Washington’s new National Security Strategy ratifies an adversarial relationship.

“Every time Trump or members of his administration have lashed out at Europe, including Ukraine, Europeans have absorbed the blow with a forced smile and bent over backwards to flatter the White House.” (…)

“While a systemic answer to Europe’s security conundrum is not in sight, Europeans do have the levers to prevent Ukraine’s capitulation and create the conditions for a just peace.”

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  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Good argument

    Thanks!

    What gave the voters then the opportunity to make better decisions for themselves?

    The voting. If it’s anything like Canada, there have been socialist fringe candidates all along, it’s just that there hasn’t been much interest.

    You could say people have been railroaded into not supporting socialism, but they don’t. No amount of extra democracy will change that.

    • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      I don’t fully understand your last paragraph. You mean people once improved their conditions but now they don’t, despite having all opportunities?

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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        14 hours ago

        Correct, most voters don’t understand enough to demand effective redistribution policies. Speaking from experience, if you get involved in politics this becomes the bane of your existence.

        There is some redistribution now, and it’s gone up recently in Canada, although I’m not sure off the top of my head what the global trends have been. It’s just slower than the natural self-accumulation of wealth.

        How the New Deal got so much traction in the US is a big mystery, honestly - it really was a unique event. People weren’t smarter or more educated back then, and on the other side of the Atlantic they just elected fascists, who can tell a hell of an emotionally appealing story. (The USSR definitely managed redistribution, although they came straight after a brutal monarchy and a war without a significant liberal democracy phase, and struggled to keep growing over time)

        • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
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          1 hour ago

          How the New Deal got so much traction in the US is a big mystery, honestly

          To keep workers happy.