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The EU maybe is functional maybe not, but one thing is for sure: The Kremlin anti-western propaganda machine is obviously highly functional. More and more peopl
by pennaMan 8y ago
The EU maybe is functional maybe not, but one thing is for sure: The Kremlin anti-western propaganda machine is obviously highly functional. More and more people are blaming their countries poverty on the EU while being oblivious to the actual scope of the EU jurisdiction, to the detriment of both their home country and the EU. Without the EU the poor countries would be way, way worse off.
- coldtea 8y agoYeah, those silly people, blaming an EU that enforces a monetary policy for the benefit of Germany, imposes pro-corporate and anti-labour laws and agreements (Maastricht, Lisbon treaty, etc), and is ruled by backroom deals and "might is right", for their countries ills... Obviously they were victims of the "Kremlin anti-western propaganda"...
- thesaint 8y agoLike Greece?
- ben_w 8y agoYes, like Greece, who the EU helped by getting their creditors to back off and give up some of their claims.
- DyslexicAtheist 8y agoafter 2008 the EU had a gun to their had and were made to sign loans that they could never ever repay. they were lent that money because private citizens mostly owned their homes. Yanis Varoufakis gives good insight into what happened. e.g. "The Euro Has Never Been More Problematic" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhSg9X3q2gc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhSg9X3q2gc Germany should not and can not be made responsible for bailing these countries out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtrrN2uWUl8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtrrN2uWUl8
- ben_w 8y agoI am unlcear what point you are making. Are you saying the other EU member states should have let one of their own fail?
- thesaint 8y agoIs that what you believe? The EU bankrupted Greece then asset stripped them..