> Europe should stop its mad self-destruction and descent into totalitarianism (stated by Vance on several occasions).

If your source is Vance, I would suggest you question it.

Most of the world is currently looking and worrying at the US becoming an oligarchy. Who is talking about "Europe descending into totalitarianism"? The sentence does not even make much sense, as Europe is not a country. I'm not even sure if Vance is aware of it.

When you genuinely think that everybody else is wrong and you are right, maybe it's time to take a step back.