Europe Must Choose Between Power and Dependence(slavoj.substack.com)

13 pointsby vincvinc6 hours ago1 comment

12938166 hours 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 ...
- schainks5 hours 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
  - ZeroGravitas4 hours ago
    By which they meant "buy more US made weapons". And got stroppy if they tried to buy and build locally instead.
- hdgvhicv5 hours 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_koval5 hours ago
  > US proxy war in Ukraine
  how its US proxy war?
  - owebmasteran hour ago
    In the beginning of the war, the US was the biggest sponsor and it took quite sometime to convince France then Germany to join with the same commitment.
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/31/ukraine-crisis-ques...
    andriy_kovalan hour ago
    They all sent very light weapons, hundreds AT at best, and refused to sell weapons because afraid to piss Russia
- watwut5 hours 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.
  - 123agf5 hours ago
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    andriy_koval5 hours ago
    Why do you create separate account for each comment?.. Some glitch in automatic tool?
    pixl975 hours ago
    I've been seeing a crap load of comments from new accounts like this on politically charged threads. Must be some botnet campaign.
    32aqjh4 hours ago
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    yetihehe5 hours ago
    A lot of Polish politicians also challenged Europe to step up. Is it then a Polish proxy war?