Last week, JD Vance gave Europe an ultimatum: it can align with the Trump administration, or face its wrath. To comply, Europe needs to embrace the extreme right, repeal tech rules the US “will not accept,” and allow Silicon Valley to dominate its market. It should tell the US to take a hike. - ThreadSky

parismarx.com • 21 hours ago

Last week, JD Vance gave Europe an ultimatum: it can align with the Trump administration, or face its wrath.

To comply, Europe needs to embrace the extreme right, repeal tech rules the US “will not accept,” and allow Silicon Valley to dominate its market. It should tell the US to take a hike.

Comments

mrtinnebo.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Not "take a hike" but "Go to Hell."

kirkmurphy.bsky.social•9 hours ago

In the immortal words of Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe to Hitler's generals:

"Nuts!"

kevinbarron.bsky.social•9 hours ago

EU should reply: Take a long walk off a short pier “JD”

chfrom.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Oh, we will…

taasupportsukraine.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Vance, Musk and the Felon can eff off all the way to hell

xkaly.bsky.social•18 hours ago

I hear his speech and the part that bothered me the most is where he claims rich people are ones asking for regulations to protect their interest, when Felon Husk and a bunch of billionaires paid for the election and keep asking for deregulation.

jasonkotenko.bsky.social•16 hours ago

If I were in the EU I'd be seeing about starting up some kind of defense tech company. Drones, weapons, vehicle modification kits, etc. EU needs to shore up supply lines inside the bloc for all of the above.

It's more than defense spending they need now, they need defense independence.

drownedinsound.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Rumble investor says what?!

thethinblackduke.bsky.social•20 hours ago

This should end well.

quietlittlevoices.bsky.social•4 hours ago

📌

drpaulitious.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Face its wrath. Or, as we like to say, laugh at red-faced angry men.

wildgorillaman.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Imagine wanting Mr Anti-Charisma to deliver a message

cosmichomicide.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Sadly, Europe needs to cut us loose and build more partnerships with Canada and Mexico.

indochic.bsky.social•20 hours ago

I am dying for one of our world leaders to publically turn to Trump, Vance or Musk and just tell them to fck off. It would be so satisfying.

taasupportsukraine.bsky.social•16 hours ago

It has already happened, from a Danish politician in the European Parliament
https://youtu.be/Idmv386Ar5k?si=mxypBwQr_O75y-5L

indochic.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Ooohhhhhh... Okay, now I want more of this.

severinhorror.bsky.social•8 hours ago

(Just note that that guy is a right wing nut, too. But he did a good thing for once undoubtedly)

alessio.re•6 hours ago

That’s the thing with right wing nuts: they can only get along with each other as long as they don’t have competing interests.

pensivepelican.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Americans are not even aligning with the trump administration and he wants Europe to join?

swede1961.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Europe has the strongest tech rules to keep everyone check. Nice try Vance -- never going to happen.
https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/digital-services-act_en

unsheeped.bsky.social•16 hours ago

When I was young, I wondered whether I'd see us (Europe) at war with the US in my lifetime. For most of my life that's seemed far-fetched, but the needle is moving.

stormharpfeather.bsky.social•21 hours ago

As a patriotic American I hope Europe and the rest of the free world tells JD Vance and Trump to go fuck themselves.

gillyhx.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I do. Several times a day.
I just hope our PM does on Thursday.

tinyweasel.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Nope!

catsncameras.bsky.social•13 hours ago

So.. JD Vance wants us to be the China to the EU, that the US fears China for... this is gonna be fun.. and so so stupid...

palmereldritch.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I don't know if it's a thing in Canada or Europe, but there's a custom in the US military called a "blanket party". I recommend you give JV one next time the visits.

dlausactor6373.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Europe should respond with kicking out US embassies.

caffeneko.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I hope Europe laughed in their faces.

neonnomad.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Canada & Europe need to be united in defeating these fascists! 🇨🇦🇪🇺

jadehelm.bsky.social•20 hours ago

I hope their language is more colourful when rejecting these fascists.

johnsbarna.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Ontario corruption that needs to be exposed:

https://bsky.app/profile/johnsbarna.bsky.social/post/3lh2emffzms2k

dreams-unwind.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Cut them off at the knees, shut it all down. Save yourselves.

