Europe is not a continent. It's Eurasia. (hexbear.net)

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[-] HauntedBySpectacle@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I don't think Europe or the West as a geopolitical force is the same as the continent. There are other areas that are unambiguously in Europe that aren't part of "Europe" similarly to how Russia isn't. Are Belarus, Bosnia, Serbia, or Moldova really part of the club the way France and Germany are? Of course not. Greece or Hungary arguably aren't either.

[-] sharedburdens@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago

Greece or Hungary arguably aren't either.

not gonna argue that, greece relative to europe occupies the position of peurto rico relative to the US.

I just think that the self-concept of europe is chauvinist and it's more of desired boundary than anything real, and calling it 'a continent' gives it legitimacy that it does not deserve.