Comment on "Meta and X are going rogue:" European Digital Rights group (EDRi) urges EU to invest in infrastructure "like Mastodon, Peertube and other key pieces of the Fediverse" to secure Europe's independence

Damage@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Large chunks of the EU are hurtling rightwards too, unfortunately.

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  • Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    At CPAC 2024 in Hungary plans were already made how to capitalize on a Trump victory in European politics.

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• teawrecks@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  The US leadership right now, maybe, but remember that Trump didn’t win so much as the incumbent lost. Most Americans didn’t vote for right-wing policies, they voted against inflation and housing costs. It’ll only take a year or two before people start realizing that Trump can’t fix the problems either (or won’t, because that would mean eating the rich).

  So yeah, probably no alliance in the short term, but the US isn’t even its own ally right now, so we need to see how this all shakes out before we know how we’ll align with the EU in the long term (i.e. beyond this term).

  Trump knows this, and he’s also been advised that the one thing that historically restores popularity for a leader is expanding a country’s territory. So my guess is that, the worse Trump’s approval rating is, the more likely it’ll be that he tries to take Greenland or Panama. Which I think is still a huge gamble for his approval rating.

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  • Chakravanti@monero.town ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Trump didn’t win because he literally bought Musk to crack the election computer systems. He even blatantly admitted to exactly that at his victory rally right before his inauguration. Then he was inaugurated. So he really is a CIA asset because there’s absolutely no difference between this crock of lies and every other CIA mission at every other targeted nation around the world.

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• endeavor@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  US is like russia, it thinks its hot shit but its worthless without being able to trade.

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  • jarfil@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Not exactly. US keeps making up money, and invests heavily into military to get everyone accept USD “or else”. Russia thought it could coast on ex-USSR military, then skim off the top at every step of spending. They both need trade, but one has the means to enforce it, while the other doesn’t.

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    • Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      The US oligarchs skim off the top of our military spending as well and every year it gets worse and worse. There are so many US soldiers living on food stamps while simultaneously their positions keep getting cut .

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      • jarfil@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        My understanding is in the US a contractor skims off the top, like 1000-30%=700, and little more, while in Russia every intermediate level skims off their top, like 1000-20%=800-20%=780-20%=580-20%… etc, until the last level bullies new recruits into selling out for money to buy some alcohol.

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