[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @eurochallenges European Challenges European Challenges posts on X about germany, money, france, korea the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1849463264805101568/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXX -XX% - X Month XXXXXXX +136% - X Months XXXXXXX +230% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::1849463264805101568/posts_active)  ### Followers: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1849463264805101568/followers)  - X Week XXXXX +1.30% - X Month XXXXX +6.50% - X Months XXXXX +311% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1849463264805101568/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::1849463264805101568/influence) --- **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) XXXX% [finance](/list/finance) XXXXX% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) XXXX% [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) XXXX% [stocks](/list/stocks) XXX% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) XXX% **Social topic influence** [germany](/topic/germany) 7.23%, [money](/topic/money) 4.82%, [france](/topic/france) 2.41%, [korea](/topic/korea) 2.41%, [south korea](/topic/south-korea) 2.41%, [women](/topic/women) 2.41%, [rome](/topic/rome) 2.41%, [retirement](/topic/retirement) 2.41%, [italy](/topic/italy) 2.41%, [countries](/topic/countries) XXXX% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@zeitgeistexplo1](/creator/undefined) [@oldswede55](/creator/undefined) [@scionpen](/creator/undefined) [@aridoamsubstack](/creator/undefined) [@companyofcules](/creator/undefined) [@tenniscourt2804](/creator/undefined) [@sacr_imperium](/creator/undefined) [@exbridgewater](/creator/undefined) [@jffxjfglrmkrr](/creator/undefined) [@kenmichaels111](/creator/undefined) [@potfes](/creator/undefined) [@krisowe](/creator/undefined) [@marco_bonesi](/creator/undefined) [@bearwithmestp](/creator/undefined) [@noverloop](/creator/undefined) [@punishedalbert](/creator/undefined) [@mananovel](/creator/undefined) [@johndonker](/creator/undefined) [@aneiosi](/creator/undefined) [@retrospect_hist](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::1849463264805101568/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "@ZeitgeistExplo1 I dont have studies but Im sure there are some. You can probably look at the fertility rollercoaster of France over the last century and a half Bulgaria and Hungarys small rebounds after 1989 and Kazakhstan"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1947543768640422088) 2025-07-22 06:26:32 UTC 3636 followers, XX engagements "The last time the French were really unhappy with their governance they stormed the Bastille. The Cour Nationale du Droit dasile is just 2km further but in the same direction as the Bastille"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1945097851320541211) 2025-07-15 12:27:20 UTC 3635 followers, XXX engagements "The fun part about New York was the local urban liberals talking about injustice in the world (many of them first/second gen migrants) while I could go down the building we were in and find a man that was white homeless begging for money and overweight at the same time. It felt really weird"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948281078122197236) 2025-07-24 07:16:20 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements "@KenMichaels111 @ExBridgewater Pensions are a political issue so no it wouldnt really work. Also I wouldnt be surprised if pensions are indexed to inflation like in the UK"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948351283800260849) 2025-07-24 11:55:19 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements "I keep thinking about this. Is there any other area in which our modern states fail as much as in family formation"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1947409720484216933) 2025-07-21 21:33:53 UTC 3635 followers, XXX engagements "Its true that we often make parallels with Rome but there are others lol"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948282353178013713) 2025-07-24 07:21:24 UTC 3635 followers, XXX engagements "@innocent_abroad I hope it will work but it feels unlikely the US used to be the best example of a multicultural society thats still liberal in the classical sense"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1947616936931823969) 2025-07-22 11:17:17 UTC 3629 followers, XX engagements "@noverloop Ill take a look ASAP. I really liked the one about robotics/drones wargames to improve innovation in the militaries"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1947738544471986416) 2025-07-22 19:20:30 UTC 3634 followers, XX engagements "Or pay much higher taxes on the property. If foreigners are willing to subsidise us why not accept it lol"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1947941816398979505) 2025-07-23 08:48:14 UTC 3638 followers, XXX engagements "@ZeitgeistExplo1 I didnt say I blame the states for the situation but since theres an unmet desire from the people and the state exists to represent the people (in democracies) this means that our modern state somehow fail in the sense of being powerless against this particular issue"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1947412329601311081) 2025-07-21 21:44:15 UTC 3637 followers, XX engagements "Maybe but probably not before many of our states become insolvent. People XX and above are a large percentage of the electorate vote more than 18-25 years old and are NOT interested in giving up their pension. So they will