Comments by "Golag Is watching you" (@golagiswatchingyou2966) on "Good Times Bad Times" channel.

  1. It's a shame how much japan has been weakened over the decades, I hope Japan can become a strong military power again the west needs a strong Japan to help contain China.
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  2. When it comes to enforcing mass migration, censorship and two tier justice they are very active.
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  3. This is a pretty good video with some details missing or let out. For starters it was the German empire during ww1 that revived the Polish and central European states from Russian rule. Secondly the term "from Lisabon to Vlodivostok" is not a core part of European or even French policy making but rather a phrase of optimism and potential of closer economic ties with Russia, this was said before the 2022 invasion, during that time Russia was becoming more economically tied with the west and was showing signs of modernisation, all of that progress has now pretty much been swept away, thus making the phrase useless. Third France has been most vocal of trying to tie both German and French national security and economic interests together, anyone who has studied European history knows that Europe destroyed itself because of wars and national interest conflicting with eachother, the primary goal of the EU and Franco-German alliance has been to centralize power and policy to act in a collective interest for Europe as a whole with mixed results, the question is will Europe fall apart again into minor spheres of influence? Or can they solidify into something stronger? While many say it can't there are some signs of cooporation and development on this front, sadly these processes take time and effort in a world that's suddenly changing very quickly and with big players who already cleared this phrase on easy mode, mostly the US, China, India and Russia to a less degree. There has to come a change in Europe, the question is from who and how, the USA can't be fully trusted, their loyalty only lies in how it benefits their national interest which is balanced by needing both a strong Europe but divided enough to not act against it's interests, despite their big military support for central Europe, it's in economic ties where long term interest of these nations lie, after Russian defeat the defence spending will drop and US interest will shift to other fronts, leaving only Germany and France to fill the void.
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  4. People in the past lived lives of pure poverty and had more kids than we do today by a long shot across the globe. Perhaps the issue is the culture, the elites and the economic conditions that allows people to marry and have kids. Most young people today can't even buy a house.
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  5. betrayal as in not giving them what they need and instead having their men die for nothing.
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  6.  @sblbb929  by that logic you would think the USA as a nation can't exist or Brazil, or India or even China, differences don't matter that much anymore, in the past levels of technology and the people themselves tore apart the established orders because they did not feel represented, most of these nations weren't democratic, they weren't liberal or even understanding of national interests. a Federation of European nation states does not mean an erasing of cultures, languages or people, it means a defending of these things on a pan European scale, people in germany are effected by migration through greece, Poland is threatened by Russia which effects the baltics, Finland might be next if Ukraine or Hungary gets puppeted, the USA might abandon Europe at some point, what then? what if France wants to take over all of Europe? who could stop them then? Germany? all these issues can be solved through a federation of European nations, so that each national interest becomes the pan-national interest of this new federation, this is how the USA became a superpower, they were first seen as ''these united states'' and over time (and a civil war) they became ''the united states'' it is not inevitable but thinking it can't work just means you have not tried hard enough.
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  7. The British empire collapsed because of Winston Churchill and the leaders of the UK, just like how the EU is dying because of the policies and actions of it's leaders, same with the USA and the policies and actions of it's leaders. The rise of China is based on the policies of it's leaders, they made major reforms and thus benefited from them into the future. Likewise Russia will benefit or suffer from the policies and actions of Putin and thus history marches on, forever.
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  8. Trump won't abandon Ukraine, he won't want to take an L for Putin.
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  9. The more time passes the more correct Trump becomes, first one for a US president.
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  10. I don''t think language and culture is that much of an issue anymore, we've all largely been americanized anyways so the idea that culture or language would be a major issue today is just not realistic anymore, much more so would be the military and economic issues which are vast and which still harbors a great deal of distrust and resentment, if there is to be a European federation there must be no fear or concern that an army beneath a European Union banner is going to attack, harm or threaten smaller member states unless absolutely nessisary and in agreement by all states and governments (of NATO) in and outside of the EU. some people think the goal is to be like the United states but this is not realistic, the EU can't be like the USA it can only act in it's own collective self interest, something the USA also does but less hard power and more soft power projection, less wars of aggresion and more wars of defense is most likely going to be the manner of being.
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  11. what do you mean or expect? Germany's army has been limited since ww2 and they aren't that interested in changing the current set up for them as a nation, France largely fills that hole right now and Poland is also becoming more active in a militaristic manner, meanwhile you have the EU military projects going to try and create a more pan European, standardized army and military equipment so it's not like they aren't doing anything. NATO costs Germany a lot of money and benefits mostly the USA, the USA in fact has little interest in a European army or federation, they enjoy the status quo very much, sure Germany could do more for NATO but that's not their drive or focus, they want to focus on European interest wide and focus on economics while others focus on military subjects, it's not a bad deal but it does limit german influence to only/mostly soft power projection and influence.
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  12. It's both, USA has gotten weaker and its enemies stronger. US wars also weakened US power a lot.
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  13. of course it is, Taiwan is an example of what China could have been and the CCP hates it, it also hates it because they are the remnants of the nationalist forces of China, controles an important trade link and because the CCP failed like 3 times to invade the nation. Taiwan today is a democracy, whatever their dictatorship was before is long gone and the same is true for places like South Korea so what's the issue?
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  14.  @sleepete12  you mean to tell me that Poland, Ukraine, Lituania, Estonia, Latvia did not gain their spot back on the world map during ww1? Plz do tell me your understanding of history and share it with everyone else, I can't wait to be enlightened.
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  15. Strange, to me he was the only adult in the room.
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  16. it seems the world is realizing what many of us realized 15 years ago, there is a major competency crisis with western leaders and also with the public to a significant degree. lets hope this crisis flushes out the bad and we get some real change, long needed.
