonic in the exercises of power necessary to maintain control.

People are repulsed by the word "hegemony" because it's scary and often used to describe authoritarians, but we literally need to get to a single-world-government as soon as possible to secure our survival as a species. The problem is right now if we set that up, the cretins of the world would vote the very worst people to lead that world-government because the very worst people keep shoving propaganda up the asses of our most stupid people and we keep letting them.

[–] SleafordMod@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fair enough. I just googled the meaning of "hegemony" and it said "leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others". So what I mean is that Europe doesn't necessarily need to be dominant in the world, but it should be able to stand up for itself.

we literally need to get to a single-world-government as soon as possible to secure our survival as a species

I've thought about that a little bit. Perhaps such a government could help resolve disputes. It could perhaps prevent terrible wars like those in Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan. Maybe a single world government will happen at some point, in the distant future.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

We would need to get to a post-scarcity civilization first. Something we could actually do if we all decided collectively we wanted it more than our immediate rewards and if we had guidance in that direction and leadership that also wanted it.

So yeah, probably a thousand years from now when AI runs the planet or when we're all dead and the apes and robots can make utopia.