"The thing about Europe is that it lacks an absolutist attachment to free speech. See how judges in Romania and France derailed the careers of hard-right politicians, who have convinced themselves (with little evidence) that it was their ideology rather than their lawbreaking that got them in trouble. Yet to many Europeans the idea that free expression is under threat seems odd. Europeans can say almost anything they want, both in theory and in practice. Europe’s universities never became hotbeds of speech-policing by one breed of culture warrior or the other. You can express a controversial view on any European campus (outside Hungary, at least) without fear of losing your tenure or your grant. No detention centres await foreign students who hold the wrong views on Gaza; news outfits are not sued for interviewing opposition politicians. Law firms are not compelled to kow-tow to presidents as penance for having worked for their political foes.
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The thing about Europe is that it is like an open-air museum, yesterday’s continent. Is its model even sustainable? A good question—one that presupposes the European model is worth defending. It is a place blessed with walkable cities, long life expectancies and vaccinated kids who do not need to be trained to dodge school shooters. Charlemagne’s realm is a place of many flaws, lots of them enduring. But in their own plodding way, Europeans have created a place where they are guaranteed rights to what others yearn for: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/04/10/the-thing-about-europe-its-the-actual-land-of-the-free-now

#Europe #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfSpeech #QualityOfLife

The Liberalism to Fascism Pipeline (Neoliberalism Explained)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8F5FgernVY

#Hayek #JamesMcGillBuchanan #Koch #Dupunt #Chile #Pinochet #Neoliberalism #Politics #Dictortatoship #Exploitation #Pollution #MoralVoid #WealthGap #FauxMeritocracy #Reaganism #Merz2025 #Merz #Blackrock #Capitalism #QualityOfLife #HeritageFoundaion #Project2025 #Oligarchs #Plutocrats

How the Elite rigged Society (and why it’s falling apart) | David Brooks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSa52TR9tCA
#socialContracts #Morals #politics #QualityOfLife #Elites #Incompetence #SocialImmobility #Ethics #MoralNorms

Living a Very Long #Life! Are we ready for the gift—and the curse—of extended time? #mentalhealth #wellness #siliconvalley #AI #playinggod #MCU #overpopulation #neuralink #qualityoflife #immortality #AI #time #technology #liveforever #Amazon #books #blog

https://jiteshbalakrishnan.blog/2025/01/08/living-a-fulfilling-life-the-quest-for-longevity/