Comments by "Nigel Johnson" (@nigeljohnson9820) on "Fringe populist groups have hijacked political discussion online | GME" video.

Be sceptical "If someone is trying to make you really emotional, angry or afraid" well that describes a lot of EU propaganda and certainly any statement made by Barnier Tusk or Juncker.
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@buzzhawk wrong again, the Brexiters are sufficiently brave to be willing to become independent of the EU. It is the member states that huddle together for protection, while the Russian and Chinese wolves circle them. Shame the EU protection racket is such a fraud, corralling them together to make an easy meal for the predators.
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@peabase safety in numbers, tell that to the animals in the factory farms. For the circling wolves the EU is a huge market in which to sell not to buy. The EU common standards work against it. It is far more cost effective to engineer products that meet the standards of a big market, than it is to engineer products to meet the standards of much smaller markets. The EU is huddling together for safety, but its economic success is based on not having to pay much for its own defence, it is throwing that advantage away with its rejection of NATO in favour of its own military. In doing so it is making its self a potential target. How will the alliance hold together in the face of Russian aggression. The US had a scorched earth policy towards Germany, dont you think the French will implement the same, fighting over every inch of German soil until the Russians endanger French soil, at which point the French will surrender. In practice this will not happen, as the French want a largely symbolic EU military with which they can fight little "Peace keeping," wars and bluff a place at the top table. The real problem of the EU is that member states are expected to believe what is good for one is good for all. In practice it is of no real benefit for the Greeks, Italians or any of the smaller states if Germany and latterly the France gets rich on the back of EU trade. Even in the federal Europe there will be winners and losers, just look at the American model. The EU is creating an undemocratic plutocracy designed to serve the needs of a super rich few. Much is made of its tariff barriers that stand against globalisation, but again in practice the globalists need a few large power block to play off against each other. There is no money in the monoculture of a single world government, the money is made in the trade between blocks. Lastly the EU is empire building and history tells us that all empires come to a bad end sooner or later, the EU will be no different. Better to watch from the side lines than be involved in the mess.
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@peabase my post are completely consistent, it is not my fault if you lack the capacity to comprehend the complexity. The EU provides ample opportunity to attack it on a number of issues. With regard to its defence, you failed to take into account the cost of providing its own defence in an adequate fashion. Both Germany and Japan benefited after WWII from not being allowed their own military, this is one reason their economies boomed after the war. The whole of Europe has also benefited from the US NATO spend. It is doubtful that the EU member states could afford the post war US R&D budget. So yes, Europe, and thus the EU, has had a free ride which it is about to bring to an end as a result of its Imperial ambitions. If the EU had money to spend on social programs in the past, it was because it was largely unfettered by a large military budget, preferring to rely on the US nuclear umbrella. Only the French and the British spent a significant amount on defence, both becoming nuclear powers. For both it was a matter of national pride and in the French case partly the result of being occupied during WWII. The point you failed to grasp is that money for social programs will disappear as the EU attempts to emulate US military power.
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