Europe Must Choose Between Power and Dependence

(slavoj.substack.com)

16 points | by vincvinc 16 hours ago ago

17 comments

  • 468854259853 2 hours ago ago

    Fortunately, more and more voters are choosing independence from the corrupt EU regime.

  • 1293816 15 hours ago ago

    The only thing I agree with is that the EU should get stronger militarily.

    The rest of this article is neocon/industry hogwash. Hegseth instructed the EU in 2025 to get stronger and finance the US proxy war in Ukraine.

    The article also panders to big business by promoting AI. It mentions none of the issues that populations face in the EU (housing, immigration. inflation).

    One wonders who buys his Substack subscriptions ...

    • schainks 14 hours ago ago

      There is a clip from either the Daily Show or Last Week Tonight of US presidents going back to the 90s telling EU leaders to get their shit together when it comes to defense and sovereignty.

      Also what do you mean US proxy war? I don't get that part of your post

      • ZeroGravitas 13 hours ago ago

        By which they meant "buy more US made weapons". And got stroppy if they tried to buy and build locally instead.

        • anamax 7 hours ago ago

          "We didn't act in our own self-interest because the US might have taken its toys and gone home."

          There were three alternatives: [1] Don't spend on defense. [2] Spend on defense and buy American. [3] Spend on defense and buy European.

          Europe (modulo Poland) picked the worst one. Even [2] is better than [1].

          However, Europe did get a couple of decades of "Russia isn't a threat" and "we have soft power" posturing.

          But, it turns out that the cowboys were right. There was a bear in the woods.

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    • hdgvhicv 14 hours ago ago

      Europe needs to ensure its defence spending is in Europe, not buying stuff from other countries. Yes it as an opportunity to re industrialise.

    • andriy_koval 14 hours ago ago

      > US proxy war in Ukraine

      how its US proxy war?

    • watwut 15 hours ago ago

      1.) Hegseth can not "instruct" EU.

      2.) The Ukraine war is not US proxy war, after all US is not supporting Russian invasion. That war was started by Russia because Russia wants to expand and steal other countries.

      • 123agf 15 hours ago ago

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        • andriy_koval 14 hours ago ago

          Why do you create separate account for each comment?.. Some glitch in automatic tool?

          • pixl97 14 hours ago ago

            I've been seeing a crap load of comments from new accounts like this on politically charged threads. Must be some botnet campaign.

          • 32aqjh 14 hours ago ago

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        • yetihehe 14 hours ago ago

          A lot of Polish politicians also challenged Europe to step up. Is it then a Polish proxy war?