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  17.  @elRandomTk  im not german, I'm Dutch but I feel like Germany could do much more and be less harmfull for itself and others if it took it's roll as Europe's biggest economy more serieusly and understood the reality of needing a stronger military to compete in the world as well as be less hard on itself for the past, since that harms it's ability to act in the present and therefor the future.
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  18. Hello bot, nice script.
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  19. So many Russian bots here...
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  20. in retrospect it seems to have been a desperate move with little value and high costs, if anything it hurt Russia's pride.
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  21. those groups are tiny and insignificant, most of them are ether locked up in camps or so spread around the mainland that they can't form any kind of coherent force, they would not even be able to leave for Taiwan to fight for them, they don't matter at all.
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  22. Ww2 + the cold war + the war on terror But who would be in charge? To what benefit? If its just for US benefit that's not a great deal, European nations should do more but what happens when they can do more?
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  23. I partly agree and disagree, I don't think it's going to be a positive sign if it's just Germany and France, other nations should also get the chance to join into this idea and many but not all will do so, there is a policy method called ''multispeed European intergration"' which is each member state chooses it's own method of intergration and gets placed in a rank of sorts on how far they are intergrated, most of western Europe and parts of Northern Europe are already largely intergrated, same rule of law, mostly same culture, close relations with member states but others like parts of Eastern Europe and Southern Europe might be more reserved due to history or specific national interests that clash with European interests which might mean they want less full intergration. while that might not be optimal it would give a gradual transformation of the EU and can actually do something for the member states that would benefit them and thus promote further intergration into a wider European Federation, it's probably the best move forward and can iron out the issues faster for each new state that wishes to join.
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  24. @R well the alternative is leaving the block or being seen as less important for EU wide policies since they aren't willing to put in the effort, you can say it's unfair and perhaps it is but likewise us being blocked by smaller member states is also unfair so at some point it has to move forward and you can join or not join but effects will happen and they can be positive or negative. Mercenary approach is a bit unfair, they aren't trying to become a federation for economic reasons just to make money, it's a national security issue for all member states and long term growth for a world that's hyper competitive, stagnation means death and Europe has stagnated for quite some time, if it does not bend, it will break that's the way I see it.
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  25. Nations can't join NATO if they have land disputes with other nations, though if the USA had talked with Ukraine to abandon cremea in exchange for NATO membership that would have been a good trade, not sure if that would have been possible however.
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  26.  @Megalomaniakaal  are you talking about ww1 or ww2? Because typically you don't help your enemies fight their enemies or see the nation that help put you on the map as your enemy and start idk ethnic cleansing their diaspora population as a good idea? So not sure what your talking about, France, UK and Russia were in the same alliance block during ww1.
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  27. Globalism is dying, the world is healing ❤
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  28. Can we say for certain that we can consider this an act of genocide and not just warcrimes and ethnic cleansing? I feel like we are getting less and less in realistic, cold hard facts and more and more into emotional, hyperbolic thinking. This in no way is a support or excuse for what Russia is doing or trying to deny the facts but trying to come to real conclusions and how best to react to it, nobody wants a new worldwar and it's important to measure what is and is not a step too far to justify calling for such moves and how such a response would best be done if at all. Ethnic cleansing and warcrimes is bad, nuclear war is much, much worse.
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  29. our real enemies are within, not outside our borders.
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  30. and lose everything without a fight? that would have been very stupid, Taiwan played it's cards right but it's at the mercy of other nations, it has defended itself against China multiple times before the USA got involved, yet at the same time the USA attempting to open up the country of China is what lead to the current situation. even worse if they declared independence (which the majority of the people of Taiwan want) then that would be a trigger for China to invade them even sooner and less of reason for the USA to stick around since they want Taiwan as an example of a different model for China.
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  31. only if the British or Americans attempt to block it or Russia, so far it's always been outside forces fearing the result and killing it rather than themselves winning it and then losing it on their own, the British are weak, the Americans are focused on China, the only real threat remains Russia which ironically fuels it's creation even more so.
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  32.  @tonyhawk94  the thing is many of them have actually worked, just that they got destroyed by outside forces or they failed to evolve beyond the point they were created. The nation of Germany for example was created by first loose confederation and then federalization, the whole ww1 and ww2 conflicts were about it working so well and expanded the reach of the nation that other powers feared it, same with France, same with the Hastatic league. The reason why the USA became a federation ironically is because they had few enemies around them and because France helped them to secure their independence, thus they could expand and expand without much fear of anyone trying to wage a massive war to try and stop them which thus far has been the case for most of Europe. There is also the issue that before, Europe was already expanding all around the world, the need for federalisme did not exist because they were the rulers of the world and thus federalization was not nessisary, untill Germany came to be and changed the dynamics of geo-politics. Make no mistake if the EU becomes a federation it will most likely have massive effects on geo-politics, will that outcome be good or bad? Who knows? However doing nothing or reverting back to 20th century nation states in the 21th century is bound to cause stagnation, decline and frankly humiliation for all of Europe, not just the EU.
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  33. I do support a federal EU but for the exact purpose of reversing the current trends in and around Europe, small nations can't deal with the current waves of crisis we face and divided we can't do much against it, united however we do stand a chance and I am well aware of some of the incompetent leadership in Europe but they can be removed and replaced, the framework in which they are based however takes years if not decades to build.
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  34. Because that was always the case, Isis were armed by Israeli's and the USA in the first place.
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  35. I think the only way for the EU to become a federation and to justify it, is if the leaders of these nations can convince the people that doing so will bring them more security, freedom, wealth, prestige and a greater sense of identity. however, both the leaders and people don't seem that keen on being more free, they don't always act in ways that bring about more wealth, the identities are somewhat fragmented and they fear eachother sometimes more than greater threats that loom beyond their borders, as for prestige, most people don't find this motivating at all but the elites most certainly see the value and abilities possible in doing so. Europe is at a crossroads, is it going to try and embrace the future, shape it's own destiny and work for it's own self interest or is it going to collapse, stagnate and decline into nothing while being the play things of other powers more concerned with their great game instead of paying attention to European civilization, only time will tell but I do think and hope we can create a federal Europe that can lead us to a better future.
