We’ll see you over in the Former Empire corner, yeah?
The deer’s famous last words, out of the lion’s mouth: “This is not as bad as it looks!”
So people joke about Obama getting the Nobel prize but it felt like it was the rest of the world rewarding the US for choosing sanity after 8 years of Bush.
There was a hope for things to get back to “normal”. Before then I remember Americans often wore Canadian flags cause the hatred was so high. I think people forget how badly the US fucked up then. (And this was the general feeling—not just the left who are well aware of the decades of problematic behaviour)
We’ve welcomed the US back once. Never again.
You keep fucking up the entire world because of your egos and your hate.
No “we’ve changed” or “we will change” rhetoric will work again until those who have caused this face consequences.
Fix yourselves before appealing for forgiveness.
I get it, we don’t deserve trust. What would you look for to decide we can be trusted again though? I’m worried we’d need to rewrite the constitution to put in serious guardrails of some sort. Congress and Judiciary were supposed to be the guardrail, and they’re failing pretty hard. What system can truly protect against bad actors with power?
There are many systems that can work. I don’t think anyone in the rest of the world cares how you implement and safeguard the democracy. Just that you do it.
I think what is needed to repair relationships outward — and something that so many nonMAGA Americans lack — is humility. Look at the arrogance the UK had over Brexit and where they are today (albeit it could still get worse for them with reform). But they are moving slowly back to Europe and they will have a much lower standing for a very long time because of their utter stupidity. Thats what it will likely be, but amplified even more, for you guys. The trust is truly shattered.
Trust takes time. No set of laws can be trusted until we have seen them work in practice. It will take time.
We will have proof when we have eaten the pudding surrounding it.
When the glass is broken and trust is gone, it takes a lot if time, if any to heal. Europe should just go for strategic autonomy, in energy, defence, tech, anywhere. Then deal with whomever as equal and not as a subservient. I’m sure Democrats would not object that kind of relationship
Of course they’d object, they want vassals, not allies. Republicans are a whole lot more vocal and obvious about it.
It’s worth noting that everyday Dems often want very different things than the “leadership Dems” that are in power under corporate and foreign influence. I don’t want vassals - a tiny silver lining of Trump is American hegemony in decline. Thats only a good if Authoritarians don’t step into that gap. I hope EU can be the standard bearer and defender of liberal (as opposed to illiberal) democracy in the world until we get our shit together
Yeah exactly, when I say Democrats, it’s the establishment Democrats, not the average Democrat voters (at least, I hope so).
Thats only a good if Authoritarians don’t step into that gap
No, it’s good even if authoritarians (thinking of China here) step into the gap. It’s hard for Europeans to properly appreciate how absurdly evil US hegemony is and has been, and how much blood is on their hands for supporting it/kowtowing to it over the years. I’d rather have China as the world hegemon than, say, France frankly, and that’s not out of my love for China; the EU has a lot of introspection to do if it wants to avoid America’s fate, and I find this narrative of the EU as the innocent victim unfairly bullied by big brother America/last bastion of human rights to be very counterproductive towards that end.
For a glimpse, see Hong Kong
First, this is a non-sequitur as there’s no direct relation between how China governs its territory and the kind of conditions it imposes/would impose on imperial vassals; by this logic Western (neo)colonialism must be “nice” and democratic because Western countries were until 2024 all democratic (hint: It fucking isn’t). Second, despite the authoritarianism Hong Kong has one of the highest standards of living in the world, higher even than mainland China. What exactly is your point here?
Economically the EU is an equal, the issue is military and overall cohesiveness. The EU needs to be able to act unilaterally in ways that are going to piss off it’s own member states. The challenge is creating a framework where that’s possible, without creating an unaccountable force, or constant bickering indecision.
Like a toxic ex going “but I’ve changed”…
The appropriate answer to that is “so have I…” cocks shotgun.
so dems have a message for europe. where is the message for us citizens? who’s the priority - citizens or businesses worried about their wallets as europe turns away from us businesses (TECH)? i’m curious how they think they will repair our country and democracy.
There’s a widespread view in Europe, which I happen to share, that the US is lost - for a considerable time. It’s unlikely to be a dependable ally for at least a generation.
This is going to hurt Europe, but in the longer term US isolationism will hurt the US more than it will hurt the rest of the world. It makes a lot of sense for the opposition party in the US to be trying to prepare the ground for a repair of those relationships if and when they gett into power.
Good luck to them, but I think it’s going to be too late.
I don’t think the dems will try to fix anything if they get into power. They will try to appear more moderate but I don’t think they will really back out of the most changes. They’re paid off by the same masters.
the DNC is making that message, so i suspect its to prevent many of thier seats getting primaried in 26 and 28, they want EU ceos/corporations, banks likely funding the gop/turmp to put pressure on them somehow?
It’s just a little slimy, it’s still good!
-Homer chasing after the runaway roast hog.
The bad news: Yeah no, because there’s no political will in America to actually address the root cause that lead to this.
The “good” news: Yeah no, because MAGA isn’t going anywhere, so we don’t need to test this theory.
