We Need to Stick Together!

If you're trying to draw a comparison between modern Europe (or even modern Germany) and Nazi Germany, don't. You're only revealing your ignorance. Or you know it's inaccurate and you're doing it anyway in bad faith.

Unless you would have every European nation surrender to russian imperialism, which you seem to be trying to excuse in your previous comment. If that's the case, then go away.

Putin is a fascist. The Soviet Union died over 30 years ago. Supporting modern russia doesn't make you edgy or a leftist, it makes you either an idiot or a troll.

"Not supporting your nation's military apparatus is synonymous with helping the opposite empire"

-Every state propaganda in WW1

I am living in Sweden, I have done so for the last 38 year after being born.

I have witnessed the all of that.

I stand by what I said, including the part of regulated free markets which you didn't bring up.

I absolutely disagree with how Socialdemokraterna moved away from the ideology of Social democracy.

However, this does not change my views of the ideology, only the politicians who has failed it.

Social democracy requires strong leaders who can withstand trends pulling in either direction.

Nice picture. Thank you, Sunshine.
To further drive the point home, it could have the US and China kicking around and crushing the little countries in the top half.

"I've seen with my own eyes social democracy failing simultaneously everywhere in Europe and ruined millions of lives. However, I still support it".

No, I have not seen social democracy failing, I have seen politicians failing to uphold social democracy.

Politicians in every European country's socialdemocrat party have failed social democracy, seems to me like there's something in common, maybe the system fucking sucks? And when a new leftist party rises to fight against that, it gets destroyed institutionally, either through removal of government agency by EU (Syriza in Greece), by refusal to place them in government despite majority (LFI in France), or outright fabrications of false funding from Venezuela by the police apparatus (Podemos in Spain)

Saying Europe is a US vassal state is a bit much lol. Europe is one of the biggest economic powers in the world together with the US and China. They all export and import a lot of wares between each other and thus depend on each other. The tariff deal the EU got with the US wasn't that great and the leader of the European commission, Ursula von der Leyen, got some backlash because of that but I guess her tactic was to just appease Trump so they will have more time to transition away from the US in some areas. On the other hand that deal reduced some very annoying tariffs on steel and car parts, so it was partially successful.

The EU is on the verge of obsolescence. So is the US. We're all going to be China's bitches soon.

You'd have to be extremely ignorant to believe that opposing European defensive capabilities isn't simultaneously helping the russian agenda.

And what of the French in WWI? They didn't get to choose peace, although I'm sure many of them would have preferred it. It wasn't an option for them when their neighbor invaded. How foolish would it be for a French person at that time to say "No, don't fund our military!"

Assuming you're merely ignorant, and not actively spreading propaganda for the kremlin, people like you have the luxury of remaining so ignorant precisely because other folks sign up to maintain the defense forces and the industries that support it. If they went away, suddenly you would be having some serious problems which wouldn't afford you the luxury of pacifism; only by then you wouldn't have a fighting chance in hell to repel the adversary's invasion.

So be grateful someone is out there deterring those conflicts, so that those conflicts don't come home to roost in your back yard.

Yeah, you guys don't like big red imperialism or red white and blue imperialism. You just rather be complicit in both

military strength without having very big military see Switzerland

Switzerland has mandatory military service. If you include reserves, it has a bigger military than Germany, Poland, or the UK. Not per capita, just straight up more people. If you only include active personnel it's still comparable per capita to most European countries

That’s ironic, in a way, that there’s no Ukraine among those flags. Adding it would actually make the EU much stronger. A real life modern war experience (literally the most experienced country on the planet), plus the biggest country in Europe. With quite a large international community of emigrants (due to harsh historical circumstances). Plus experience filtering Russian propaganda, which is quite strong and influential (for those unaware).

"Look someone had to rape every single brown person and steal their stuff. So why not Europe? They swore they don't do that anymore."

I only just caught up on that. Absolutely disgusting. I continue to be deeply disappointed in current European leadership.

Vote Volt!

https://piefed.social/c/europe/p/1618638/who-is-this-politician-more-pro-european-tech-voices-in-the-eu-assembly-thank-you

How is Volt, a militaristic Eurocentrist party, going to do ANYTHING against US invasion of sovereign countries.

Are you seriously asking why EU sides with US instead of Maduro regime?

So far I see only Russia, Iran and China defending Maduro.

I agree that Ukraine would be a good addition to the EU (I hope that both the war and the EU join process will finish), but this meme is just about the EU not being a federation yet, so there's no reason to add the Ukrainian flag now.

Colombia and Brazil are defending Maduro.

And yes, I'm asking why Europe sides with the US in the glaringly illegal abduction of a foreign president

People (note that I'm saying people, not whatever authoritarian figure you simp for) are celebrating this, from Brazil, to Colombia, and in Venezuela. Get a grip.