Comments by "Nigel Johnson" (@nigeljohnson9820) on "EU warns Serbia to cancel free trade pact with Russia if it wants to join bloc" video.

  1. So which one will want the most control, Russia or the EU. My guess Russia just wants your money, the EU wants your mind and soul, and your money. The EU four "freedoms" work both ways. It is often said that's bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
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  2.  @adrianuk8102  you are not keeping up with the news, Poland is being sanctioned by the EU for sacking its judges. If Serbia joins the EU, you may find money migrates from Poland to Serbia or any of the other new members. That is the way the EU works, it is a pyramid selling scam. It follows the same rules as globalisation but as a microcosm. Products are built in the new low wage member states and sold to the richer older members. The older members get poorer and the new ones get comparatively richer, but the real money goes to those who run the trade. The only reason the very old members are still rich is because the EU was smaller when it started and they had a chance to build up their financial resources. Poland has had its boom, it's over and about to move on. EU federalisation will likely bring an end to this internal trade, as it will create a monoculture where the general population of all members are equally poor and are forced to compete with the poorest on the planet. It's a kind of wealth defusion process that stops when the wealth is spread uniformly. The same process is happening on a global scale, the rich countries get poorer and the poor get slightly richer. Again it is the super rich elite that get ever richer from the transfer of wealth, no matter which direction it flows. No doubt the odd war helps maintains a wealth differential that the super rich can exploit.
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  3.  Hapalon G  it might be possible to reply to your post when it is structured in a logical fashion. As it is, it rambles without any sentence structure. What does the reference to Romania mean.? Treatment of who? It is impossible to do a Google search without at least some context. My comment simply compared the merits of being in a Russian trade association as opposed to the option of joining that of the EU. The contention is that the Russian trade relationship is less demanding, where as the EU amounts to a slow takeover of the country,setting rules, laws and directives that must be obeyed. While the Russians might invade with military forces, the EU's control is much more sophisticated and insidious. Had you understood the reference to a bird in the hand you might have understood that of the two evils, the Russian trade deal appears to be the least onerous. Had I known that you were in the audience for my post, I would have simplified the language so you could understand.
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  4. @John Smith I think that is a reasonable assessment. The EU is really not about trade, it is a political project with the dream of creating an empire across Europe. That is what the EU super state project is about. The ambition is a united States of Europe with a bureaucratic fascist federal government, best described as a plutocracy.
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  5.  Hapalon G  I am fully aware of how YouTube works. In this case I am not defending either the Russian or the EU side. It is a case of a pox on both your houses. I made a comparison of the Modus operandi of the Russians and the EU. Both are empire building, but in different ways. In the end it will result in conflict between the two. The arrogant demands of the EU requiring relinquishing one trade deal without offering a guarantee of another should act as a warning to anyone thinking of joining it. Serbia will simply be exchanging one master for an even more demanding one, assuming it is allowed to join the EU which is not guaranteed without further changes that the EU will certainly demand. With regard to your posts, you may think you are writing comprehensible english, but you are not.
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  6.  Hapalon G  you are clearly so ignorant and arrogant that you do not understand that posts on YouTube are open to all. Therefore anyone can reply to your posts, particularly when they require clarification because they are written to in such an incomprehensible style. So incompressible that you did not even receive a reply from the intended recipient. Clearly they did not think you were worth the trouble. In future I will do the same. I always thought that russian trolls were better trained, maybe you are just a wannabe Russian troll.
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  7.  Hapalon G  I did say Wanner be Russian troll. I suggest that if you are going to rely on Google translation you run a reverse translation to confirm that google is saying what you think it is. Who's the vitriol translates rather well the rest is just garvald rubbish. If you know him stick to Romanian so the rest of us can ignore your tribal feuds. It would certainly make more sense if you did not want anyone else involved, particularly the originator of the thread. Thinking about it, the intended recipient probably doesn't know you, as he had the good sense not to give you the satisfaction of a reply, or maybe he did not understand your post either. It is case of garbage in garbage out.
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  8.  Hapalon G  go away, you are just making a fool of yourself.
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  9.  @adrianuk8102  do you think Serbia will be any better off in the EU. The EU just wants to expand as it is nothing more than a primid selling scam. I suspect you are right about Russia. In the case of China and Africa, all they want is access to resources, for China it is all about the money and controlling the world's resources. One of the reasons France wants an EU army is to fight small police actions in Africa in protection of France's interests there. Which ever way Serbia jumps, it will be the potential battle ground between Russia and the EU. Without US support, Russia will make minced meat of the EU in any conflict. I cannot see Serbia lasting very long in the EU, it will quickly find the EU rules are at odds with Serbian culture. Take a look at what is happening to Poland at the moment. If Serbia thinks it is going to gain much from EU membership, it will be quickly disappointed. It is true it will get even less from Russia, but Russia may not give it a choice.
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  10.  @alexsalemo9137  you mean the EU must be an American puppet, so it can his under the US nuclear umbrella. The US took its eye off the ball, allowing China to take advantage of its reluctance to invest in technology. The US is dependent on Chinese manufacturing. In the growing relationship between Russia and China, it is China who is rapidly becoming the senior partner, with China rapidly surpassing Russian technology. As I have said many times, the EU is like a flock of sheep, huddling together for protection from the circling wolves.
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  11.  @alexsalemo9137  you are wrong if you think Russia will never invade Europe, they have already shown a willingness to do so in the Ukraine and are likely to invade Belarus if their puppet dictator is removed. You could argue that these countries are not Europe, but it was Ukraine's intention to join the EU that triggered the invasion. Russia will continue to chip away at the edges of Europe, just as the EU tries to expand to the east, inflaming Russian concerns about security. The only reason the cold war never turned hot was because Russian leaders were never sure if America would fight a war over Europe. The Russians were aware that the US wanted to limit any nuclear exchange to European territory, and that made the possibility of nuclear war very real. The French stupidly think that the EU can defend itself, but this is equivalent to holding a gun to its own head. If Russia made a determined effort to invade Europe, the French would reserve its nuclear weapons for the last ditch defence of France, and the rest of the EU would be left to defend its self. This is the every man for himself strategy that would rapidly develop if faced with such a direct threat. Russia does not really want control of the whole of the eu, it will be happy to pick off bits from the periphery, what it wants is a cowed and subservient Europe that is too frightened to do anything other than meet any demands Putin wishes to make. The EU politicians will be forced to argue to their domestic audience that Russian demands are very reasonable and in their interest. NATO controlled Russian ambitions, because of the US willingness to fight to protect Europe, as part of its own vested interest. This was accepted by the Russians, since it had been demonstrated in two world wars, but as the memory of these conflicts fade into the past, the US commitment to too provide the big stick for Europe's defence becomes more questioned. As I said the EU is like a flock of sheep, huddled together for mutual comfort, against the circling wolves packs of Russia and China. No doubt with the hope that the US sheepdog will come to their rescue, should their false bravado failed to keep the Wolves at Bay.
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