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The EU Is Keeping Poor Countries Poor
- Angostura 9y agoThe opening words of paragraph 2 are informative as to the bis of the source: > As ever with the EU, the truth is much uglier. The main thrust of the article may be correct, but broad-brushing every activity of an organisation like the EU in this way does not instil confidence.
- aristidb 9y agoThe fact that it showed me a pop-up advert for an Ayn Rand book was also indicative.
- mrtksn 9y agoIt's an opinion piece by someone who is "Research Executive at Get Britain Out". So, propaganda.
- hownottowrite 9y agoYep. The author is an alt-right shill complete with rare pepes and all that garbage.
- hownottowrite 9y agoSide Reference: Donors to fee.org (Foundation for Economic Education) http://conservativetransparency.org/recipient/foundation-for-economic-education/ http://conservativetransparency.org/recipient/foundation-for...
- cribbles 9y agoThis is a razor-thin editorial drawing a tenuous connection between arguments against the EU's global agricultural trade policies to pro-Brexit parochialism. The author is "a Research Executive at Get Britain Out." The host publication receives hundreds of thousands of dollars of funding from the Koch Brothers.[1] The first thing that loads before the article is a full-screen modal advertising an Ayn Rand newsletter. From the HN guidelines: > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Ideological or political battle or talking points. [2] How do stories like this keep making it to the front page? [1] https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Foundation_for_Economic_Education#Ties_to_the_Koch_Brothers https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Foundation_for_Economi... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- nwellnhof 9y ago> How do stories like this keep making it to the front page? In this case, it's probably because the decidedly pro-EU mainstream media rarely publish EU-critical articles. It's sad that so many truths that are fundamental to understand how the world works are only told by dubious organizations to further an unrelated agenda.
- JohnStrangeII 9y agoI have read dozens if not hundreds of EU-critical articles in the "mainstream media" during the last few decades. Maybe you should just read more, if you're missing EU critique. (Why people who already dislike the EU so badly want to read more critique of it is another matter - maybe to feel better?)
- nwellnhof 9y agoMy point is that for every article that exposes EU protectionism, there are ten articles praising the importance of so-called "free trade".
- JohnStrangeII 9y agoAnd what's the problem with that? People are entitled to their opinions, including journalists writing editorials. Besides, the whole EU critique is such an old hat. In the 80s and 90s there was overwhelming critique on the EU from the fringe left in many countries. Now it's also coming more from fringe right-wing parties. Apart from that, not much has changed. The same old story, using the EU as a scapegoat to get voters, while the majority does the right thing. Then, when those parties get to power, they usually change their mind in light of the facts. (Typical example: The Green party in Germany, which was, of course, very anti-EU in the 80s. Now it's the AfD from the right-wing with the same silly arguments.) Anyway, stop blaming journalists for not sharing your opinion. It's not their role to please you, and if you want to hear what you already believe, there are plenty of 'non-mainstream' media, i.e., personal blogs and politically coloured news aggregation sites, to confirm your opinions. The idea is patently absurd that people don't get enough choices in the media nowadays and therefore could be mislead.
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- holydude 9y agoIn other words water is wet. The Eu benefits the strongest predator ( the german conglomerates ). We can see it all over the europe how mainly germans bought and bribed everyone they could.