This is the core problem Russia has always had.
They always have to use violence and walls and negative-treaties to bind Europeans to them, as _most Europeans don't want to live like Russians_. It's simply not appealing. If anything, they want to live more like the USA.
Very true.
Agree. Maby not the last sentence, looking at the USA in the current state. With a government attacking the press every time they report critically, ordering equipments of mass surveillance of all their citizen from ICE and committing raids, where officers are by no means identifyable by citizens, so they have no legal responsiblity to their actions.
It seems as if at least the current US government has a big attraction to how Putin organizes his government. There are defnitly parallels to them suppressing their citizen, even when it is not yet at their level.
Well, we don't want to be the USA, but we'd prefer to be like them, than like Russia. On balance.
Maby more true in the past. I think currently with the shifting powers and rapidly falling support from USA, Europe starts to build their independent way of existing. And I support these efforts.
I hope in the path to independence and ramping up military investments, European countries can deflect fascist governments. Since military independence is kind of worth nothing, when the fascist and authoritarian states grow within and then just have the right tools of military to ensure their position in power.
The propaganda machine that designates my government who’s enforcing laws & holding media accountable for spewing hatred. Shifting ideology to socialism and marxism is laughable. It’s like comparing our debt based system to bitcoin, the foundation isn’t built on true value at all. As we can see based on recent judge rulings & successful lawsuits. Don’t listen to the same media that’s based on the printing machine.
