Not an easy piece to write. But only Trump is likely to jolt the EU out of its malaise. My piece for @politico.eu
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-hope-donald-trump-victory-nato-defense-security-debt/
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-hope-donald-trump-victory-nato-defense-security-debt/
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The editors titled the article well when combined with this statement and having read the article. The EU needs to handle its own shitshow, not just try to look good in comparison to ours.
We don’t need articles on the upside of ethnic cleansing.
Fuck the EU, if they're in a slump then it's self imposed. They aren't a smol bean, it isn't their birthday, and we shouldn't be forced to succumb to fascism so they can wake the fuck up.
And not a word abt the effect on Ukraine, the rapes & murders in Russian held territory, the possible domino effect of the West effectively telling Putin he can do what he likes (& all the pain & suffering that will bring)? Awful.
Perhaps you forgot
history. Which does not agree
when it rhymes, despite your
hopeful nonsense.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/business/politico-axel-springer-acquired.html#
For this reason I am giving the neighbor kid a can of kerosine and a box of matches.
Daddy Trump woll spank the unfaithful Americans, he says.
You think this 'spanking' is the right attitude? Should he spank Europe too?
I think not. This pedagogic metaphore of hardening by punishment evokes anger and fear.
Actually Putin's aggression made EU countries boosting their defence budget, not Trump. If we want more unity, we should abolish the veto system.
DIE IN A FIRE, YOU PIECE OF SHIT.
That seems to be what you're wishing on the rest of us, so I really have NO problem telling you to do the same.
This is a bit like the Christian right wanting the Jews to take over Jerusalem & rebuild the temple as a means of hastening the apocalypse.
Which will probably happen, but only if Trump doesn't take us there first.
I dare you to write follow ups in a year, and then two years. I double dare you to recalibrate your biases after those two years.
If you're totally wrong about this, I triple dare you to retire to a life of quiet penitence to make amends for your poor opinion choices.
WTAF?
Good Idea: Not writing accellerationist nonsense
Bad Idea: Writing accellerationist nonsense and promoting it on a platform heavily frequented by a lot of people who will be directly harmed by the fascist you're propping up.
The end.
I am a professional, I expect to be paid for my time and menu of services
Scared of having to go explore space again?
(My gut response: fuck off, YOU do not get to throw hundreds of thousands of corpses under the bus to make an abstract point.)
That's not helping the EU, it's forcing its head under the water.
Most of us get over our schoolyard-Marxist ‘burn it all down’ political phase before someone gives us a byline…
i would love to know how much you get paid.
Do better.
“Europe should hope for Bubonic Plague”
“Europe should seek a resumption of the Napoleonic Wars”
“Europe should discard electricity”
“Europe should cut off its nose to lite its face”
These plans make more sense than what you came up with.
Could you tell me what day, month and year it is?
Please remember the following: Apple. Table. Penny.
Could you spell the word ‘world’ backwards?
Could you repeat ‘no ifs, ands or buts’?
Can you repeat to me the objects I named earlier?
did that ever cross your mind
The election of Putin's pick for President will "help" Europe? I mean, that's quite the take. I guess you really don't have much faith in Putin's ability to strategize at all. Putin getting Putin's desires is sure to be bad for Putin.
If Europe can't get its shit together without Trump, I can't see it getting it together with Trump.
I mean you are going to get dragged for this and you will deserve it.
So let’s just roll the dice with a convicted criminal fascist! Bright idea…
*Can’t fit the full paragraph here.
Stupidest take ever