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  36. there is an argument to be made for a federal EU to help regulate nuclear weapons and share French existing nuclear weapons and nuclear warning system (France can use a nuclear weapon as a ''warning'') getting nuclear weapons is expensive and makes one a target of potential attack, sharing nuclear weapons is a sign of trust, mutual beneficial relationship and lowers nuclear proliferation.
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  37. I feel like this guy needs a tour of western capitals to understand the holes in his ideology and view of people.
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  38.  @Pincer88  that's a bit untrue to a degree, yes the current organisation how they are today would not exist without NATO but that's not to say organisations like them would not exist, in fact the EU is not much different from Germany's goals in ww1 which was to create a network of nations and create a international body for economic and political matters, it was to be called ''MittelEuropa'' in which Germany would be the main economic and military engine of Europe and then grow, compete and unify the rest of Europe under it's sphere (kind of like the EU is today) in many ways that's even what the nazi's wanted just with a lot more slavery, genocide and settler based colonialism. the current world order is because of the cold war and the policies set by the USA and the USSR, this destroyed the old order of European nations and thus we were forced to change and adapt to this new reality, now we've all benefited a lot from this new order and it's mostly thanks to the USA but also the invention of nuclear weapons, this made wars much more impossible and working together much more nessisary and profitable but we should not forget how strange this new reality actually is from most of human history and also don't forget it can't last forever, before ww1 no major industrial nation was at war with eachother for over 98 years I believe and then ww1 and ww2 happened, the current long peace can't last forever and when it happens new political systems and governments will be nessisary, it is inevitable.
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  39. what's going to happen is nation that have friends with nukes will want to have that nations protection and nations that are more rogue or have no friends to help them out will seek their own nuclear weapons. in the case of Europe, France and the UK already have nuclear weapons, Poland and Germany could easily get them as well, however would it not make sense for a shared EU level nuclear defence program to prevent other nations from seeking these expensive and potentially harmful weapons. as for the third world nations, the idea that they could get nuclear weapons is more terrifying since if these states collapse or become authoritarian they will then suddenly gain a potential nuclear weapons system, whatever order exists in the future, that can not be allowed without blowback, it needs to become a pariah state like north korea if it does something like that and a much more aggresive and pro-active stance must be taken against it, something everyone needs to agree on.
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  40. based on what?
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  41. Hopefully AFD or someone else can bring change in politics
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  42. naw
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  43. they had them, they gave them up because of the USA and USSR, if the USA and USSR did not demand this, they would have nukes. stop coping.
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  44. That's never been true and never will.
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  45. Japan and EU can fund very strong armies but what would be the use for them? you can't exactly expand, you need massive legal change which not everyone wants and it would basically only be a benefit to the USA to cut costs for it's military spending, so what's the point? though I can guarantee you if say the EU became a full federation then that economic power would most certainly be invested more in military spending since the area of defence and need for legitimacy would be much higher than current individual nations.
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  46. Don't they get a lot of food from Ukraine and Russia? Nobody is happy.
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  47. I fear come winter that nations like Germany are going to loosen their resolve, unless they can add other sources of energy, it's going to be a difficult time for everyone but nothing compares to the suffering in Ukraine now but we can't ignore the issues in the west, esspecialy after 2 years of lockdownism and other issues that remain unresolved
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  48. Nonsense, Europe has all it needs, there are few things we don't already have and what we don't have could be easily imported. Humanity is not coming together, it's coming apart by the delusional ideas of a bygone generation. Democracy can't save the west, at least not in the way we currently view democracy, it is a tyrany and close tot a totalitarian one.
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  49.  @hashtagunderscore3173  uhhhh what experience? and in case you have not noticed during that period China grew so much while the USA was wasting billions. war is expensive and it has zero economic benefit, your also not fighting an industrial nation so there is little insights into how best to wage such a war so there is almost no benefit at all. China not having a lot of experience with naval doctrine is a big limit to them but they've also vastly expanded their fleet and attempted to learn from the USA as well as others. in a modern war or conflict between civilizations, economic, demografic and technology is much more important than experience, USA has lost a lot of influence, power and prestige because of their wars, there is a reason why Trump and also Biden don't want another war, sadly Ukraine vs Russia pretty much forces US hand, the war in Ukraine is probably more of a learning lesson and experience gained event than all the wars between 2001 and now ever will provide.
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  50.  @robertkeaney9905  it's more so due to scale of industry, USA dominating after ww2 and kept that edge sharp by not being involved in many wars but maintaining their industrial base and by the luck of having their main rival be the communist USSR which while somewhat competent with its designs quickly fell out of favor and then collapsed. USA does not need to wage wars or have proxy conflicts to maintain that edge, in fact over the last few decades the USA has been doing exactly that thing that has made them lose that edge which is transfering a lot of industry to China, waging wars on their own dime with little benefit, while ignoring issues at home and lowering the values of a competent military leadership that reduces it's effect on their enemies, Victor David Hanson had a great article a few days ago on why the US military is slipping in it's recruitment numbers, the trust in it's military and those that lead it. The USA is still the worlds super power but time as of now, is not on their side, the USA needs to change gears if it wants to maintain that edge, I think they will change but that's not inevitable and in the meantime the enemies of the USA will continue to adapt and learn. The only good news has been the recent Russia Ukraine conflict, lots of weapon deals, F-35 deals, new interest in NATO alliance and two of their potential competition hindering eachothers economies and revealing weakness in the Russian army. When things get tough for the americans, god throws them a bone it seems, when things get tough for the Europeans, god adds another war to the list.
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  51.  @tonyhawk94  EU has not stopped any wars directly they don't have the forces to do so, rather the EU helped create economic stability that could have justified wars or led to them, though this could be more due to NATO, it's not exactly clear cut.