suck the economy dry as long as possible"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948298876005306670) 2025-07-24 08:27:04 UTC 3635 followers, XXX engagements "The ETH in Zrich has one of the best models when it comes to high-tech spinoffs. Most universities in Europe need to start learning from Swiss universities if they want to stay competitive"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1946914226074780103) 2025-07-20 12:44:58 UTC 3627 followers, XXX engagements "And my weird take is that Italy has become a master at balancing group chaos and individual structure to bring forth intellectuals and leaders best adapted at navigating international politics 😂 Latin and therefore more relaxed than the Anglos but not as self centred as the French and not as nerdy as the Germans"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948112025865146612) 2025-07-23 20:04:35 UTC 3636 followers, XX engagements "Honestly seeing how cheap it is it would absolutely make sense to set up some minimal rare earths processing in Europe even if it needs to be subsidised. We could then ramp it up if needed. On the other hand weve seen monstrous failures of industrial policy in Europe in the last decades most notably in Germany. Which leads me to genuinely doubt the capacity of our technocrats to navigate the storms ahead with a decent-enough level of success And I fear Im one of the more optimistic ones in that regard"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1947415038299672887) 2025-07-21 21:55:01 UTC 3637 followers, XX engagements "@PunishedAlbert I do think it does slow down the advancement in EU coop. From a pure logical perspective: as a government I would invest less diplomatic and bureaucratic resources in expanding European cooperation if I know I have a back pocket joker card that can potentially be a free win"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1947310101632803199) 2025-07-21 14:58:02 UTC 3630 followers, XX engagements "Depriving MS of their right to police their own territory is basically the death of the EU as several (most probably) member states would rather leave rather than accept it. Frontex isnt sufficient imo as in this case the migrants are pushed from Belarus into the EU. Dissuasion methods are likely the only real solution since we cant have a border checkpoint with Belarus because were lowkey at war with them"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948044085089972426) 2025-07-23 15:34:37 UTC 3635 followers, XXX engagements "@ManaNovel Well why would you take in the costs and political hit if they want to go to Germany anyways Dont get me wrong it is objectively morally wrong but Germany has more than enough resources and competent people to know this will happen and to negotiate a way out of it"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948085176002637895) 2025-07-23 18:17:54 UTC 3634 followers, XX engagements "@commanderbrks @ZeitgeistExplo1 Dude that would be insanely 1980s brained 😂"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948084752226906459) 2025-07-23 18:16:13 UTC 3637 followers, XX engagements "@retrospect_hist This is indeed bad and a misaligned set of incentives. But unless Germany wants to invade those countries to force them to stop migrants diplomacy is the only solution. Or actively work on removing the pull-factor for migrants"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948045156932034588) 2025-07-23 15:38:52 UTC 3635 followers, XXX engagements "@POTFES Tragically due to the demographic situation of Italy it may be that you wont need to hustle THAT much"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1947346433646203302) 2025-07-21 17:22:24 UTC 3631 followers, XX engagements "@tenniscourt2804 It worked in Mongolia and I think we should somewhat imitate them but I doubt it will instantly work for us. Were very different from them"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948099384182256030) 2025-07-23 19:14:21 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements "I remember being in a bookstore in New York and seeing much more books about these kinds of identity politics than about say the history of the USA"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948274773986881889) 2025-07-24 06:51:17 UTC 3635 followers, XXX engagements "@AridoAmSubstack Im sure New York (Apple needs to fix its autocorrect the Chinese do it much better)"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948280317242130697) 2025-07-24 07:13:19 UTC 3634 followers, X engagements "Im not saying its worse Im saying that as an European it absolutely infuriates me at an emotional level when European urban elites talk about XYZ injustice on the other side of the world while our own system is also under massive strain. But it only seemed weird to me in New York but Im not very emotionally invested in America. Aspen is (I presume) so his emotional reaction is normal to me. You also made a long post in Italian a couple of months back about Melonis migration / work visa policy in which you also were emotional about it (though more in the sense of empathy for the exploited"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948305132094951442) 2025-07-24 08:51:55 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements "@jfFxjfgLrmKRr Way too simple a view imo. Poland has most of them and yet their birthrates are low"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1947543244864160034) 2025-07-22 06:24:27 UTC 3627 followers, XX engagements "A very specific example What about solar panels Electric