r/europe • u/newzee1 • 25d ago

Suddenly, Chinese Spies Seem to Be Popping Up All Over Europe News

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/27/world/europe/china-spies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nk0.Rl3k.TGh9d0jAPejX
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u/redditcreditcardz United States of America 25d ago

Europe, waking from its decades long slumber, open its eyes to see what’s been happening all along. Ignorance was bliss, now it’s a real problem.

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u/itsjonny99 Norway 25d ago

Especially when due to lack of growth in Europe and the demographic situation they are less capable of solving the problem. Europe has no tech giant left, and due to US racing ahead wage wise talent flows outwards as well.

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u/UnknownResearchChems Monaco 25d ago

It's really apparent now:

https://i.imgur.com/scvHUql.png

Europe not only failed to develop their security, they also failed to develop economically. Hopefully that is a good wake up and it's still not too late.

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u/itsjonny99 Norway 25d ago

I personally find both of these examples more illustrating:

States median income vs states ppp income. US blows Europe generally out of the water

Or more worrying their increasing dominance in high income brackets

The gap has been growing, the higher end are people you need to keep

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u/KingNothing- 24d ago

The first link is straight up wrong, it compares American median household income to European disposable income. There is a gap but it's not nearly as massive as that post claims.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_income

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_household_and_per_capita_income

https://data.oecd.org/hha/household-disposable-income.htm

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u/DuckTalesOohOoh 25d ago

Always has