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  52. it's sad how people used to fear Germany for it's military might and put the blame of imperial goals as delusional and self serving, only for when it became humiliated and weakened to then be deemed to be trying to take over Europe via trade and industry, only to ironically be viewed as weak and lacking leadership by not being militaristic enough to help guide the direction towards the future for itself or Europe as a whole. it's almost as if no matter how hard they try, they are always going to be viewed with hatred and resentment either in victory or defeat, now we see the potential of a breakup of any sense of future within the EU and lack of leadership from Germany in the proper way forward and more enemies within and outside it's borders ready to continue the decline and vazal relationship between it and the great powers of the world. is there no end in sight? no great vision to be realised? no hope for a better tomorrow not served as fodder for other nations? hopefully the current dark ages will pass quickly into a brighter future, can't say it seems likely though.
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  53. A no fly zone is simply not practical, at that point it would be better just to be honest and come to Ukraines aid in full force with a simple demand, leave Ukraine and come to discuss terms of peace, this comes from Russia's own playbook, escalate to descalate, give Putin a token victory but show the west stands against him, it's a hollow victory but that's better than a humiliating collapse.
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  54. The implosion of Wagner group is shocking to me, prigozin is sowing mutiny seeds, hopefully the Russia warmachine will collapse as a result.
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  55.  @poodtang2104  it would not be german speaking troops, it be germans, french, dutch, italian, spanish, so on troops under a European banner, though the generals might be German and/or French though.
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  56. Erdogan is making Turkey his own personal sultanate, Attaturk must be spinning in his grave right now.
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  57. Germany also shut down their nuclear power plants and listened to far leftists green commies for their energy needs next to Russia, worst combo ever.
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  58. Yes
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  59. Reads title - Birthrates won't change - immigration does not exist - automation does not exist - conquest of new lands or populations does not exist - totalitarian dictatorship that can turn woman into breeding cows if needed does not exist. Me : "makes perfect sense to me"
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  60.  @piotrd.4850  don't think that's accurate, they seem more than willing to fight but realistic in how such a fight would go, they would basically just be staling for time till the americans would come and save them, they should however still have some kind of draft just so people know how to use weapons and defend themselves in case the chinese try and invade again.
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  61.  @Unerty  what territorial disputes? You mean the law of the sea land issues set by the UN? That's a rather recent development and a conflict between what Turkey claims is theirs and what the UN says should be Greece, it's not related to NATO and where it does NATO seems to turn a blind eye. This is about NATO application for new members, different rules apply.
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  62. The century of humiliation of Europe continues, at least now most people realise at last that the USA is an enemy, same as Russia.
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  63. The post war era is overrated, decades of tension with the USSR, plunder by communists worldwide, USA global order being a mess, only really shining compared to the alternatives at the time, this era however is coming to an end but what will replace it is up in the air. I for one hope the USA will be reduced in size and reach not because I hate the US people but their government is corrupt beyond belief and a joke that must be corrected both for it's own sake and the world.
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  64.  @4Before4  you both are wrong, Saudi Arabia could very easily get nuclear weapons and defend itself, their main issues are much more domestic and their army is pretty bad, their air force might be better then Iran's but they won't try and invade Iran, hell even the USA would not go that far, at best isolate them and block the golf straigt but that would bring it into conflict with China.
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  65. the French actually has a active foreign policy, the potential of having Europe as a industry of scale would actually lower costs for all, make weapon systems better and if France would continue it's african policies, it could be expanded to benefit both Italy, Greece and Spain.
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  66. Almost like they planned for this over a decade ago. Wonder if the west will condem this like they did with Russia vs Ukraine. Probably not. West aren't in charge at all.
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  67.  @dallinwalters6836  indeed
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  68. These videos are in great detail, great work.
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  69. I keep seeing people doomposting and repeating the same story of that Trump is somehow anti Ukraine, pro Putin or anti NATO. there is no evidence for this, on the contrary Trump's actions seems to indicate he will likely be much harder on both Putin and Zelensky. both sides want to argue for a maximalist positive outcome for their war, Zelensky wants all of Ukraine whole, Putin wanted to destroy Ukraine as a concept but is willing to settle for half of the country, the question is can the west bring both to the table to hammer out some kind of peace deal that leaves both sides unhappy but with some form of peace? or is escalation inevitable? personally I think escalation is inevitable for a number of reasons but mostly because Russia views this war as existential to them and thus any backtracking on this by their political elites seems impossible, it's also the case that Russia has a number of ''allies'' who are in conflict as well, Iran, China and a number of unstable regions like the Sahel, India-Pakistan region and the wider middle-east. either the war escalates in the coming years or is postponed for a bit longer but it's inevitable that it will happen, lets hope our leaders are able to not get everything destroyed.
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  70. Scholtz is a disgrace for Germany, Merkel was a disgrace as well, in any other country he would be forced to resign, Germans should put pressure on him to stop helping Russia or resign. Get a real leader for once, I don't care about ww2, grow up.
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  71. Easternlings?
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  72. ohhh no things will get much worse
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  73.  @DhonnIk  sorry I don't speak orcish, could you speak in the tongue of man or eleves perhaps?
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  74. 😂 delusional nonsense 😂
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  75. it's probably more closer to the worst system, it's tyranical and oppressive much more so the old fascist regimes.
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  76. we shall see in 4 years, I for one know that Trump will become a new dynasty in the US political arena for generations.
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  77. Probably the worst video thus far, very simplistic and western focused, not all of it is wrong but very one sided. Russia does need a reset but how that's going to be nobody knows but it's in US national interest to divide and rule, same with China, same for all world powers.
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  78. Poor Germany, makes me sad
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  79. Biden has made a mess of the world, Europe is led by weak, cowardly, incompetent leaders with no vision and mostly focused on betraying the public and making people like like Putin more than someone like Scholtz or Macron. The west is in decline and Trump can't save it, he can perhaps save the USA but not the empire he rules.
