Originally Posted by
Æðelfriþ
I wanna clarify here that I'm not European, though my ancestry is predominantly so if not fully and people here didn't notice non-European admixture in me.
I'm Latin American and I consider my region similar to Turkey in some aspects: we've had historical contacts with Europe, we're mongrels partially descended from them but we're at most in their periphery because we have many problems.
I do wish we'd become more similar to Europe in some ways but just like DomitiusAurelian said I also think we should seek our own path, Europe hasn't been the bastion of reason and common sense in recent times.