Strange. Just tested it again and it works for me, despite all the uBlock and PrivacyBadgers I have enabled. (;

Regarding the last point, I thought it was relevant since migration is an issue that defines a lot of what’s going in in the EU/Europe as of late, but feel free to remove it if you think it’s appropriate. I don’t think you’re very heavy handed in your moderation, and I’ll still keep posting things that I believe are relevant and interesting to share.

DJ USA -3,90%

But OMXS was up today, so it’ll go down tomorrow I expect.

Already dropping again. So not even until then…

Archive link. https://archive.is/afu5p

Maybe? But there’s no evidence of US-government tampering with the brexit referendum, but there is for the Russian government. I’m not going to defend the US, certainly not currently, but I’d like to see evidence before accusing the US of something. They’ve done plenty of shady stuff, so there’s no shortage of things to blame them for, but so far I haven’t seen any evidence of US state sponsored brexit shenanigans.

There’s a archive link. Here it is again: https://archive.is/20250407153840/https://www.ft.com/content/180063de-15a8-4077-8daf-a6a591e117ec

I’d say both. There were absolutely Russian money involved in brexit. By saying this I’m in no way denying US far-right involvement. I don’t think it was state-sponsored from the US though. I 100% believe it was when it comes to Russia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_Brexit_referendum

Do I wish there was a better way for people to seek asylum? Absolutely. There was talk about setting up centers in some northern african countries to let people apply without crossing the Med. Don’t know if that happened yet though. Sounds like a reasonable idea to me. And I seriously doubt that Frontex “sends them back to get raped & tortured”. If they knew that was going to happen they’re not allowed to.

Brexit was a Russia sponsored fluke. I’m not saying there aren’t people using migrants as scapegoats for everything, but they’re a minority, but as times gets tougher I get how migrants gets blamed. It’s hard to help someone when you barely got enough for yourself.

About the americans, they would by what’s commonly referred to as “high value migrants”, meaning educated and experienced, someone who can go more or less directly into productive work. That’s the kind of migrant every country on earth wants. Those are the kind of workers that helps grow the economy.

As a continent I think we’re very far from both racist and backwards. Yes, there are those elements among us, but for the most part we’re decent people. We make mistakes and stumble, but we’re generally doing the right thing. I have fatih in us.

Then all countries hate migrants, which makes the statement meaningless.

The fact that the EU manages its borders just like every other country/union in the world is proof that Europe hates migrants?

What’s the basis of that assertion?

As opposed to the miniscule say we would have as one of 28. It would hardly make much of difference if Germany or France wanted to push in a different direction, or if the budding dictatorship member state decides to veto.

Smaller countries have a bigger say than they should, to prevent the bigger nations from steamrolling them. That said it would take a few, which is why the UK leaving was a bit sad. They were usually on our side.

And again, what is there to gain to trade our sovereignty for? It would also make essentially impossible to ever decouple from EU if it starts going a direction we don’t want to follow.

But right now Norway has NO say, and follow almost everything we decide. How is that better? What sovereignty are you afraid of losing? Don’t you think banding together with the other nordics and perhaps the baltics would give you more of a say? And as the UK is finding out as we speak, it’s very, very, hard and expensive, to decouple from your closest neighbour and trading partner. Canada is also in a similar situating, but for a different reason.

We budget ~5 billion dollar annually in foreign aid. The annual EEA “membership cost” between 2014 and 2021 was ~0,4 billion. The cost really isn’t much of a concern. And it’s not like you stop sending money to the EU once you become a member. E.g. Sweden is a net contributer to EU with 1,6 billion euros spent in 2023.

Oh no, membership costs, especially for rich countries, but a rising tide lifts all ships, so it’s not a bad deal. But as an example, at the time of joining, Poland had the same GDP as Ukraine and now Poland has 5 times the GDP of Ukraine. Numbers taken before the invasion.

I’m happy for you, and not at all salty that we’ll never have Scandinavian union instead 😔

We can have a nordic union within the EU. Norway would absolutely strengthen the north. I’d welcome you, as well as Iceland and I’d also take the UK back, in time.

I’m not going to tell you what to do, but not being part of the EU is a bit strange to me. You follow about 80% of our EU rules without any real say about them. You pay into the EU budget. You’re almost members already, so I feel full membership would just confirm what you already have. It’s pretty good for us other nordics, so I believe you’d be just fine. But again, that’s up to you.

Refusal to withdraw troops to Russia proper show that Russia doesn’t want peace.

Care to give an example of an EU country that illegally annexed part of another country in the last 80 years or so?

If you look in /r/conservative on reddit they have a completely different view. Prices are down according to them. If you check from November. I can’t be arsed to check because I don’t care.

That whole subreddit is a huge circlejerk, so small doses are required or you’ll get nauseous.

I’m sure Ukraine would send eggs if asked. 5 eggs for a patriot missile, 10 for a fully equipped abrams tank.

Also depends on the definition of tank i think. Is the CV90 a tank in the mind of the politician who said there are 19? I don’t know. Still, 19 is a lot, even if so.

The fact that we have 19 different tanks in Europe is mind blowing. I don’t know what the number should be, but 19 feels WAY to high. If we’re going to ramp up spending we also clearly need to make some changes to increase efficiency too.

Maybe a “Abteilung für Effizienz in der Verwaltung”? (Ok, I’m not being serious with this one)