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  80.  @youtubeoppressivecensorshi8047  Joe Biden is giving a lot of weapons to Ukraine but it´s more so him turning the USA into an importer of oil and gas instead of an exporter, Trump indeed had a much more aggressive stance towards Russia which is probably why Russia waited till now to attack.
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  81.  @robertkeaney9905  there is no nation in history that has ever profited from prolonged warfare - Sun Tsu you don't need to go to war in order to fund a military industrial complex, it's great when others go to war and you sell them the weapons to destroy eachother while you profit off their misery, the USA however picked the idea of going to war themselves and funding themselves doing so while China and others profited. corporate middle men inflate prices for sure and should get the boot but you will never get rid of them for good, just reduced for a bit.
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  82.  @stormysavage1677  no nation has ever benefited from prolonged warfare, the US wasted billions, upon billions in foreign wars and it did not improve the middle-east very much or at all, not to mention places in north africa that have become downright third world countries when before they were closer to second or first world, millions upon millions of people have died. The costs have been huge, though you are correct in terms of arms and material the USA has plenty more to spare, almost a drop in the bucket but what it lost is much more significant and the bane of most empires in their history, the believe in their own nation and most of the goodwill of friends and foes alike, most of Europe after 9/11 were fully on board with supporting the USA and their wars, feeling justified in their actions but now most Europeans outright see the USA as a threat for stability in the world and more of a frenemie than a strong ally, we may work on the same goals to deal with Russia but the love between Europe and the USA has waned quite a bit. the USA should spend less time waging wars and more time letting other nations fight wars using their weapons, right now the USA is making a killing in the Russian-Ukraine war and actually making NATO stronger and trying to stand up to China but it took a long while to get to this point and many more problems will come once again from the middle-east and africa as a result of bad policies in the early 2000s.
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  83. How does the saying go again? Brazil is a future superpower and always will be.
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  84. German leadership and political elites are a disgrace
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  85. they killed about as much of their own citizens long before this war.
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  86.  @dekaredfire  it really is but money talks as they say.
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  87.  @tonyhawk94  more economic exchanges? What are you talking about? Most colonial economies were self contained, there was little trade except for vital resources and tarriefs existed in between as well, what trade? The EU was born during war, hell even before the framework was being talked about, after ww2 and during the cold war the EU idea became vital because the USA and USSR would stop any attempt at european nations try and compete with the two super powers, the USA did not wish to share nuclear weapons the British and French had to make them on their own. The EU was born out of nessesity to try and compete with the changing world, born out of the collapse of their order.
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  88. Stop this doomerism, Trump has a history of being harder on Putin, he won't avoid supplying Ukraine with support.
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  89. It's not hard to do if you have no rules apply to you and can just kidnap people.
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  90. Yes
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  91. it's even worse when you look into how Israel got the nuke
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  92. Trump is great for the USA and the world, if he was in charge there would not have been a Russian invasion.
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  93. Kamala Harris is such a clown candidate, the fact she even has a chance of winning is a sign the USA is in steep decline.
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  94.  @FishyNiden  NATO members could trigger article 5 if they are attacked in any way, which includes the weapon shipments being attacked by Russia.
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  95.  @FishyNiden  yeah that sounds about right on paper but there could be ways around this or even a false flag attack to trigger article 5, could even happen after a non direct attack like a leak of radiation or chemical weapons being used and it spills over from the warzone, it's complicated but yeah they could totally trigger it if they really, really wanted it.
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  96.  @FishyNiden  pretty much yeah.
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  97. cope
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  98. German elites have been a disgrace, they helped fund the Russian warmachine and even helped building training tools for their soldiers, the German info leak also shows a deep penetration of information networks in Germany, this is unacceptable for any nation that wants to show both national and international leadership, Germany needs and deserves beter! Europe deserves better!
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  99. Mmmmm doubt but it all depends on what Poland does as well as the west in general, do they continue to give weapons to Ukraine and perhaps even migs? Or will Poland just act on it's own and give them to Ukraine to which Russia might attack those planes and gives Poland the ability to trigger article 5. There is a way of peace out of this mess without ww3 but that would most likely result in Ukraine being split in half and having only the western side join NATO, joining the EU takes time and is actually not what Ukraine needs the most now, what they need most is hope, weapons and trust from the west which they aren't getting as much as they could be getting.
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  100.  @callumjones2417  all nations purge cultures and ethnicities it does not like, how do you think brazil treated it's slaves and natives? Same with the USA, that's what makes them superpowers today. Europe ironically has been ruled partly by othersiders (the USA) for decades now and are also immigrant nations while their own cultures and ethnicities are being grounded down. So while I don't like China they are making better moves compared to most of the world if what they want is a strong nation and people, there are like 1.6 billion of them they don't really need more people, only the best and most usefull for their goals.
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  101.  @gabriel_swift8847  it's more investing into eastern europe and southern europe, the refugees and migrants from outside of the EU are a major issue though, still I don't think that will be a popular position anymore, esspecially not after Brexit which was in part caused by issues related to migration, I mean the leadership in the EU could be that stupid but I don't think many of those people are around anymore. the bigger issue is how to make it democratic and not become as you say the USSR 2.0, the fact it's not a communist organisation already puts it decades above anything like the USSR, we should look to the USA on how to function more properly if it ever becomes a federation.
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  102.  @emonlevircni4617  that's because all multicultral founded nations are unstable and authoritarian, Russia, Yugoslavia, Brazil. Diversity is the norm in most civilizations, unity among people is the exception and has a wide range of factors, the biggest of which is property rights and indeed language. Brazil with it's diversity and history of slavery has made it very difficult for themselves to move beyond, corruption, violence and authoritarianism is the norm there. In Europe, not so much, yes the language barriers exist but is less of an issue since most nations speak english as a second language, they have pretty firm but not perfect property rights, as such and with changing world they are probably more able to unify than Brazil would be but only time can tell for sure, it depends on what people want of course.