cars Chips Batteries Data and compute centres Rockets Dont get me wrong I dont think its all gloomy but taking one specific example and saying see trust the process bro is too easy"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1947411673775472945) 2025-07-21 21:41:38 UTC 3636 followers, XXX engagements "Im not talking about radicalising the economics POV. In that regard Europeans are pretty aligned: some form of mandatory universal health insurance some form of universal state-funded education a minimum of social net a minimum of state-help for pensions and pensioners. All that funded by taxes on a +/- market economy with a certain amount of state-oversight. Sure we can turn some knobs here and there but on average we all know what we want. Im talking about how much state repression is tolerable how much interaction there should be between the branches of government how much should the state"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1947358359923134702) 2025-07-21 18:09:47 UTC 3627 followers, XX engagements "@Federick90_ Yes I dont really think we will be in conflict with Turkey but its definitely a situation that needs to be closely monitored"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948091942773899543) 2025-07-23 18:44:47 UTC 3636 followers, XX engagements "@_2003adrian The problem is that the migrants often come because of Germany (according to the migrants themselves). So Germany generated the strongest pull-factor for migrants towards Europe"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948093773470429224) 2025-07-23 18:52:04 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements "I mean even if youre relatively bearish on USA and Europe (which I am) if you think that Pakistan or Egypt or Brazil is going to do much better youre lying to yourself. And yet some people do. Also thinking that BRICS will somehow be more functional than western institutions is ridiculous"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1947964814485299529) 2025-07-23 10:19:37 UTC 3636 followers, XX engagements "I agree with all those points but I still think the South Korean case is particularly interesting. At their TFR levels the question is existential. So the state has an existential problem. It has vast resources its a rich developed country. The people who give power and money to the state want the problem solved. Everything is there and yet it doesnt work"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1947419334659170304) 2025-07-21 22:12:05 UTC 3637 followers, XX engagements "@ZeitgeistExplo1 What the F*CK Is that story true 😂 Im sorry Im not Russian Im not an oligarch Im not rich and I dont have a private jet to offer you"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948338501059047771) 2025-07-24 11:04:31 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements "@aneiosi Yes but there are things that more money wont really solve. Years of less sleep every day. Changing diapers. The permanent worry for the wellbeing of your child. Many of those things dont have a price for many westerners"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1947417221799583752) 2025-07-21 22:03:41 UTC 3637 followers, XX engagements "That would be unfortunately not really surprising either. But then again according to Google AI there are around 15000 refugees in Athens. Lets suppose the AI is wrong by a factor XX (huge) thats 150k refugees. Meloni is issuing 500k work visas over the next X years even though she campaigned against migration. The other EU countries will follow in the same path. Once again no conspiracy no evil no supervillain just incentives. But you raise an important point: NGOs have been given way too much impunity and low requirements on transparency. There should be harsh consequences for NGOs engaging"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1946854908356968861) 2025-07-20 08:49:15 UTC 3627 followers, XXX engagements "@tenniscourt2804 Agreed. But if they had learned something interesting (which doesnt seem to be the case) it would be good to know for us"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948097077998752124) 2025-07-23 19:05:11 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements "@ExBridgewater I frankly doubt it. Balances of payments are very real indeed. Whether in bitcoin dollar or Monopoly money doesnt matter. Pensions and retirement may be more artificial but the suffering resulting from the withdrawal of those is very real too"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948328551956005256) 2025-07-24 10:24:59 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements "So I just read that the desired number of children for men and women in South Korea is around XXX Yet their TFR is XXX So basically there is a desire for more and bigger families but the current society state economy and culture completely fail to fulfil that desire"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1947320935800865132) 2025-07-21 15:41:05 UTC 3637 followers, 4320 engagements "The fact that Schengen is dying due to migration in great parts because of Germanys actions is driving me insane"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948023194331365672) 2025-07-23 14:11:36 UTC 3635 followers, 9128 engagements "@AridoAmSubstack Im die New York is particularly bad but by God all my New York bookstore experiences were horrifying"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948280106029375604) 2025-07-24 07:12:29 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements "I dont see why the damage to