richardazia.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Deepseek and Le Chat by Mistral have told the US to go duck itself. :-). (intentional spelling).

zine-kwa-non.bsky.social•5 hours ago

It should but it can't and won't.
Self imposed institutional impotence, ideological confusion, and elite oblomovism pretty much guarantees failure.
I'd love to be proven wrong

catznjam.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Mostly bloviating.. these guys aren't geniuses of the tech world, but I guess they have the money to buy the talent - Elon Musk is at least 4 years behind recent developments in quantum computing, his crap is just that, mostly crap he made up, manipulating stock prices and getting contracts

thethinblackduke.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Muskrat won't be able to "buy the talent" because Elmo HATES guys smarter than him telling him that his ideas suck.

catznjam.bsky.social•20 hours ago

By aligning themselves with Russia, and by extension, China, North Korea and Iran, to just name the main ones that come to mind, the United States is going to be somewhat of a pariah, don't you think? Troubling that rump is so in bed with the Saudis.. but he always was last time as well..

lmhinh.bsky.social•19 hours ago

So, he’s still mad about GDPR?

timeformoretea.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Silicone Valley hasn't convinced AMERICANS that their AI doesn't suck! I doubt that less culty nations will find it desirable.

diffusedwavelength.bsky.social•15 hours ago

They know their tech isn’t needed, but they’ve bet billions on AI and crypto. That’s why they plan to force it on us and use it for mass surveillance, world power, and control.

See and share https://vcinfodocs.com

vmcntosh.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Big tech trying to use Trump to swing weight around; but here’s a hitch - what will they do if the EU says no?

I highly doubt they’ll stop wanting to sell to international markets, and the Trump admin is hardly known for backing off or stopping after getting the concessions they yell for.

cpi.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Going to be a very juicy study between these two approaches in 5 years.
I hate living next to the USA for this shit.

paranoidporygon.bsky.social•20 hours ago

@proton.me does your CEO still maintain a favorable appraise of Vance, Trump, et al?

parismarx.com•21 hours ago

Vance’s speeches at the AI Action Summit and Munich Security Conference showed how the United States was fundamentally resetting its relationship with Europe. That prompted discussions about European defense spending, but should go far beyond that.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/jd-vance-champions-tech-imperialism

vmcf.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Europe should learn from the US WWII weapons spending and boost their economies by drastically turning up weapon production. Kick US out of NATO, we are absolutely not a reliable partner- Trump is not gonna hold to it anyway, shouldn’t let the US determine Ukraine’s future.

bobstarr.xyz•21 hours ago

parismarx.com•21 hours ago

Vance told Europeans that their true enemy was within, because they didn’t accept the right-wing interpretation of free speech being pushed by the extreme right and weren’t welcoming far-right parties.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/jd-vance-champions-tech-imperialism

parismarx.com•21 hours ago

In Paris, he described AI as a great opportunity, but one the United States had to control while ensuring it aligned with his right-wing view of the world and wasn’t constrained by European regulations. He doesn’t care if AI targets minorities.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/jd-vance-champions-tech-imperialism

parismarx.com•21 hours ago

Europe wants to be a player in the AI game, but Vance said it could only play a supporting role and that would only happen if it repeals tech regulations passed in recent years. He warned of relying on China, ignoring the similarities to US tech domination.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/jd-vance-champions-tech-imperialism

lucasaurelius.bsky.social•21 hours ago

If Europe can help secure Ukraine, it will have access to the rare earths that will make it a player in AI.

parismarx.com•21 hours ago

In response to Vance’s provocative speeches, Europeans have been talking a lot about military self-sufficiency, but they need to be talking much more about digital sovereignty and escape US tech domination.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/jd-vance-champions-tech-imperialism

andydavies.me•19 hours ago

We certainly do… escaping US tech companies should be a priority of UK/EU organisations

There’s a huge business opportunity there

wizzyprobs.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Ultimately Trump/Musk/Vance are going to end the US' scientific leadership in the world, with devasting effect on US security and power... basically handing the world off to whomever can stand up the technology quickest (probably Europe, luckily, but also possibly China)

parismarx.com•21 hours ago

The relationship between the US and its traditional allies has irrevocably changed. Europe and countries like Canada can accept being under the boot of the US, or make the hard choice to reclaim their sovereignty and chart a different path for tech development.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/jd-vance-champions-tech-imperialism