Comments by "Philip B" (@philipb2134) on "Geopolitical Economy Report" channel.

  1. You will have your own personalized interpretation of imperialism. For the record, the US has no colony in Europe, such as 'colony' consensually is understood. NATO is a mutual defense pact focused on military matters. If, as you contend, it also had an economic agenda: then it failed dismally in such an effort for more than a generation. There was broad support for the establishment of ECSC, which later evolved into EEC. There was no coercion to have other members join - indeed, France had vetoed UK's accession on several occasions. To this day, old-time NATO members such as Norway and Turkyie are not EU members, and UK had even seceded. Meanwhile, Ireland and Austria are EU members, but not in NATO; for some time, Sweden and Finland have been EU members, but not in NATO - although recently they had changed their minds, backed by popular support. UK, Denmark, and Portugal were founding members of NATO, but only joined the European economic project much later. You've been caught with your pants down.
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