Oh noes, the terrorist state that's couping other nation's presidents to install dictators that'll happily sell our their county to US interests in exchange of power does terrorist state things. Who could've seen that coming! Surely not the world the last hundred years.
this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2024
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Ugh, crediting Reagan with the liberation of the Eastern Bloc like that is hugely disrespectful to the people from those countries who put themselves on the line to fight for freedom - including Solidarność in Poland itself. Reasgan didn't have that much to do with it, especially his 'famous' speech which didn't really have much of an impact at all at the time.
It is a good talking point against Republicans though.
That's assuming Republicans have a moral compass or consistent ideological positions. That's not the case though. It's all just about what benefits them and their donors.
Nice to see we're dealing with the enigma machine codebreaker Poland again, and not the iron curtain, russian lapdog Poland
Generally, when one tastes of two fruit, they will continue to eat of the one they prefer.
You can't shame people that have no shame.
Right? Who's gonna break it to the Polish PM?
It has become embarrassingly clear that US Republicans are not interested in honoring alliances, reassurances, and good relations.
The world best take note that dealings with the Republicans must be transactional. And until they have no reasonable chance of governing, so must any deal with the US be concluded within a 2 year frame. And any nation being cheated by a cancelled deal have only themselves to blame.
If they are not interested, why should we be? Sever all ties... works fairly well with Russia, so why not the USA? Let them have their splendid isolation.
why should we be? Sever all ties... works fairly well with Russia
You do realize that rejecting both Russia and America would in fact make the EU more isolated than either Russia or America in this scenario?
The only reason there is enough stability for the EU to remain in solvency is because NATO basically covers its entire defense budget. Even with this shield against hard power the EU has still fallen prey to soft power attacks, being picked apart from the inside.
Imagine what would happen to the EU if the individual member states actually had to cover all their own military expenses, had to negotiate for fuel From neither Russia or the US. The austerity measures alone would break the EU apart.
No democratic institutions are fairing well. If there isn't some effort to all work together, everything going to unravel at the seams.
Because so far, American money and military muscle is needed to stop Russia in Ukraine and deter it from further adventures in Europe.
Do you really trust them? I don't.
As long as we are not willing provide the money and muscle ourselves, I see no other alternative to trust them.
Europe needs to build up defenses. If trump gets back in power there is a good chance he will drop out of NATO. He wants closer ties with Russia, and was previously impeached over actions against Ukraine.
I wouldn't be surprised if he switched sides and aligned with Russia. It can get worse than just losing support when it comes to trump.
I agree with you except for this part:
And any nation being cheated by a cancelled deal have only themselves to blame.
It is still the US as a whole to blame. It is the US citizens who vote this party and it is the country that is failing its obligations.
It is most definitely NOT the peoples' fault. 2/3rds of the government's branches aren't even elected (by the people at least).
Additionally there are massive propaganda machines dedicated to maximizing the power of the right wing across all aspects of society and government
Propaganda is ever-present. What doesn't have to be present is a "representative democracy" that is hardly democratic and only represents the rich...
A Republican president hasn't won the popular vote in 20 years.
Yet the Republicans are regularly voted to be a majority in the House and Senate.
Well, yes, that's how gerrymandering works...by giving outisize political power to a minority. I'm certainly not blaming the EU for the way a minority (like Turkey or Hungary) vote on things.
Turkey is not part of the EU.
The people of the US have the choice to not only elect their parliaments, but also the president. They also elect DAs and Sheriffs in many places. The people of the US have more democratic rights than most other people in countries considered democracies. This includes the ability to adress issues like gerrymandering and politically demanding to change them. But the people chose not to.
The people of the US are not victims of a system that they cannot possibly adress. Some marginalized groups are. But the majority of the American people are either in favor or indifferent to the current system. And if you are not sure about it, think about how bipartisan the resistance becomes, when marginalized groups are demanding a change to the system, like how the white democratic voters reacted to the civil rights movement or BLM.
The people of the US have more democratic rights than most other people in countries considered democracies.
This isn't true. We've got a lower democracy index than all of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Chili, and Uruguay.
As far as gerrymandering goes, states draw their own districts, and they're usually drawn by the party in power and only once a decade after the census. I'm assuming based on your instance that you're German...so try to imagine an election where everyone's only choices were between the AfD FDP (far-right proto-Nazis vs. neoliberal center-right) and whichever party won got to redraw all your voting districts. Neither of the parties really need to listen to their voters because the fascists will vote fascist no matter what, and everyone else is torn between voting for a party that's still too-right or not voting and risking the fascists taking it all. I think mosy Americans are about as culpable for the current state of things as the average German was right before Hitler was elected by about 43% of the electorate in 1933.
Challenging Republican won't solve them bowing to Trump, but it's good to make them try to weasel out of explaining their obvious lack of consistency.