The EU are toothless, and I don’t think they would actually do much outside of a few half-hearted condemnations. Without the empire, the EU are nothing, and would get annihilated by Russia and China. Hell, even with the US they would have a really bad time. The EU are posturing against the US now, but when it comes down to it, I don’t think they would risk a full on confrontation with the US if they were to try to annex Greenland. What are your thoughts?

  • Lowleekun [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
    36·
    3 days ago

    We would take all our energy, several meetings and work groups of all our great leaders where we would figure out how we could best continue to kiss amerikkkas ass. This is not ment as a joke.

    The E.U. isn’t so much toothless as it is our rich and powerful having long ago decided to do whatever the U.S. demands. Every time any E.U.-Leader talks back you just know it is empty appeasement of their voter base, just to betray their promises in favour of the U.S. as soon as they dare.

    If Trump invaded tomorrow and build literal gas chambers the day after we would probably try to secure agreements for supplying chemicals and weapons.

    The worst part? I disagree that we else would be swallowed by Russia. They aren’t the U.S. and would likely prefer trading instead of dealing with rabid dogs on a leash.

    • Onewhoexists@lemmygrad.mlOPEnglish
      27·
      3 days ago

      I disagree that we else would be swallowed by Russia. They aren’t the U.S. and would likely prefer trading instead of dealing with rabid dogs on a leash.

      I know, but the EU are paranoid about being invaded by Russia, so they wouldn’t throw away their relationship with the US.

      • Lowleekun [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
        25·
        3 days ago

        Nah. The leaders sell paranoia in order have political leverage to get this war economy going. It was a (calculated) bad move to keep Germany as a weapon forge. Now that our (sadly live in that bastard nation) political standing and leverage is big enough we have somehow convinced all of Europe to go down the one way street of arming up.

        What we really would need to do is stop pissing off our neighbour and diversify our trade. Why are we hostile to China and Russia? Because it profits some powerful people and the US also demands it. Decades of slopaganda also aligned the undereducated wage slaves with these policies.

          • Lowleekun [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
            22·
            3 days ago

            I feel like most people are deeply embedded in the comfort of propaganda. Even niche, left wing papers like ‘taz’ have a problem with being overrun with liberal shitheads that defend Israels atrocities.

            While I do feel like some people wake up and see what their country is doing I also feel like we don’t have enough time. The AfD is stronger than ever and our government has prepared police and surveillance just in time for the takeover that is going to happen “democratically”.

            To summarize i would say we have more communists than the U.S. but we also got lots fascists, or people willing to work with them, that is at least how it feels atm.