And it ain't like the US military presence lets them set domestic policy in Europe... influence, sure, but not the power to control. The EU is sovereign and should own it's own shit entirely.
The US has it's own separate and parallel issues with socialism, mostly surrounding the subversion of education and media-- something the socialists resorted to in the 60s when the material prosperity of the 50s kept the revolution from happening. That's it's own thread, and since you aren't American, I'd be glad to explain what I can, and direct you to James Lindsay for the rest. It's not backwash from the EU. Americans are insular as fuck and have our own, homegrown socialists to worry about.
TentElephant ain't a socialist because he's opposed to the GAE-- it's a derogatory or pejorative term coming from him. When he goes on at length about the evils of American Empire and the corruption it causes, he isn't justifying it-- he's explaining at length why the very creeping socialism you're upset about needs to be fought. In going global, Americanism has gone through "mission creep" into becoming a globalist enterprise.
Given you're European (likely not British Isles, because Brexit), and English is likely a second language for you, I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt. I asked you to quote TentElephant defending the EU because my reading of what he's said doesn't parse that way, as a native speaker. He's laying out the structure as part of opposing it in a broader argument.
It ain't my alt, dude.
And it ain't like the US military presence lets them set domestic policy in Europe... influence, sure, but not the power to control. The EU is sovereign and should own it's own shit entirely.
The US has it's own separate and parallel issues with socialism, mostly surrounding the subversion of education and media-- something the socialists resorted to in the 60s when the material prosperity of the 50s kept the revolution from happening. That's it's own thread, and since you aren't American, I'd be glad to explain what I can, and direct you to James Lindsay for the rest. It's not backwash from the EU. Americans are insular as fuck and have our own, homegrown socialists to worry about.
TentElephant ain't a socialist because he's opposed to the GAE-- it's a derogatory or pejorative term coming from him. When he goes on at length about the evils of American Empire and the corruption it causes, he isn't justifying it-- he's explaining at length why the very creeping socialism you're upset about needs to be fought. In going global, Americanism has gone through "mission creep" into becoming a globalist enterprise.
Given you're European (likely not British Isles, because Brexit), and English is likely a second language for you, I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt. I asked you to quote TentElephant defending the EU because my reading of what he's said doesn't parse that way, as a native speaker. He's laying out the structure as part of opposing it in a broader argument.