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  103. if a European constitution would come into force it would have to be like the USA with checks and balances, right now Europe does not have that very much and the only way you can get a federation is those checks and balances are going to exist if it is formed, without them the EU is doomed for sure.
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  104.  @kylek1556  yeah that's a price we all have to pay, death and taxes, death and taxes.
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  105. US debt won't be paid back, 2030 is their end date.
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  106. Germany has been very disgracefull for many years now, weak leader Merkel, now the German Putin in power and more authoritarian and stupid policies, shutting down of nuclear energy leading to freezing german homes and selling out more to Russia. If there ever is to be a European federation it's going to be with a Germany that's no longer this weak and disgracefull nation, I feel sorry for it's citizens.
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  107. im so sick and tired of people keep promoting this lie of nuclear weapons, not understanding the effects of your own weapons is never a good idea if your enemy does understand the effects of their weapons. life finds a way, human civilization will survive, perhaps a big reset might actually be a good thing.
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  108. USA has really screwed Europe over and our own leaders have on purpose made our economic prospect much worse. Why? Well because the USA is not an ally of Europe and our leaders don't listen or care about their populations desires, needs or manner of voting. The elites do what they want, the US based corporate class wins, their media machine continues to destroy Europe and suck up our wealth and ability to defend ourselves. Worse is that Russia has also backstabbed us, as if we don't have enough problems as it is.
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  109. ​ @Bottleofwater-n5y I don't worry about Trump, much more so about crooks like Biden and Kamala, as well as all other former presidents who's policies and NGO's as well as academia has screwed Europe over. We must get our independence from the USA if we want to survive and hopefully thrive on a global scale. Trump in that regard has done more for Europe then any other president has.
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  110. I can't help but find it ironic how in the west muslims are all wearing hijabs and some even Niqabs somehow as an act of "freedom" and "humility" while in places like Iran woman are taking them off as an act of bravery and resistance against an authoritarian regime. Maybe one day western islamic woman will also do the same as an act of bravery.
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  111. and then it got worse - Europe
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  112. Not really
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  113.  @edgeldine3499  TPP failed because of it's bad copyright laws, Trump did the right thing to reject it much to the frustration of large corporations. However Trump did not replace it with something else which might have been a better deal.
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  114. In short, no and nooooo
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  115.  @whitephoenixofthecrown2099  1. you be surpised at how many babies can be born if the men find wives outside of China and the government takes away most woman's right, western nations with mostly positive policies (like Sweden and France) have gotten it around 2.1/2,2 China could in theory get it up way more and faster. 2. millions of people try and get to Europe every year, there are plenty of people, the main question is if the people want to go to China and if they can assimulate to the culture. 3. yes, China is investing more into automation then many western nations are. 4. depends on what they can get away with and how situations develop around the world, they could easily annex Mongolia, if Russia collapses far east asia, Taiwan, North Korea if that regime starts to become unstable and perhaps meddle in civil wars or proxy conflicts to destabalize regions and give refugees a one way trip to China. 5. ???? you want young people don't you? elderly are a burden but they tend to self delete over time and with automation can reduce burdens on the economy. China is unlikely to become a superpower overnight just like the USA spend decades being the worlds biggest economy before turning that economic power into hard power, USA might try and start a conflict or sanctions to prevent China's rise further, USA might collapse, China might collapse, world can change, nothing is certain anymore.
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  116. USA is likely going to collapse after 2030, debt, internal corruption, decay of institutions. Frankly it can't collapse soon enough.
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  117. Socialists and the US empire, sucking Europe dry.
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  118. No, that's the western world, Israel is on easy mode.
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  119. every democracy is a failed fascist state.
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  120. Worse, much worse.
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  121.  @sol_in.victus  the USA for a long time prefered the status quo of it being the defence spender and openly opposed any military actions by European leaders not in US interest, this made acting in European self interest by military means which is one of the major keys to US hegemony very unprofitable, I think only France had a more military focused foreign policy in their former colonies. The USA finds itself weakened on a two front war and so wishes for Europe to regain some autonomy, that's indeed very good for Europe, however this is also a balancing act, USA wants a stronger Europe but is likely to oppose any actions against US self interest, here is the danger. What if Europe decides that they need to secure flow of refugees in north Africa or the middle-east? What happens when Europeans wish to continue trade with Russia or China? What if Europeans drag everyone into a war with Russia or Turkey? That's the danger.
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  122.  @LeadLeftLeon  Russia is becoming a Chinese puppet, instead of a major power. China won't care much for its allies and puppets.
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  123.  @sol_in.victus  I feel like NATO values have been eroded for some time now, people aren't that in favour of democracy if that democracy looks like a dictatorship which ironically makes dictatorships more likely since they will come to power promising reform that current democratic leaders can't or won't make. people want democracy to represent them but they also want competent leaders to act in their self interest which has been in the decline for decades now, just look at the current leadership in Germany, it's beyond weak, incompetent and corrupt, it's weimar all over again.
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  124.  @LeadLeftLeon  only time will tell, China and India are rising though, will it be enough?
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  125.  @1queijocas  I don't think so, more so because it's quite corrupt and not as liberal, nations like Greece aren't that rich but joined anyways.
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  126.  @lennyjay8390  I feel like the Minsk agreement was one of the worst and poorly made "peace" deals ever, it basically handed over land to Russia without it being official and laid the groundwork for the current war in Ukraine it was completly out of touch and appeasing towards Russia, perhaps there weren't any good alternatives to avoid war but still it was pretty bad in retrospect. Russia is just not a trustworthy or legitimate nation to make good deals with.
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  127.  @UserFriendly01a  so? That's the stance of most nations and their past and right now China is the main enemy that also was the one that suffered the most from Japan, so who cares exactly? I don't, most governments don't care, few people alive who experienced it, really only a bunch of commies and far leftists think this is an issue, mmmmm I wonder why they would push for this narrative? Could it be they want to weaken the nation of Japan both in spirit and in military spending to gain an advantage over them while China expands it's navy and builds bases in the south China sea? I wonder who pays their wages....
