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When Europe recovered from it's "failure of empire" it's populace turned toward peace and security (stuff like healthcare). Now they're propering and the food is good (no GMOs) etc.

by Urizen on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:55:10 PM PDT

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- It's failure of Empire (0+ / 0-)
  
  produced World War I and that in turn led to World War II.
  
  It was recovery from these European civil wars that put it on the "right track"
  
  John W. McCain, Bush's third term.
  
  by aaraujo on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:56:39 PM PDT
  
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  - Beg to differ (0+ / 0-)
    
    their colonial empires endured into the late fifties and early sixties (70's in the case of portugal). When they gave up on them (and after the fiasco of WWII) they stopped thinking of themselves as military entities, they began to govern for the sakes of their citizens instead of the glory of their states.
    
    by Urizen on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 07:02:00 PM PDT
    
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    - Today's Europe started at the end of WWII (0+ / 0-)
      
      decolonization was necessary because postwar recovery became too costly
      
      John W. McCain, Bush's third term.
      
      by aaraujo on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 07:06:44 PM PDT
      
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