Europe has survived 3 energy shocks in 4 years. The only way out is to stop buying power from its enemies | Fortune
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Oil above $100. Gas prices up 70%. Every crisis has a different trigger—and the same vulnerability. Europe must become the world's first Electro-Continent.
    • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      8 days ago

      What examples of post Industrial Revolution communism are you thinking of?

      I specifically say post Industrial Revolution because the societal changes brought about at that time and since pretty much invalidates earlier examples. The genie is out of the bottle and there’s no way that the global society is going to go back to being mostly agrarian.

      • mrdown@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 days ago

        The ottoman communal system worked post the industrial revolution. The system collapsed not because the system was flawed but because the Ottoman was over militarizing . I do not advocate for a complete communism system either but rather an hybrid