Schengen would be temporary history doesnt suggest that a breakdown in European cooperation suddenly heals without hard work. As for migrants most recent analyses and independent studies with data from Denmark and the Netherlands are pretty clear: most extra-EU migrants are a net economic negative. Furthermore theres a plain democratic aspect: the majority wants less migration"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948351001099911411) 2025-07-24 11:54:11 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements "On this one I fully agree with him. Most of the guys who have fantasies of being Sigma Males have likely very poor social lives and couldnt express or defend their opinions in a group. Theyd therefore act based on the opinions of others making them ideological slaves"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1947400437763871105) 2025-07-21 20:56:59 UTC 3636 followers, XXX engagements "@ZeitgeistExplo1 Not true you decided that 😂 I said Ill invite you to dinner if the investments I made after reading your posts do well. They did. Next time Im in Rome pasta is on me"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1948328889756930366) 2025-07-24 10:26:20 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements "My kind of unpopular opinion is that in Europe if youre nice intellectual and polite about it you can actually talk about and defend unpopular positions (remigration dismantling the bureaucracy criticising the Eurocrats conscription nuclear armament)"  [@eurochallenges](/creator/x/eurochallenges) on [X](/post/tweet/1947730040701001900) 2025-07-22 18:46:43 UTC 3635 followers, 3338 engagements
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European Challenges posts on X about germany, money, france, korea the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
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"@ZeitgeistExplo1 I dont have studies but Im sure there are some. You can probably look at the fertility rollercoaster of France over the last century and a half Bulgaria and Hungarys small rebounds after 1989 and Kazakhstan"
@eurochallenges on X 2025-07-22 06:26:32 UTC 3636 followers, XX engagements
"The last time the French were really unhappy with their governance they stormed the Bastille. The Cour Nationale du Droit dasile is just 2km further but in the same direction as the Bastille" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-15 12:27:20 UTC 3635 followers, XXX engagements
"The fun part about New York was the local urban liberals talking about injustice in the world (many of them first/second gen migrants) while I could go down the building we were in and find a man that was white homeless begging for money and overweight at the same time. It felt really weird" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-24 07:16:20 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements
"@KenMichaels111 @ExBridgewater Pensions are a political issue so no it wouldnt really work. Also I wouldnt be surprised if pensions are indexed to inflation like in the UK" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-24 11:55:19 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements
"I keep thinking about this. Is there any other area in which our modern states fail as much as in family formation" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-21 21:33:53 UTC 3635 followers, XXX engagements
"Its true that we often make parallels with Rome but there are others lol" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-24 07:21:24 UTC 3635 followers, XXX engagements
"@innocent_abroad I hope it will work but it feels unlikely the US used to be the best example of a multicultural society thats still liberal in the classical sense" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-22 11:17:17 UTC 3629 followers, XX engagements
"@noverloop Ill take a look ASAP. I really liked the one about robotics/drones wargames to improve innovation in the militaries" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-22 19:20:30 UTC 3634 followers, XX engagements
"Or pay much higher taxes on the property. If foreigners are willing to subsidise us why not accept it lol" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-23 08:48:14 UTC 3638 followers, XXX engagements
"@ZeitgeistExplo1 I didnt say I blame the states for the situation but since theres an unmet desire from the people and the state exists to represent the people (in democracies) this means that our modern state somehow fail in the sense of being powerless against this particular issue" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-21 21:44:15 UTC 3637 followers, XX engagements
"Maybe but probably not before many of our states become insolvent. People XX and above are a large percentage of the electorate vote more than 18-25 years old and are NOT interested in giving up their pension. So they will suck the economy dry as long as possible" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-24 08:27:04 UTC 3635 followers, XXX engagements
"The ETH in Zrich has one of the best models when it comes to high-tech spinoffs. Most universities in Europe need to start learning from Swiss universities if they want to stay competitive" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-20 12:44:58 UTC 3627 followers, XXX engagements
"And my weird take is that Italy has become a master at balancing group chaos and individual structure to bring forth intellectuals and leaders best adapted at navigating international politics 😂 Latin and therefore more relaxed than the Anglos but not as self centred as the French and not as nerdy as the Germans" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-23 20:04:35 UTC 3636 followers, XX engagements
