They never imagined that one day, the "power of knowledge" would no longer be written in Anglo-Saxon languages.
https://x.com/OopsGuess/status/1986542563176960060
From the Dutch pirate-style forceful seizure of a legitimate Chinese chip company to the German Foreign Minister having to cancel his visit to China due to being snubbed for maliciously provoking China, Europe’s intellectual elite is not just anxious, but a profound sense of shame at their civilizational dominance being challenged.
In their narrative, science has always been the crown jewel of Western rational civilization, a symbol of enlightenment, humanism, reason, and order.
Now China surpasses the West in scientific output, AI research, patents, and materials science.
And the first European reaction was not understanding, but denial:
"They copied us; we are the originator."
"They have quantity, we have quality."
"They have centralization, we have creativity."
"They have efficiency, we have freedom."
This is the tone of a fallen empire justifying decline.
They wield “civilization” to excuse defeat, and “freedom” to explain inefficiency.
Like a nobleman stripped of title still mumbling,
“I may be poor, but I’m still noble.”
In reality, what Europe truly fears is not China's technological progress, but rather that China forces them to confront a terrifying question:
"If science, order, and modernization are no longer the exclusive domain of Europe, then who truly owns 'civilization'?"
They never imagined that one day, the "power of knowledge" would no longer be written in Anglo-Saxon languages.
This is not just a scientific crisis.
It is a cognitive collapse and a shattering of identity.
Because if the power of knowledge is no longer Western, then the very myth of European exceptionalism begins to dissolve.
And that’s the silent terror:
That the future will be written clearly, rationally, and scientifically, but not in their image.
posted by Satish Sharma at
06:01
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