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  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
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    3 months ago

    I fully expect NATO to disintegrate because NATO can only exist while the US is committed to the project. The US is increasingly pivoting to Asia now, and once the war is lost then Europe will be left holding the bag. At that point it's going to become obvious to everyone that the US is not going to protect Europe going forward. The US will do whatever it can to influence Europe, but as we're already seeing in France, Italy, Germany, Hungary, and Slovakia, the public opinion is increasingly turning against Atlanticism. This trend will only continue gaining momentum going forward, and the more established parties try to play games to stay in power the more the resentment will grow.

    • Collatz_problem [comrade/them]
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      3 months ago

      NATO will keep existing precisely because US needs to force Europe to contribute more for maintenance of Western hegemony.

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
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        3 months ago

        That only works as long as the Europeans think they're better off being vassals of the US rather than make peace with Russia. At the end of the day people care about their material conditions first and foremost. As the standard of living in Europe continues to collapse, the opinion is starting to shift against the US.

        • Collatz_problem [comrade/them]
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          3 months ago

          European prosperity is reliant on exploitation of other countries, and this exploitation can only be maintained in collaboration with USA. For all the idiocy and pro-Western bootlicking of Russian ruling class, they wouldn't allow Europeans to exploit their country enough for Europe to maintain its quality of life.

          • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
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            3 months ago

            The USA has very little interest in European prosperity, and is currently cannibalizing European industry. The reality is that as western countries lose grip on the rest of the world, it's going to turn on one another. The US being the biggest fish in the western bloc will prey upon its vassals to bolster its own economy.

            • Collatz_problem [comrade/them]
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              3 months ago

              EU understands that without the US they are certain to lose their position as the neocolonial metropoly and that their only chance is hoping that they would get some scraps for being good running dogs for the US. Anti-American opposition won't be significant until after the US loses their hegemony.

                  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
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                    3 months ago

                    I think that's what the current political class in Europe would want, but they have an uprising on their hands. In particular, both France and Germany are turning increasingly nationalist. Without France and Germany there's no EU.