"Honestly seeing how cheap it is it would absolutely make sense to set up some minimal rare earths processing in Europe even if it needs to be subsidised. We could then ramp it up if needed. On the other hand weve seen monstrous failures of industrial policy in Europe in the last decades most notably in Germany. Which leads me to genuinely doubt the capacity of our technocrats to navigate the storms ahead with a decent-enough level of success And I fear Im one of the more optimistic ones in that regard" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-21 21:55:01 UTC 3637 followers, XX engagements
"@PunishedAlbert I do think it does slow down the advancement in EU coop. From a pure logical perspective: as a government I would invest less diplomatic and bureaucratic resources in expanding European cooperation if I know I have a back pocket joker card that can potentially be a free win" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-21 14:58:02 UTC 3630 followers, XX engagements
"Depriving MS of their right to police their own territory is basically the death of the EU as several (most probably) member states would rather leave rather than accept it. Frontex isnt sufficient imo as in this case the migrants are pushed from Belarus into the EU. Dissuasion methods are likely the only real solution since we cant have a border checkpoint with Belarus because were lowkey at war with them" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-23 15:34:37 UTC 3635 followers, XXX engagements
"@ManaNovel Well why would you take in the costs and political hit if they want to go to Germany anyways Dont get me wrong it is objectively morally wrong but Germany has more than enough resources and competent people to know this will happen and to negotiate a way out of it" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-23 18:17:54 UTC 3634 followers, XX engagements
"@commanderbrks @ZeitgeistExplo1 Dude that would be insanely 1980s brained 😂" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-23 18:16:13 UTC 3637 followers, XX engagements
"@retrospect_hist This is indeed bad and a misaligned set of incentives. But unless Germany wants to invade those countries to force them to stop migrants diplomacy is the only solution. Or actively work on removing the pull-factor for migrants" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-23 15:38:52 UTC 3635 followers, XXX engagements
"@POTFES Tragically due to the demographic situation of Italy it may be that you wont need to hustle THAT much" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-21 17:22:24 UTC 3631 followers, XX engagements
"@tenniscourt2804 It worked in Mongolia and I think we should somewhat imitate them but I doubt it will instantly work for us. Were very different from them" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-23 19:14:21 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements
"I remember being in a bookstore in New York and seeing much more books about these kinds of identity politics than about say the history of the USA" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-24 06:51:17 UTC 3635 followers, XXX engagements
"@AridoAmSubstack Im sure New York (Apple needs to fix its autocorrect the Chinese do it much better)" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-24 07:13:19 UTC 3634 followers, X engagements
"Im not saying its worse Im saying that as an European it absolutely infuriates me at an emotional level when European urban elites talk about XYZ injustice on the other side of the world while our own system is also under massive strain. But it only seemed weird to me in New York but Im not very emotionally invested in America. Aspen is (I presume) so his emotional reaction is normal to me. You also made a long post in Italian a couple of months back about Melonis migration / work visa policy in which you also were emotional about it (though more in the sense of empathy for the exploited" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-24 08:51:55 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements
"@jfFxjfgLrmKRr Way too simple a view imo. Poland has most of them and yet their birthrates are low" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-22 06:24:27 UTC 3627 followers, XX engagements
"A very specific example What about solar panels Electric cars Chips Batteries Data and compute centres Rockets Dont get me wrong I dont think its all gloomy but taking one specific example and saying see trust the process bro is too easy" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-21 21:41:38 UTC 3636 followers, XXX engagements
"Im not talking about radicalising the economics POV. In that regard Europeans are pretty aligned: some form of mandatory universal health insurance some form of universal state-funded education a minimum of social net a minimum of state-help for pensions and pensioners. All that funded by taxes on a +/- market economy with a certain amount of state-oversight. Sure we can turn some knobs here and there but on average we all know what we want. Im talking about how much state repression is tolerable how much interaction there should be between the branches of government how much should the state" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-21 18:09:47 UTC 3627 followers, XX engagements
