@euromaximal I'm sure Europe is gonna maintain peace in the Pacific or wherever when it can't even end the hostilities in Ukraine
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long john silver
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I don’t want Pax Silica. I don’t want Pax Americana. I don’t want Pax Sinica.
I want Pax Europaea, and anything else is a failure.
Europe must be sovereign. Europe must be powerful. Europe should bow to no one.
Financial Times@FT
EU allies join US pact to break reliance on Chinese AI supply chains ft.trib.al/sd5rJkA
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@emubrigadier Its not a form of nationalism, it's a simple fact that has been true for 90 years now.
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Because American national identity is built around a particularly toxic form of nationalism: "We are the greatest country in the world."
By definition, this implies that other countries are less great. That, in turn, necessitates a constant obsession with the real or perceived flaws of other countries.
The whole discourse around "Europoors" stems from this. It is the structural equivalent of the Russian nationalist term "Gayrope."
Sari Arho Havrén@SariArhoHavren
Why do Americans care so much about whether Europeans use AC?
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@arunninghacker it will also make you more vulnerable to climate change!
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Degrowth was probably the stupidest idea in the European history. No, becoming poorer won’t stop climate change. It will make you more vulnerable to the Russian military and Chinese capital. Hope it’s not too late to make a U-turn
The Economist@TheEconomist
European football fans visiting America are discovering the mass affluence of the country’s suburbs. The wealth enticing holidaymakers troubles European elites. America, once a peer, seems to be racing ahead economist.com/finance-and-ec…
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@ofjmx Delusional coping europoor doesn't understand basic cause and effect
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Pretentious claptrap.
It's simply not necessary for 95% of the year in most parts of Europe, and the areas where it is more required (Spain, Greece, Ital;y), guess what, they have air conditioning.
BB5 🇵🇹 ✨@BullBoss5
I think Americans misunderstand why AC is less common in Europe. For a lot of Europeans, comfort is not always about controlling everything artificially. It is also about opening the windows, letting air circulate, using shutters, living with the seasons, and keeping life simple. It is not necessarily backward. It is just a different relationship with comfort, energy, and everyday life.
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@edwardross01 @SariArhoHavren youve been huffing their propaganda too much
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None of the named allies will lift a finger to stop china, unless they have death and destruction wish. Look at Europe and the Arab countries, all so called allies. Chinese domination of the first and second Island chains are a foregone conclusion, past that in the blue waters is still open for discussion.
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We should not let the Chinese Communist Party dictate the next global order.
I don't see a single government, alliance or organisation pushing back.
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@DynamicDodrio @Joshua4570 little known event, the cold war, look it up
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@Joshua4570 This would imply you've actually beaten someone in a war
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Countries America has blown to smithereens: "USA NUMBER ONE THANK YOU USA!"
Countries America spends a trillion a year to defend in case something happens to them: "AMERIKKKA IS THE GREAT SATAN🤬"
Civixplorer@Civixplorer
🇺🇸 How 45 countries view the United States of America.
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@realKyleKeegan with Iran it's mostly about the will, not the ability, of the US. Russia meanwhile can't advance even though it would sacrifice anything short of regime security
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The Ukraine War did to the world’s perception of Russia’s strength what the Iran War did to its perception of the strength of the U.S.
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Why do we act like countries have unlimited space and resources for everyone who wants to go there? They don’t and they never will.
Portugal is a perfect example. A tiny country with no money and a housing shortage. Logically, there should be no one coming in. Yet here we are.
World of Statistics@stats_feed
🇵🇹 Portugal’s population hits 11.4 million as foreigners now make up 14%
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@FranceLumieres imagine you have the money to afford all that, but you live in your small apartment and one car. now imagine how much sooner you could retire. don't cope that having less money is good.
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Another instance of "me life better because big house, 5 cars".
I swear they're unable to grasp it.
Alex Portz@AlexMP_1
European elites lie to themselves by claiming the US only works for the top 0.1%, but many of them have never been to the Midwest, Florida or Texas etc. They only know NYC, SF, Boston etc. The life of American families with decent jobs in these parts - spatious house, multiple cars, BBQs every weekend, loads of leisure pursuits for adults + kids, national parks etc. - economically and lifestyle wise dwarves what a large part of Europe offers. Life is great there 😊 Not saying the US is perfect, there are well discussed drawbacks. But the compounding effect of a more dynamic and individualistic economy can’t really be ignored.
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@Spiritof1775 @Sulkhan use traitors like you for drone fodder
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@Sulkhan You’re believing the Zelinsky propaganda about Russian losses. Meanwhile, Russia demilitarize Ukraine.
