EADaily, August 1st, 2025. No one has political sovereignty . The European Union, neither There is no Ukraine at all now. This was announced today, August 1, by the Presidents of Russia and Belarus, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, answering journalists' questions after a meeting on Valaam Island.
tldr answer: yes. They’re in for a shock once they find out that Europe likes doing what the US wants.
ted talk answer:
They’re saying this as a projection. Europeans generally tend to believe that EU countries are independent, sovereign and in control even when the US routinely puts them in their place and reminds them who’s at the bottom licking the boot.
They will fingerwag, they will clutch pearls, they will be be perfunctory in the hopes to create an image that they have the bargaining chips in “negotiations” with the US, but inspite of it all, so long as the living conditions in Europe are good enough for the Europeans, and as long as wars, genocides, resource expropriation, modern-day slavery, comprador installations and other forms of imperialism applied on the Global South helps to refill their coffee mugs in the morning, and as long none of that is happening in the same manner to them, they won’t mind being the US’ dog for the foreseeable future.
Also because the neoliberals in control of the EU see US society as paradise on earth, and the few bits of consumer protection and civil rights that the EU does have over the US as obstacles to overcome.
tldr answer: yes. They’re in for a shock once they find out that Europe likes doing what the US wants.
ted talk answer:
They’re saying this as a projection. Europeans generally tend to believe that EU countries are independent, sovereign and in control even when the US routinely puts them in their place and reminds them who’s at the bottom licking the boot.
They will fingerwag, they will clutch pearls, they will be be perfunctory in the hopes to create an image that they have the bargaining chips in “negotiations” with the US, but inspite of it all, so long as the living conditions in Europe are good enough for the Europeans, and as long as wars, genocides, resource expropriation, modern-day slavery, comprador installations and other forms of imperialism applied on the Global South helps to refill their coffee mugs in the morning, and as long none of that is happening in the same manner to them, they won’t mind being the US’ dog for the foreseeable future.
Also because the neoliberals in control of the EU see US society as paradise on earth, and the few bits of consumer protection and civil rights that the EU does have over the US as obstacles to overcome.
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