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The EU's choice is more like "bow to a monster" or "become a monster." Big powers act like big powers. If Europe as a whole becomes like the US, then it will start acting internationally in many of the same ways as the US.
Why? Itβs not written in stone.
Because humans are humans and nations act the way they do because of the environment they exist in. When you become a single massive federated nation, you have very different incentives acting on you than when you're a smaller country.
Or are you acting out of some sense of European exceptionalism? If so, you're already well on the way to acting like the United States!
Why should it? EU has a large economy and a lot of people. If it managed to unite, at least when facing a threat, it could easilybe a major global power.
The conservative credo "the past defines the possible" or "nothing new is ever conceivable"
A new power learning the lessons from the past? Can't have that!
The US, China, and the USSR (cant think of Russain Federation examples...) all have cases in which their involvement of influence were positive things.
It is the duty of the priviledged and powerful to empower the unpriviledged.
Have you heard of colonization?