| ▲ | suddenlybananas 6 days ago |
| The EU is a vassal of the US, that is its entire raison d'être. |
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| ▲ | t43562 6 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| I 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. |
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| ▲ | falcor84 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| What? How did you arrive at that? |
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| ▲ | suddenlybananas 6 days ago | parent [-] | | To 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. | | |
| ▲ | llbbdd 6 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Yeah 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 6 days ago | parent [-] | | At the risk of trying for nuance online, therebis a rather large difference between america being (the only) superpower and a country being a vassal. |
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| ▲ | falcor84 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | raison d'être means "reason for existence" and none of what you said supports that assertion | |
| ▲ | lawlessone 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | >(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. |
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