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Russian apologists arguing that spending two years to advance roughly 100 square kilometres was actually Russia's plan from the very beginning is beyond hilarious.
Apparently the strategy was always to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of men and vast amounts of equipment for gains that barely register on a map.
Now that's what I call strategic genius. 😀
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@KY4M1STRETVRNED Democracies can't band together into a voluntary defence pact because... You just can't!! Evil imperialists!!
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"The SMO"
Man, just stop
Dierk Groeneman@amish_hooligan
@Pravonapadenie @DarializaforNY The way I'll say it is NATO should have collapsed when the USSR did. Instead it kept functioning as a check on Russian ambition. The worst part was the rationalizations for why NATO still existed. I am NOT saying the SMO was justified. It wasn't.
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@edwardross01 @SariArhoHavren The US is obviously the opposition. Along with the regional allies of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, and well anyone else that the CCP wants to enslave
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@SariArhoHavren And who do you propose to lead that opposition? Europe? South Americans? Africans? Middle Easters? Japan and S Korea? India and Australia?Who?
By all means, enlighten us.
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@MakeUSAVAT Pro independence bots were hosted in for example. Its simple, our enemies want to weaken and destroy Britain, and Scottish independence is the quickest way to do that.
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Why exactly do leftists support Scottish Independence when England subsidies Scotland? Scotland runs an 11% GDP deficit that couldn't possibly be sustained without funding from the much larger english economy.
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@DimitriNabokoff if a Ukrainian incursion into Kursk didn't trigger it, then this won't either
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A Ukrainian attack on Belarusian territory is exactly the excuse Putin needs to finally bomb NATO countries.
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@cabbage_content there's a difference. the ussr kept itself and its slaves in perpetual poverty. meanwhile the british empire single-handedly created modernity, and then passed the torch to its former colony.
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my dad literally went to london a few years ago and he told me that he asked british people what they thought about the british empire and most ppl said they missed it lmfao
dani 🌰☭@LSDaiTheFlu
@Leannenist my dad literally went to moscow a few years ago and he rold me that he asked russian ppl what they thought about the ussr and most ppl said they missed it lmfao
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The West should grant a visa to any Russian national who wants to leave the country. Keep doing that for 5 years, and the country will implode because every engineer, doctor, lawyer, and scientist will leave.
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@maiamindel Yes Europe was famously such a peaceful place without devastating wars before the 20th century
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kinda funny that this era coincided with europe abandoning a thousand years of humanistic learning to massacre a third of the continent's population in idiotic wars led by the most violent ideologies in human history, at the same time as hyperinflation and the great depression
Guive Assadi@GuiveAssadi
Many European countries had some form of epistocracy in the early 20th century. Oxford and Cambridge graduates got extra representation in parliament until 1948. Between 1893 and 1919, Belgium had a three-tiered voting system. Every adult man received one vote automatically. A married father over 35 who paid at least 5 francs in taxes got a second vote. University graduates got two additional votes (though votes per elector were constitutionally capped at 3).
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@_goldmills_ @wokebandera or maybe they are competent because they are Russian/Chinese agents and subverting the West is their goal
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@wokebandera Commies are incompetent foreign policy wise.
They think that a Western dove approach to everything will result in world peace. When Russia/China do make moves to expand power via landgrabs, they rationalise it as "anti-imperialism", or as a reaction to something the west did.
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What exactly does Ukraine being in NATO prevent russia from doing? Why does it matter?
dane 🚩@buckadeath
Huh wonder what the war was about
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@Philzer7 because antisemitism is both woke and chud, hating them appeals to lunatics from both sides
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Why is Israel the scapegoat of everything bro LMAO
Faytuks Network@FaytuksNetwork
Colombian President Gustavo Petro says he does not recognize the results of the Colombian election, accusing Israel of compromising Colombia's election software
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@MaMoMVPY They grow so fast because they have a lot to catch up with... Theyre not gonna overtake the US... Use your brain. Meanwhile western Europe is actually behind and stagnant
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"10 days"...wauw...primarily in countries that were communists dictatorships 35 years ago...but take a look at economics growth in Slovakia and Poland. Significantly higher than the US.
This tells quite a bit about the MAGA-US perception of "Europe". Normally completely uninformed.
Benjamin W. Slivka@BenSlivka
@JohnPapola Amen Brother! I've spent the past 10 days in London, Krakow, Slovakia, and Warsaw. Lots of history here (Jews were ~10% of Polish population in 1935, only 0.05% today). I love European food & wine, but their economies are stagnant while America zooms ahead.
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