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  128.  @UserFriendly01a  cute
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  129.  @Pompicz  current day elites don´t have people´s interests at heart, new elites probably will get into power by promising them war in exchange for their interest. while not everyone who starts a war profits by it, the USA is the world´s super power because of war and the effects from it, China wants war, Russia is in a war right now for what it thinks is it´s interest. war is not a failure of civilization, it´s a feature. people who support war either 1. are so nihilistic they want to die, 2. ideologically possed thinking war can make their side more powerful or win or 3. elites/people who know in the case of war they will make a profit and don't care about the effects on others.
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  130. we already live in a dystopia, we can only strive to get out of it with or without a EU federation.
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  131. I think this is a rather incoherent pipe dream if im honest. Like I understand and agree that France and Germany have weak, putinist leaders who don't have the brains or will to see the big picture and are still pretending like this won't end any other way than the collapse of Russia as a state or a complete replacement of the Russian leadership with a weakened and humiliated Russia. But the idea that the UK of all nations is going to lead some economic and military block/alliance is just a very bad joke, they can barely controle their own borders, aren't economically that connected to any other nation besides the EU and would have to replace the EU which has decades upon decades of further evolved laws, regulations, trade deals, cultural projects and joint military projects all because the current leadership of France and Germany are somewhat out of touch in a conflict between Russia and Ukraine? Really? France and Germany have already send some heavy weapons, Ukrainian soldiers are getting training with some modern weapons systems in Germany, as well as old weapons systems for Ukraine to use, now is this great? Not really but it's not nothing and sooner or later these nations leaders will have to come to terms that their big investments into Russia and with Putin have failed and were a huge mistake which some people warned about for years and now they have to really come to terms that they need to step up or lose faith on a big scale. What's shamefull is that it's taking them so long, they should have seen the writing on the walls at least 2-3 months ago, though they might be able to redeem themselves by making Ukraine a potential EU member and esspecialy providing funds for a kind of Ukrainian marshall plan, EU membership within 5-8 years is a bit too fast but within 10 years with proper effort by both the EU and Ukraine should be reasonable.
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  132.  @ggoddkkiller1342  people? Who told you they mattered?
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  133.  @ggoddkkiller1342  you do realise this is africa right? It's super corrupt and led by warlords, basically France made the classic mistake of backing the democratic side and not the warlord side.
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  134.  @ggoddkkiller1342  the problem with France is it has a lot of internal issues and that makes it harder to justify aggresive foreign policy, the USA is having this problem as well. Nations like Turkey aren't full democracies and that's partly to their benefit, it allows them to throw their weight around more, they also have the benefit of having more young people but the downside is you can get weird economic policies like with Erdogan. All nations are going into a dark period, there is basically nobody who is going to come out of this swimming, maybe the USA but they have so much debt and problems I don't know if they can survive as a nation.
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  135. Israel controles the west.
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  136. USA stole everything from us, kept us weak, divided us and now that their empire is falling apart they demand we die for their empire? how about no? the USA is in decline and we have to break free to forge our own path. the days of US easy dominance is over, even when Russia is defeated, that much is certain.
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  137.  @Skargar  the elites in Germany that caused the decline and who were Putin's best backers seem terrified of them, to the point they want to abolish democratic voting to stop them, if that's not a sign they should probably get into power then I don't know what will.
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  138. I do like this guy, he is very wise, though like always I can't quite agree with everything he says.
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  139. Ironically the current German leadership is going against EU and German interests for their corrupt elites, it's completly self serving for their elites, it's a disgrace, Germans need to demand scholtz resignation.
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  140. not with the US puppets in charge, no.
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  141. it be worse if it blows up 10 years from now.
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  142. I think that's defeatist and irrational, it has happened before in other places, often times with the same people we have now, in fact I think the EU is going to fall apart if it does not try and become a federation, however if it becomes a federation without checks and balances or a means to justify it's existence then it's most likely going to collapse but I don't think that's likely seeing how the world is changing as we speak.
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  143.  @fightthepower4648  glowie
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  144. it shows just how out of touch and incompetent our leaders are and will continue to be.
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  145. EU and USA are actualy the biggest investors in third world nations, USSR also supported their puppets and they are much worse off than most western backed puppets. China is no different.
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  146. China could easily colonize the far east, the lands can be used for resource extraction and/or farming which China needs and the USA is not going to go to war over it, Taiwan is too important but they won't care about the far east in fact they might even support it if it means getting rid of a semi nuclear armed Siberia.
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  147. Not really, Poland is actually trying to give the americans a bad trade by trading their migs for advanced US fighters which the USA would rather keep for themselves and for any potential military engagements with China. USA does not worry about escalating by giving migs because Russia knows that's a fight they can't win, the Russians are simply bluffing and the americans took the bluf, however at the same time giving the migs would mean having them fly from Germany which is something the German government won't allow (because they are sellouts to Putin have been for decades) I'm almost willing to bet France might allow them to go from their airfields but if they are shot down then France could trigger article 5 and that's a risk the americans don't want to take. In short it's not that they can't give them migs or aren't in support of Ukraine but that they fear they or their allies will be forced or able to trigger article 5, there are ways around this like sending them in secret, have a neutral country like Austria give them to Ukraine or instead just send other weapons and support instead of fighter planes.
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  148. Hard to argue against this but it be great of Germany just had competent leadership, for some reason this is very hard for them. Turkey is also becoming a major threat, Victor Orban just seems oppertunistic more then anything else.
