Comments by "alex smith" (@alexsmith-ob3lu) on "The Great Decline of Europe Part II." video.

  1. The decline of Europe is thanks to the European leadership and people who were too ready to quarrel with each other over petty things during the 20th century. Many English, French, German, Belgian, Polish and Russian leaders were still living in the 18th century of petty statesmanship. WW1 and WW2 completely overhauled and destroyed Europe. It was not just Germany and France that were wrecked, but England became financially broke, Poland collapsed to Soviet domination, Italy was a wasteland and in debt, Norway was broke etc. Had Europeans not fought a first and Second World War, they could’ve maintained their economic, financial, moral and demographic superiority over the USA and the rest of the world.
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  2.  @Joker-no1uh  Wrong, the USA did not have the largest economy in 1890. Germany had the best economy from 1870 to 1945. It was the Germans who invented combustion engines, diesel engines, jet engines, and many other industrial R&D were dominated by Germany. America simply absorbed many German scientists, engineers, technicians etc. after the world wars that allowed America to launch satellites, space craft etc.
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  3.  @Joker-no1uh  Source: "The German Genius - Europe's Third Renaissance, The Second Scientific Revolution and the Twentieth Century" by Peter Watson & Erich Fromm
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