"@Federick90_ Yes I dont really think we will be in conflict with Turkey but its definitely a situation that needs to be closely monitored" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-23 18:44:47 UTC 3636 followers, XX engagements
"@_2003adrian The problem is that the migrants often come because of Germany (according to the migrants themselves). So Germany generated the strongest pull-factor for migrants towards Europe" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-23 18:52:04 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements
"I mean even if youre relatively bearish on USA and Europe (which I am) if you think that Pakistan or Egypt or Brazil is going to do much better youre lying to yourself. And yet some people do. Also thinking that BRICS will somehow be more functional than western institutions is ridiculous" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-23 10:19:37 UTC 3636 followers, XX engagements
"I agree with all those points but I still think the South Korean case is particularly interesting. At their TFR levels the question is existential. So the state has an existential problem. It has vast resources its a rich developed country. The people who give power and money to the state want the problem solved. Everything is there and yet it doesnt work" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-21 22:12:05 UTC 3637 followers, XX engagements
"@ZeitgeistExplo1 What the F*CK Is that story true 😂 Im sorry Im not Russian Im not an oligarch Im not rich and I dont have a private jet to offer you" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-24 11:04:31 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements
"@aneiosi Yes but there are things that more money wont really solve. Years of less sleep every day. Changing diapers. The permanent worry for the wellbeing of your child. Many of those things dont have a price for many westerners" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-21 22:03:41 UTC 3637 followers, XX engagements
"That would be unfortunately not really surprising either. But then again according to Google AI there are around 15000 refugees in Athens. Lets suppose the AI is wrong by a factor XX (huge) thats 150k refugees. Meloni is issuing 500k work visas over the next X years even though she campaigned against migration. The other EU countries will follow in the same path. Once again no conspiracy no evil no supervillain just incentives. But you raise an important point: NGOs have been given way too much impunity and low requirements on transparency. There should be harsh consequences for NGOs engaging" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-20 08:49:15 UTC 3627 followers, XXX engagements
"@tenniscourt2804 Agreed. But if they had learned something interesting (which doesnt seem to be the case) it would be good to know for us" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-23 19:05:11 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements
"@ExBridgewater I frankly doubt it. Balances of payments are very real indeed. Whether in bitcoin dollar or Monopoly money doesnt matter. Pensions and retirement may be more artificial but the suffering resulting from the withdrawal of those is very real too" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-24 10:24:59 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements
"So I just read that the desired number of children for men and women in South Korea is around XXX Yet their TFR is XXX So basically there is a desire for more and bigger families but the current society state economy and culture completely fail to fulfil that desire" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-21 15:41:05 UTC 3637 followers, 4320 engagements
"The fact that Schengen is dying due to migration in great parts because of Germanys actions is driving me insane" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-23 14:11:36 UTC 3635 followers, 9128 engagements
"@AridoAmSubstack Im die New York is particularly bad but by God all my New York bookstore experiences were horrifying" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-24 07:12:29 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements
"I dont see why the damage to Schengen would be temporary history doesnt suggest that a breakdown in European cooperation suddenly heals without hard work. As for migrants most recent analyses and independent studies with data from Denmark and the Netherlands are pretty clear: most extra-EU migrants are a net economic negative. Furthermore theres a plain democratic aspect: the majority wants less migration" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-24 11:54:11 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements
"On this one I fully agree with him. Most of the guys who have fantasies of being Sigma Males have likely very poor social lives and couldnt express or defend their opinions in a group. Theyd therefore act based on the opinions of others making them ideological slaves" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-21 20:56:59 UTC 3636 followers, XXX engagements
"@ZeitgeistExplo1 Not true you decided that 😂 I said Ill invite you to dinner if the investments I made after reading your posts do well. They did. Next time Im in Rome pasta is on me" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-24 10:26:20 UTC 3635 followers, XX engagements
"My kind of unpopular opinion is that in Europe if youre nice intellectual and polite about it you can actually talk about and defend unpopular positions (remigration dismantling the bureaucracy criticising the Eurocrats conscription nuclear armament)" @eurochallenges on X 2025-07-22 18:46:43 UTC 3635 followers, 3338 engagements