I cant wait to see the fragmentation of Nato because the EU doesnt want to suicide their economy to fight a cold war against China
Whaaaaaaaat, the Biden administration also wants to force Germany to buy American fracking gas instead of the stuff from Russia? :surprised-pika:
It’s so inefficient and expensive to transfer natural gas over the Ocean, too.
They can’t even provide a half-decent alternative! Naked Imperialism in Europe is a nice new twist, though. :agony-soviet:
Naked Imperialism in Europe is a nice new twist, though.
Western Europe’s Imperialist chickens have come home to roost.
when you imperialism so hard you spawn a new imperialist power that somehow manages to imperialize harder than you so then you yourself become imperialized
- V.I Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
The meme “EU: I consent, Russia: I consent, America: I DO NOT CONSENT. Didn’t you forget to ask anyone?” comes to mind. lmao.
This is what will really cause me to start believing in the collapse of the US. Berlin is starting to strike a more pragmatic tone when it comes to China, and the EU is always angling for that superpower space (of course the interior gets austerity measures)
The US has been a continuous train-wreck for two decades. Don’t think for a minute that Germans have failed to connect the dots between our Iraq Adventure and their current refugee crisis + economic stagnation. The Germans are also far more precariously positioned against fluctuations in the energy markets, and Russia is literally brimming over with natural gas (which, not coincidentally, will help reduce Germany’s reliance on Polish coal power and curb the continent’s greenhouse emissions overall).
Meanwhile, the US keeps trying to shove new missile installations into Eastern Europe that basically nobody else wants. The US keeps threatening stability in North Africa, setting off waves of new migrants across the Mediterranean and up through Turkey. And the US constantly meddles in European politics, with guys like Steve Bannon fanning the flames of ethnic nationalism Merkle’s government absolutely does not need right now.
Clinton and Obama were, for better or worse, at least willing to play ball with the EU. Bush, and Trump, and now fucking Biden’s loser cronies all seem hell bent on tipping over the apple cart. If I were German, I wouldn’t want anything to do with the US beyond what was economically vital.