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  149. AI is most certainly going to change the world and put most people out of a job, more then AI restrictions we need laws based on profits and use of AI to be monitored to see compensation for society in loss in productivity, wealth creation and loss of controle of data, you can't trust the government with it or corporations, we need a firm third party to enforce influence and controle over what AI is used for, who profits from it and redistribute a certain degree of wealth if not letting the AI run free would result in the loss of freedom, wealth and agency. the idea of free market capitalism works in a world of equal human beings judged by merritocratic means of selection in the market but with AI you can in essence create super human machines that don't tire, that can work for much longer and in ways that humans could never compete with, sometimes for a bargain of the cost, expecting humans to be able to compete with this, is expecting pigs to build a spaceship.
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  150.  @LustWaffel  I like how wanting to confirm labels of genocide and not wanting ww3 is the same as giving away land to an invader. Calm down and get real.
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  151.  @chaosXP3RT  lol
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  152.  @LustWaffel  sure buddy.
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  153. Mass deportations now.
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  154. USA takes advantage of Europe, has been for decades, we must break away from the US empire.
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  155. what cultural differences? the only ones I can think of is between Eastern Europe and Western Europe, the main issues is about economics, laws and matters of national defence, cultural issues are side issues and can just as well exist in a federal state, just look at the USA.
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  156. Only 7%? We can do better.
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  157. I hope my friends from Russia and Ukraine make it, things seem to be moving fast, Putin must be sweating bullets, I know I would. What a stupid war.
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  158. Chaos, chaos everywhere.
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  159. Nonsense, you only get poverty if you don't have access to key resources, many nations will attempt become self sufficiant without being chained to either the USA or China. The race to the bottom of humanity, will stop.
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  160. depressing
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  161. Ukraine has not gotten everything it wanted from the west, Biden only recently allowed long ranged missile stikes into Russia proper and Scholtz in Germany still holds back the use of long ranged German missiles. it almost seems like the west wants Ukraine to be depopulated while inflicting minimal amount of damage on Russia.
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  162. I don't think Russia will completely collapse but it's likely that parts of it's border regions and perhaps Siberia will become independent in the coming years and decades with it's current demographic collapse Russia simply can't maintain these areas without either reform or loss of lands elsewhere. I think it's important that people in west don't cheer on this complete collapse as a victory over Russia but rather frame it as a defeat of an imperialistic Russia and present an offer and a path towards becoming a democracy and a respected member potentially of the EU and maybe even NATO, Russia is right to distrust the west and many gleefully desire to see the collapse of Russia but this would just be a helping hand for China and give an even bigger sense of alienation and isolation towards Russian people. Russia was not always like it is today, it used to be considered a rather civilized and respected country it can become so again but only if the people there demand it and the west promote it's rise to do so, vile and wicked as Putin may be, don't fail to imagine someone worse could take his place because it very well could.
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  163.  @jouvertalandwa5337  because it's a totalitarian communist dictatorship that wants to wage war and is disliked by everyone around them. Like duh, who would not want that contained? Suicidal and/or insane people? It's like asking why contain Hitler when his economy is the second largest economy in the world with 1.6 billion people within it.
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  164.  @tooltalk  good that means they have competent leaders and pride in their nation and don't cater to those people who want to weaken them. Look at Turkey, they deny everything wrong they ever did and they have a powerfull military, same with the USA and Russia, who is lagging behind? Germany and the UK is catching up with them in weakening themselves long term. Japan should go full far right and amend their constitution, that's the only way forward and away from despair, decline and stagnation.
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  165.  @tooltalk  not sure what nonsense your talking about, im talking about national security, has little to do with economic prosperity. The USA is one of the most nationalistic nations on earth and that's exactly what Trump was and improved the US economy and military as a result, so not sure what your talking about. You do realise that Turkey is the number 2 biggest spender in the NATO alliance right? They produce a lot of stuff within their own borders, meanwhile nations like Germany can't provide basic equipment for their troops and sold out to Russia, it's a really shamefull display, the USA cares a lot about Turkey which is why it's willing to overlook some of it's bad anti democratic behaviours lately. Most economies have been growing but not all economies have been doing suicidal policies or spreading toxic ideas quite like the USA and the west in general, you ever wonder why China and Russia fund far leftwing groups in the USA? Well now you do. Not sure what nonsense your talking about but if you call my information nonsense il take that as a complement.
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  166.  @tooltalk  I think you are delusional and don´t know anything about Trump or his policies on NATO or national defence at all, don´t waste my time. I don´t think you understand what a nationalist even is, it´s not wasting lives in foreign wars, it´s not starting wars to begin with.
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  167. can I just point out that the EU does not have an army to give any kind of security to anyone at the moment, in order to enforce something one first must have force and while France and Germany dominate the EU on most issues, the EU itself has send millions worth of weapons to Ukraine already, in the case of any sort of EU federation the interests of Europe as a whole should be above the interests of the incompetent leadership of France or Germany and seeing as the rest of the EU member states probably have more money, more people and more votes in the EU parlement it seems unlikely that just those two nations could get whatever they want at the expense of everyone else.
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  168. And many citizens would welcome them as liberators because of how incompetent and wicked their government is.
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  169. I see regime propaganda is working on low IQ voters as intended.
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  170. secular religions like communism are much more likely to do that, islam is a minor threat.
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  171.  @puraLusa  indeed, mostly nuclear, now they reopening coal plants, Germany is a joke.
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  172. You are brown
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  173. stop living in fear of a fantasy and start living in fear of reality because it's much worse then you think. @TheLumberjack1987 
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  174. I don't think that's ever going to happen, I've thought about this and the only realistic situation that might create something close the the united states of the world, would be a future in which each continent or semi continental entity is formed, centralized to a degree and then having those super states coming to a mutual understanding of having some kind of global alliance between them and not engaging in wars or other conflicts but even then it's going to be limited.
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  175. Lol
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  176. Glowie much?
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  177. Nothing is cheap, everything is expensive and it is costing us everything. The only people that benefit are the ultra rich. We don't need smart phones, we need civilization, which we currently don't have, we live in barbaric times, the new dark ages is now.
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