IF the US survives Trump (we’ll see if he allows the midterms to happen) we still cannot allow another chance to be betrayed by a close ally. The MAGA cult will not evaporate even with a democrat president. Europe needs to focus on two main issues, energy and tech independence. At the same time we should try to eradicate the American military presence in Europe and bolster our own armies. An United Europe is impenatrable, both economically and militarily.
That last sentence could be true, but if the US can’t keep national cohesion together the EU probably can’t either. One of our big problems is cultural diversity providing avenues for division to take root. The US is infinitely more homogeneous than the EU. I don’t think Europeans are prepared to act like a unified society outside of a few common interests. I still think they should try, but I also think that means something vastly different to citizens in the different nations of the EU.
There needs to be a mass-deprogramming & reeducation campaign for MAGA cult members after this regime is gone. They need to understand the damage that Trump and the GOP has done was only possible because they blindly supported a pedophile demagogue.
All of the collaborators who facilitated the excesses of the regime must be put on trial, that includes Congress, Supreme Court, cabinet members, corporate media and billionaire donors. If they are not prosecuted they will take control again.
Eye for an eye is very biblical and perhaps the root cause of the regime’s brutality. So no. Better off focusing on the root cause of the societal decay of the last decades. Laws that are set up for oligarchs to circumvent and masses to be keep under control with debt and barriers to organize themselves.
The United American States is what gave us the US. Trump is already promising something like an impenatrable America, both economically and militarily.
The danger lies in giving in to that thought, for multiple reasons.
First of, the combined rest of the world is stronger, economically and militarily, if not the US or China alone. Investing in weapons will bancrupt the EU like it bancrupted the USSR.
Secondly, trying to be the dominating power will destroy our ability to win all the small countries as partners.
Thirdly, it’s essentially a fascist mindset and will destroy the EU from within.
Becoming impenetrable is defensive and not offensive. It is also needed, if you do not want to be bullied by the US or China. If you can be, then why would smaller countries want the EU as a partner.
The sum of all small countries is bigger than the US or China. Small countries want as much independence as the EU. That’s a goal that can be achieved together.
How could the EU become impenetrable? That’s an impossible goal. The US tries, with their golden dome. But in this world, security lies in MAD, mutual assured destruction.
How could the EU become impenetrable? That’s an impossible goal. The US tries, with their golden dome. But in this world, security lies in MAD, mutual assured destruction.
MAD is how you do it in a practical way and the EU lacks that ability besides France. It is certainly not assured enough to be a proper deterrent. Other then that a conventional force is needed to be able to deal with lower level threats. For that a bunch of military systems need to be set up, which do not use US tech(AWACS, anti submarine planes, spy satellites, communication satellites and a bunch more).
The sum of all small countries is bigger than the US or China. Small countries want as much independence as the EU. That’s a goal that can be achieved together.
If the US or China can bully an ally you rely on into giving you up, then you are not properly independent.
which do not use US tech
The US MIC was possible because other countries have kept US dollars which allowed the US to spend them twice, once to import products and once to pay engineers to develop military technology.
The EU can’t use their engineers to create cars and AWACS. Things would have to change massively to compete and develop everything twice, like North Korean levels of modesty in compensation for workers.
If the US or China can bully an ally you rely
Like Lemmy, don’t rely on a single country, and support the bullied. Of course, if the EU keeps silent, like with Venezuela, Kuba or Iran, countries will have to give in to the threats and actions.
The EU can’t use their engineers to create cars and AWACS. Things would have to change massively to compete and develop everything twice, like North Korean levels of modesty in compensation for workers.
Yes it can. There already is Swedens GlobalEye and if you not spend the money on American systems, you can built a decent European alternative. Something similar holds true for all sort of other weapon systems.
Of course, if the EU keeps silent, like with Venezuela, Kuba or Iran, countries will have to give in to the threats and actions.
There are 25,000 Cubans fighting for Russia against Ukraine. Iran is also openly supporting Russia in the war having send soldiers to Crimea and selling a lot of weapons to Russia. The response pro Venezuela should have been stronger, but they are also friends of Russia.
china is more of a regional power, they dont have enough to project far, and likely wont in the near future, just locally. They have internal problems of thier own as well, which is immediate.
lol
Even if Trump is gone in three years, the MAGA people are still there and so is Vance, Thiel, Musk, and others. That doesn’t sound very reassuring to me.
The billionaire is basically have everything locked in right now. They’ve even managed to just walk right into government institutions to f*** things up steal our data and fire people without the authority.
They’re going to go to war with us financially next.
There is only one solution to billionaires: they should not exist. However you want to understand this statement is correct.
That would be ideal.
Trump may be gone but he’s pulled back the curtain and exposed the US for who they are. Too many in the US fully support him. Even many Democrats support at least some of what he does.
Like a toxic ex going “but I’ve changed”…
I’m fully convinced that the United States have nothing more than a controlled opposition at this point. It’s honestly hard to imagine a world in which an authoritarian government willingly gives up power through elections without any major upheaval. I’d personally want to see a Romanian scenario, but I fear the land of the free and home of the brave doesn’t have it in itself to get rid of a dictatorship.
