I mean the reason they went after Le Pen was because neolibs see her as the biggest threat. If it was somebody on the left like Mélenchon they would’ve gone after him instead. I agree that they don’t really need a precedent, but I’m sure they will leverage it next time now that it’s there.

So like… when you apply law selectively that’s a problem. For example, Christine Lagarde was found guilty of involvement in a corrupt 400m euro arbitration, received no sentence, and was awarded with the ECB governor job. https://news.sky.com/story/court-finds-imf-chief-christine-lagarde-guilty-of-criminal-negligence-10702431

Then there’s von der Leyen who simply refused to disclose text messages she exchanged with the chief executive of Pfizer https://www.ft.com/content/72f0cb12-3753-42a9-aba4-7b3fb596e1cd

There are plenty of such cases and these people never face any punishment, but all of a sudden in this case there’s a sentence handed down. Anybody with even a minimally functioning brain can see that this is politically motivated lawfare. If the law is not applied equally then it’s no longer just.

Good of you to continue exposing yourself as an utter clown. When presented with overwhelming evidence that Chinese investments in Africa result in huge improvement in standard of living, education, and infrastructure your counter is look at this bad thing that happened. That obviously negates everything. You are so very intelligent.

Way to whitewash your imperialism there dronie. A real class act. Can’t wait to see what you’re going to spew next.

See, continue to expose yourself as a troll. There are mountains of studies examining China’s investments around the world, and they all show positive and persistent impact. This is the opposite of what you chuds did there, but evidently all a parasite can do is project and assume everyone else is also a parasite.

• https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3745021
• In Dec 2021, BBC Interviewed Dr. Deborah Bräutigam About the Debt-Trap Story in Africa. BBC Then Made It Look Like She Agreed With Them During the Broadcast. Corrections Were (Obscurely) Published Eight Months Later in July 2022 But Without Any Change to the Broadcast. https://archive.is/e0BYg
• Chinese Investment In Africa Has Had ‘Significant And Persistently Positive’ Long-Term Effects Despite Controversy https://www.eurasiareview.com/01022021-chinese-investment-in-africa-has-had-significant-and-persistently-positive-long-term-effects-despite-controversy/
• study on Chinese investments https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3745021
• another study finds no debt trap https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/02/china-debt-trap-diplomacy/617953/
• yet another one saying debt trap does not hold much water https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2023/11/06/sri-lankas-debt-trap-and-the-vultures/
• China and Africa: Ethiopia case study debunks investment myths https://theconversation.com/china-and-africa-ethiopia-case-study-debunks-investment-myths-177098
• https://www.lse.ac.uk/iga/assets/documents/research-and-publications/FDI-in-Ethiopia-Crescenzi-Limodio.pdf
• https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/gild/2021/01/26/how-chinese-investment-shape-new-growth-patterns-in-africa/
• https://www.asiafinancial.com/china-debt-trap-claims-in-africa-stem-from-us-rivalry-study
• https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/chinas-infrastructure-investment-helps-fast-track-development-in-africa-expert/
• https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/08/20/china-forgives-debt-africa/
• https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2023/11/broadband-business-formation-and-economic-growth-in-the-global-south-assessing-chinas-impact

We have a great economy because of services that we provide. We have a highly educated population.

Nah, it’s because you’re leeches.

What the fuck? Using brain? Logic? In a tankie sub?!

Take your own advice little dronie.

Oh look more projecting. If you knew anything at all then you’d know that China has seen the highest rise in standard of living in human history. Being an ignoramus that you are, you don’t even bother considering where China started at when comparing to your shithole colonizer country. Your whole standard of living is built on brutal colonial exploitation, particularly in the Congo.

From 1885 to 1960, Belgium plundered the Congo Free State (later the Belgian Congo) for rubber, ivory, and minerals, enabled by forced labor, mutilation, and mass killings that claimed millions of lives. King Leopold II’s personal fiefdom and subsequent state rule extracted vast wealth, financing Belgium’s industrialization and public infrastructure while leaving Congolese society impoverished and fractured.

Today, Belgian corporations like Union Minière (now rebranded as Umicore) maintained control over strategic resources such as cobalt and copper, critical to modern technology, through neocolonial trade arrangements. Belgium’s social welfare systems and economy at large are directly subsidized by extraction of resources and labor from the Global South.

Belgium has never done any meaningful reparations or dismantled systems of exploitation, it’s a parasitic nation. Its prosperity, built on ongoing extraction, underscores a global order where colonizers thrive at the expense of those they exploit.

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Eventually the workers will rise up, but my impression is that genuine socialists are still a minority in Europe. Neoliberal centre is still strong, and the right has been doing a better job than the left attracting people who fall out of it. The right also has the benefit of being backed by the rich since they don’t see it as a threat. I suspect it’s quite likely that we could see a right wave sweep through Europe before people start seriously looking left.

the world is healing

I don’t think this is going to cause far-right to lose momentum, if anything we should expect the opposite to happen because everybody can see this was politically motivated. The reason far-right is gaining momentum is because the standard of living is collapsing due to neoliberal policies. Since liberals have no actual solution to this problem the disenfranchisement will continue to grow. Le Pen will just get replaced with somebody else and the same people who support her will rally behind them instead.

Micron’s gotta stay in power somehow. :)

lol imagine not being able to understand the concept of purchasing power

Meanwhile, welcome to real Belgium 🤡 https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/31/belgium-on-strike-against-arizona-coalitions-austerity-plans/

I have no problem criticizing China when I talk to serious people who have a clue regarding the subject. I’m not going to do that while being bated by an obvious troll such as yourself. Meanwhile, your ability to jeer at the oligarchs who rule over you is known as jester’s privilege. Nothing to be proud of.

Newsflash, every society does censorship. It’s hilarious how westies think they got the balance right, while everyone else has got it wrong while the west is literally imploding now. 🤡

go back to reddit

Oh no poor wasps can’t feel superior living in China!

Europeans have actively worked to destroy Syria and other countries along with the US, that’s why people are fleeing countries like Syria. Seems appropriate that Europe would be taking refugees from countries Europe helped destroy.

You don’t have to become a refugee, can just get a job there.

clearly too complicated a concept for him to parse

Anybody who thinks that neoliberals won’t be doing the same thing with socialists going forward is in for a surprise. It’s becoming clear that the EU will just use lawfare to keep neoliberal center in power going forward.