More importantly, they are dangerous.

Toxic masculinity doesn’t deserve a real response. They’ll just respond with another caveman answer. Seen it a hundred times before.

Your standpoint is toxic. Doesn’t deserve any real consideration.

Yeah, the “me big strong American man” response. What else is new…

I’m American, but I try not to say shit like that because it’s not true.

Appealing to Trump’s ego is the only way allies will survive.

Very bold of you to assume that the only way “allies will survive” is by the grace of the US. Shit Americans say.

So, Trump just keeps on winning? How about getting rid of the gas dependency altogether? I feel like people are just making one poor choice after the other these days.

But at least they got join MAGA to own the libs.

Yes, which is why I do think the foundational trade framework will remain and possibly strengthen. That’s what originally created the EU and ended many of the conflicts.

What I don’t see happening much going forward is countries giving up sovereignty on things like immigration and judicial issues or social and cultural issues. I also think stuff like a banking union and further economic integration are hanging by a thin, thin thread. There are simply too much disagreement and too many differences in how the economies work. It’s not like states within the US at all.

Maybe they need it, but that may not be happening. Over the past decade, Europe has been moving decisively to the right, just like the US is doing, which means less internal European cooperation and a further move toward sovereign nation states. The EU will maybe be able to maintain the overall trade cooperation among countries, but there’s very little chance of further European integration in other policy areas as it stands. Even the Schengen open-border cooperation is hanging by a thread.

I was once a proponent of cashless societies. Not anymore. Too many vulnerabilities, too many ways for governments to take control of your finances.

If Republicans get their way, voting by anything other than in-person on election day will be banned.

Sure. As long as he goes, I’ll support it all day long.

I’m sure it makes money and he may not F it up, but that’s not the point. The point is that Elon has turned into the douche of the century along with his butt-buddy Trump.

As with X, I’ll support it as soon as he’s out.

Stop supporting Elon.

Weird mustache-man is making a comeback.

This stuff is eventually going to be the end of the EU.

People in rich countries don’t like people with different color skin from other countries.

As far as I can tell from Google, the fastest route at the moment is about 9 hours. Not a huge difference, but still more than 10 percent faster.