Quote:
Originally Posted by Catfish
Roger that. I think it was self-evident, but since we are back to 1900 why not new wars, i mean let's enjoy patriotism, nationalism, isolation, and ignore science as long as we can.  |
There was nothing isolationist about Europe in 1900. Most of them had overseas empires by then and they hardly ignored science seeing as things like the airplane and automobile were invented or perfected in Europe during that period.
Europeans do seem to have a problem with patriotism and nationalism but I think that is more about them being unable to moderate those impulses than the impulses themselves. Like anything else they can be taken to extremes, they just need to learn to control it.