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> As a European, I will vote against any politician that keeps talking about EU-US special partnership and doesn't put 'EU First'. Isn't that exactly the logic
by ajross 2y ago
> As a European, I will vote against any politician that keeps talking about EU-US special partnership and doesn't put 'EU First'.
Isn't that exactly the logic behind Trumpism though? "Our partners suck, we need to put our own interests first" is how you get isolation and trade wars. And sometimes real wars.
I mean, maybe that's where things are going. But "as a European" you should at least recognize that's the policy you're arguing for.
- spinlock_ 2y agoImho still better than relying on a bully.
- TheAlchemist 2y agobad choice of words from me indeed. What I wanted to say is that a lot of people, especially in the Eastern Europe look at the US as a rock solid partner - even more solid than EU. That dates back to WWII. Its time to change that perception.
- anigbrowl 2y agoDon't fall for this argument, it just keeps ratcheting things in the bully's favor. Game theory offers abundant demonstrations of the fact that cooperation is the best default, but cooperation with a serial defector is a losing strategy. At some point they need to experience suffering in response to aggression.