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I think the formation of EU was irrelevant for peace. It's all NATO. And even then, it's arguable whether they did a good job or put too much unneeded pressur
by jokethrowaway 2y ago
I think the formation of EU was irrelevant for peace.
It's all NATO.
And even then, it's arguable whether they did a good job or put too much unneeded pressure to Russia.
- anon_e-moose 2y agoNobody will declare war on their neighbour when they depend on them for food and other essential resources. The EU addresses resource and cultural motivations. NATO intimidates countries that already want to take resources from their neighbours. NATO has its merit as well, but the EU is unarguably one of the main reasons why EU countries have not even begun to think about creating military conflict within member states since the 1950s.
- aguaviva 2y agoI think the formation of EU was irrelevant for peace. Disagree. Going from a bombed-out, stone-age hellscape to conflict-free and essentially borderless in just 47 years was a very impressive achievement. Unfortunately for the past several years we've been headed in the reverse direction.