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 @thembastoep733 You can't blame German degrading their military through bureaucracy on anyone except Germany
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It depends what part of Europe you live in. Western Europeans like France see America as an unreliable partner and would prefer a EU army. Meanwhile, Eastern Europeans see Western Europe as unreliable and prefer American leadership.
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@EllieD.Violet That attitude is why Poland and the Baltics question the reliability of Western Europe when it comes to supporting them during an attack by Russia. You sound like you would give Estonia and parts of Poland to Russia if it met cheaper energy prices and avoiding your Article V obligations.
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@yoannbelleville7763 Ask yourself: What countries are protecting the European trade between the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea? It seems like America is always protecting European interests while the freeloaders complain
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Americans died fighting for the democracy of people who don't respect democracy. Obviously, we would defend our democratic brothers. Why the distrust?
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 @MrToradragon The US isn't the only country thar has a bicameral legislature that has a body divided by population and a body where each county gets an equal number of votes.
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@RemziCavdar You are proving my point. Your anti-American bigotry is causing you to dismiss America's separations of power without even addressing the merit of the idea.
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France protectionism would destroy any structure. If tanks aren't made in France, then France vetos. If jets aren't made in France, then France vetos. If ships aren't made in France, then France vetos.
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@billyfugate4823 People dislike American politics because each side struggles to force their agenda on the other side. This is actually a feature and not a bug. If 60% of the country can't agree on a law or policy or at least can't come to a compromise, then it shouldn't be exacted. The fact that everyone is unhappy is a good thing.
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What makes a country "European"? I would argue America has more in common with Europe as a whole than Europeans have with other Europeans.
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European prejudices will make sure they avoid any system that looks too American even if the ideas would fix many EU issues.
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@paul1979uk2000 The point is to prevent anything from passing unless it is widely popular or full of compromises. A simple majority in population or simple majority of states shouldn't be able to force their agenda on the rest of the country. The founding fathers called it the tyranny of the majority. Both Democrats and Republicans complain about the system until they are the minority power in government.
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The US system operates as a bicameral legislature where laws have to pass both a lower body that has power divided by the total population and an upper body that has power divided equally among the states. This system has worked pretty well at sharing power between big and small states. Of course, European prejudices will fear any system that looks American.
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@Darian___ 40% of democracies have two chambers, but not all of them are equal, such as the British Parliament, and none of them operate as a federation as large as the US.
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@RemziCavdar Yes, because EU bureaucracy is known for effectiveness and transparency. 🙄 Take your bigotry elsewhere.
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@chessnut4886 Name a constitution older than America 250 year old constitution. The system works while the French are on their fifth attempt at a Republic.
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@FruitLoops_ *San Marino's "constitution" is uncodified and not all of its elements are even considered law. *France is older but their time with Republicanism is much younger and less successful than America. *The rest of your examples aren't even federal systems as their population size smaller than even the metroplex that I live in. Plus, their track record is still less impressive than the legacy of the American constitution.
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@yoannbelleville7763 We all know that European "strategic autonomy" is coward nations looking for an exit ramp for their Article V obligations. Even when the US is protecting European ships from attacks in the Red Sea, only Greece and Britain have actually committed to joining the operation with ships. It not America's fault that so many European choose ti be freeloaders off of American provided security.
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@alm9322 Macron is just trying to get Europe to buy French weapons instead of American weapons. If Macron actually cared about European security, then he wouldn't be trying to alienate the US and appease Putin.
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What about a bicameral legislature that has a body divided by population and a body where each county gets an equal number of votes?
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The Chinese people only use phone payment systems because they distrust their banks, while Western consumers prefer credit cards. Apple, Google, Samsung, and a few others built the infrastructure for it, but consumers refuse to adopt it.
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Hungary in the EU and MAGA in the US are Putin's Trojan Horses
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@Blabla-od7vt The Baltic countries and Poland don't trust France and Germany. Western Europe have been practically forced, kicking and screaming, into giving aid to Ukraine and they have been shamed for pushing appeasement with Putin. Eastern Europe has doubled down on American and British leadership.
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@fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617 👈🇷🇺🧌
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@kkrolik2106 No, they don't. Putin has never kept a promise or honored a treaty. Even Russia's "allies" don't trust Putin.
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@sockosophie3132 That attitude is why Poland and the Baltics question the reliability of Western Europe when it comes to supporting them during an attack by Russia. You sound like you would give Estonia and parts of Poland to Russia if it met cheaper energy prices and avoiding your Article V obligations.
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@panchovilla5940 We are in a different world than we were a year ago.
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@jean-philippebobin3732 France vetoed the EU from buying artillery shells from outside of the EU for Ukraine because they cared more about profit than Ukraine's defense. Let's also not forget how French protectionism has sank every EU trade deal. Macron only wants an EU army so he can pressure European nations to buy inferior French weapons instead of advanced American weapons.
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Hungary is Putin's Trojan Horse
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An independent command from NATO seems redundant. It would make more sense to further intergate into NATO instead of making a mirror organization that lacks American logistics and intelligence. That being said, the EU should do military procurement as a bloc to avoid redundancies in R&D and to achieve more economy of scale. Unfortunately, I don't see this as possible as long as protectionist countries like France will torpedo any contracts that aren't given to French companies.
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