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The EU is a vassal of the US, that is its entire raison d'être.
by suddenlybananas 1y ago
The EU is a vassal of the US, that is its entire raison d'être.
- falcor84 1y agoWhat? How did you arrive at that?
- suddenlybananas 1y agoTo be honest, it's so blatantly obvious (especially with the recent meeting of European leaders and Trump) that I find it difficult to understand your surprise. I mean Christ, Europe is teeming with American bases.
- falcor84 1y agoraison d'être means "reason for existence" and none of what you said supports that assertion
- llbbdd 1y agoYeah I don't know how this isn't just the common understanding of the situation. The EU/UK is constantly working around whatever the US wants to do, and the US does whatever it wants.
- wredcoll 1y agoAt the risk of trying for nuance online, therebis a rather large difference between america being (the only) superpower and a country being a vassal.
- lawlessone 1y ago>(especially with the recent meeting of European leaders and Trump) I got the same impression seeing Trump meet Putin. The US is a vassal state of Russia.
- t43562 1y agoI think some in the US see it the opposite way - a system for preventing the US from dominating it piecemeal. This explains their support for "free speech" for the various neo-(no we're not nazi!) parties in the EU.