That other reason, too often it’s Western intervention.

As a consequence, I believe that there won’t be a peaceful transition into a multipolar world, because that could have already happened.

That advantage could have been given up and shared. Instead it is defended, even with military power. Why fight those wars now and make enemies?

an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power

Article 42 leaves no space for selling out.

The promise of the EU is mutual support while remaining independent. There are enough citizens who don’t want to become another united states. With too much push for unity, there is a risk that the EU breaks apart.

The joint investment response is not necessary since the EU is stronger than Russia. Given van der Leyen’s vaccine history, there is a big risk that the money will not be spent wisely.

Thank you, but it doesn’t work for me:

!https://lemmy.world/post/26673110

Which war does the EU face? The military of the EU is already bigger than the Russian military. European air superiority will destroy any Russian attack.

See also: instances with individual all feeds https://reddthat.com/post/36815847

There should be another feed, besides subscribed, local and all, that shows the channels that are relevant to the instance.

This idea relates to custom collections: https://lemmy.world/post/26654286

“America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests.”

This is not new. Even England had a shakedown before WW2 support.

How can I link a post without redirecting?

There is an entire instance for the Midwest. Have a look to check if they already have an active community

https://midwest.social/

The surveillance of chats and the prohibition of encryption in many Western countries must have a purpose. It mostly makes sense if democracy is dismantled.

Since the West doesn’t show signs of sharing resources voluntarily, my prediction is that the West is willing to fight a nuclear war to preserve its lead which cannot happen in a democracy.

Without that war, Asia will take over as the center of commerce and innovation. The brightest will move there, which means that the remaining people in the West have to be innovative without the main ingredience for innovation.

How does this pen out? If those weapons are meant to be used defencively, they have to be second-strike weapons.

This means that Germany needs nuclear submarines because everything else could be hit by Russian nuclear bombs in the assumed Russian attack.

Preparing nuclear weapons on fighter jets only helps to make Germany a target.

France and UK rightfully ask for support for their nuclear weapons program but there is no need to be further involved than financing it.

Good name, when it comes to cooling

the mistral is a strong, cold, northwesterly wind

Yanis Varoufakis’ theory of what is happening

According to Yanis Varoufakis, to end the tade imbalances so that the US don’t lose their production capabilities

This would be good for instances if a default custom collection could be added to the “subscribed, local, all” selection.

Then an instance could show the content it wants to represent.

Aren’t microcode updates erased after restarts?

The point is having a common language and thus economic and cultural advantages. English is a secondary language for most people. In the US, it’s probably replaced with Spanish.

With Arabic, you have many more primary language speakers. Thanks to immigration, the transition to Arabic can be made easy. Then it’s possible to sell products in one packaging from Portugal to India.

I am not arguing that this should happen. It’s just an opportunity that is not obvious because Arabic is not a traditional European language. Though I would assume that there are now more Arabic than Basque speakers.

The point of speaking Arabic would be to have the same language as North Africa and Arabia. And once Europe speaks Arabic, neighboring countries like Turkye, Iran or Pakistan and India could see the benefit in joining.

This doesn’t mean that those countries become part of the EU. It would just create a huge zone with a single language which has its own advantages.

It depends on what Europe wants to be. The language is in some ways connected to the culture. Would Europe get a more Mediterranean savoir vivre if everybody spoke Spanish or French? I think so.

An ambitious and interesting option for Europe could be Arabic as the lingua franca. If Europe commits, other countries like Iran or India could also be interested in joining. That could create a huge area with a single language as long as it doesn’t splinter into dialects like the current Arabic.