I find it deeply cynical that representatives of a federalized union call upon another union to disband in favor of national identity. It is a transparent ploy to sow division within another competing union for geopolitical gain.
Of course far-left extremists on Mastodon support the censorship industrial complex. The corrupt regime's foundation is the persecution of dissenters and making hay while doing it.
It's funny how the US administration thinks people like Breton acted ideologically. Brusselocrats are career politicians caring more about their CV than the spirit of their actions. They do populist flashy things, it's not like they'd lose an election or anything. Ban them all you want, you re just buttering their bread , it's another bullet in their CV, a badge of honor.
Then again, Trump has to win the election, and the Bell curve is symmetrical. Sanctioning EU politicians is less like sanctioning elected national politicians, and more like sanctioning artists. No nation was offended
The day will come when we ban Steve Bannon, Elon Musk and JD Vance from the UK and I think for some that day is getting closer.
(I personally expect Vance to be banned from the UK - along with Denmark and Greenland - as soon as he is no longer VP. But then I suspect his days of international travel will end then more generally.)
But since diplomacy requires proportionality, maybe we start with Bannon, or Nick Fuentes, or Andrew Auernheimer. (They really should be banned from travel here like Matthew Heimbach and Richard Spencer already are.)
See thats why one needs a sovereign financial and banking system. But tbh, Europeans deserve it, for they use and abuse of sanctions themselves, as some of Swiss citizens can attest.
> See thats why one needs a sovereign financial and banking system.
You mean a sovereign financial and banking system like the one currently freezing some $200B of Russian assets? Yeah I think the EU already has one of those.
I’ve seen his interviews on YouTube and I’m not sure if he is a Russian asset or just says things contrary to the western narrative. There is a propaganda war.
So what hard evidence that he is working for the Russians?
Jaques Baud is not a "mouthpiece". He has never appeared on Russian state TV and has taken great pains to avoid citing Russian sources in his analysis. The problem is that what he has been saying about the Ukraine war (that the war is not winnable and peace should be negotiated as soon as possible) is dangerous as to European leadership.
What Trump is doing to the EU is basically what the EU has been doing to us forever. Forced trade deals, forced tariffs, placing us on some lists. If we don't comply, they will impose sanctions. They are even trying to make gun ownership illegal in Switzerland...
I don't have love for Trump, but seeing the EU wining about being bullied by a bigger union is really funny to me.
Yep. Very little freedom of speech in the EU if you're conservative/nationalist, so it is very fun to see how the EU political nobility react when they get to experience the same thing as countless critics of massimmigration. I hope that Trump continues to help european nationalists/conservatives to fight back against the leftists who have been monopolizing the power in the EU for far too long.
Which "leftists" have monopolized the EU? What positions do they have to exert that kind of power, and what parties are they affiliated with?
Or is the EPP with the likes of Weber and von der Leyen "leftist" now? You have move quite far towards the extreme right for traditional conservative politicians to appear "leftist" to you.
I find it deeply cynical that representatives of a federalized union call upon another union to disband in favor of national identity. It is a transparent ploy to sow division within another competing union for geopolitical gain.
It was only this mechanism that caused the VW diesel scandal to be discovered.
Competition is necessary to keep these people remotely honest.
The world hegemon caught doing cynical thing, news at 11.
From the thread, "If you want an explainer on why the EU’s DSA Fine Against X is Not About Speech or Censorship read this article:" https://www.techpolicy.press/the-eus-fine-against-x-is-not-a...
Sanctions in this context mean visa restrictions (travel ban to US). So not financial sanctions. Just thought it would be a good thing to clarify.
Of course far-left extremists on Mastodon support the censorship industrial complex. The corrupt regime's foundation is the persecution of dissenters and making hay while doing it.
It's funny how the US administration thinks people like Breton acted ideologically. Brusselocrats are career politicians caring more about their CV than the spirit of their actions. They do populist flashy things, it's not like they'd lose an election or anything. Ban them all you want, you re just buttering their bread , it's another bullet in their CV, a badge of honor.
Then again, Trump has to win the election, and the Bell curve is symmetrical. Sanctioning EU politicians is less like sanctioning elected national politicians, and more like sanctioning artists. No nation was offended
Breton is 70 so he will probably do a soft retirement now.
He has had a fantastic career in business, academia, and (French) politics. Less than 5 years of that career was spent in Bruxelles.
> It's funny how the US administration thinks people like Breton acted ideologically.
It's odd anyone paying attention to what Breton says could possibly think otherwise.
EU has no dependency on other unless they want to remain as babies with a lavish lifestyle. Time to grow up and man up.
They should also stop pretence of global leadership, send billions here and there. Have a strong leadership that can just mind their own people.
The digital Euro and dedollarization can't come quickly enough.
- for you.
The day will come when we ban Steve Bannon, Elon Musk and JD Vance from the UK and I think for some that day is getting closer.
(I personally expect Vance to be banned from the UK - along with Denmark and Greenland - as soon as he is no longer VP. But then I suspect his days of international travel will end then more generally.)
But since diplomacy requires proportionality, maybe we start with Bannon, or Nick Fuentes, or Andrew Auernheimer. (They really should be banned from travel here like Matthew Heimbach and Richard Spencer already are.)
Your suggestion should it materialize would certainly be in line with the general atmosphere which has been developing in the UK.
See thats why one needs a sovereign financial and banking system. But tbh, Europeans deserve it, for they use and abuse of sanctions themselves, as some of Swiss citizens can attest.
> See thats why one needs a sovereign financial and banking system.
You mean a sovereign financial and banking system like the one currently freezing some $200B of Russian assets? Yeah I think the EU already has one of those.
Are you referring to Jacques Baud who has been sanctioned recently because he has been working as a mouthpiece of the russian government?
I’ve seen his interviews on YouTube and I’m not sure if he is a Russian asset or just says things contrary to the western narrative. There is a propaganda war.
So what hard evidence that he is working for the Russians?
In the same way John Mearsheimer and Jeffrey Sachs are mouthpieces of the Russian govt?
Since when is it OK for governments to sanction people when they are lawfully expressing disagreement with Govt policies or views?
Jaques Baud is not a "mouthpiece". He has never appeared on Russian state TV and has taken great pains to avoid citing Russian sources in his analysis. The problem is that what he has been saying about the Ukraine war (that the war is not winnable and peace should be negotiated as soon as possible) is dangerous as to European leadership.
Can you explain what sanctions impact swiss citizens?
What Trump is doing to the EU is basically what the EU has been doing to us forever. Forced trade deals, forced tariffs, placing us on some lists. If we don't comply, they will impose sanctions. They are even trying to make gun ownership illegal in Switzerland...
I don't have love for Trump, but seeing the EU wining about being bullied by a bigger union is really funny to me.
Yep. Very little freedom of speech in the EU if you're conservative/nationalist, so it is very fun to see how the EU political nobility react when they get to experience the same thing as countless critics of massimmigration. I hope that Trump continues to help european nationalists/conservatives to fight back against the leftists who have been monopolizing the power in the EU for far too long.
Which "leftists" have monopolized the EU? What positions do they have to exert that kind of power, and what parties are they affiliated with?
Or is the EPP with the likes of Weber and von der Leyen "leftist" now? You have move quite far towards the extreme right for traditional conservative politicians to appear "leftist" to you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exce...
Can you give examples of the little freedom of speech?