General News Thread

[Snow]

EU is leeching us: not an argument, the actual financial benefits of being in the union are clearly visible.

Using the free workforce fluctuation to apply for a job in the more prosperous parts of the union carries a high risk of you being treated like crap and underpaid: kinda an argument (?), depends.

There are massive regulations regarding export of our products into the union, but apparently nothing in place to prevent megacorporations from selling lower quality products, charge double or triple, and outward lie on product declarations on the eastern market: fact.

And then the whole speeds of progress rhetoric and I'm getting Snowpiercer butt wagon flashbacks.

[SeiKeo]

And of course the PiS type social issues.

[I3uster]

Oh yes erosion of quality standards due to free trade agreeme ts are a totally legitimate reason to be critical of it (our main problem is not having enough doctors since the Germans like our universities lax admission policy but thats more of a bologna gripe)

I just dont quite think thats the intent whenever Hungary tries to play chicken and when these conflicts are framed in purely national terms (ask the german population on their agreement to trade deals they dont get a look at)

That just feeds an idiotic sentiment that tries to make the people think thisll be anothet Kosovo intervention if the Evil German gets her way.

[Snow]

And of course the PiS type social issues.

What would those be exactly?

[Strife ❤️]

EU election turnout is nearly in single digits in some countries, about as legitimate as the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly

[I3uster]

this instution is undemocratic

here have a vote

lol who wants that

[Elthanes]

https://euobserver.com/institutional/138832

Month late for this party but, I really love how in these post Brexit times the first idea the Grand Barons of the Union put on the table is to alienate even more of their membership.

It's kinda telling that he wants to reveal his points after our election.

[2Bad]

What would those be exactly?

Piss is the Polish far right party and current government

use your imagination

[Lace]

I'm 100% certain Snow knows what PiS stands for smh you guys are so willfully obtuse sometimes

[2Bad]

I mean I know she does but she put forth the thesis that Euroskepticism is mostly in good faith and not just an excuse for/married to social backlash. Which, frankly, I don't believe, certainly not in the cases of Poland and Hungary.

[Strife ❤️]

Please tell me what kind of Social Backlash I'm involved in, I'd really like to know!

[Five_X]

Popular PC novelesque video game Poland is Strange?

[I3uster]

Please tell me what kind of Social Backlash I'm involved in, I'd really like to know!

i think currently the thing you are involved in is trying to revert the imminent economic collapse of your country by shitposting

does it work

[Strife ❤️]

if you leave us we'll kneecap you and kick you out of our protectionist club

[Lace]

I mean I know she does but she put forth the thesis that Euroskepticism is mostly in good faith and not just an excuse for/married to social backlash.

She literally didn't say this in fact she said she disagrees with nationalism fueled euroskepticism! No offense but everyone in this thread has the tendency to jump to conclusions far too quickly.

[SeiKeo]

if you leave us we'll kneecap you and kick you out of our protectionist club

Discord rules are harsh but necessary

[I3uster]

if you leave us we'll kneecap you and kick you out of our protectionist club

its more like you showed up to an all you can eat buffet, managed to negotiate with all your friends that you only had to pay half the bill, then tried to dine and dash anyway and got arrested

[2Bad]

Please tell me what kind of Social Backlash I'm involved in, I'd really like to know!

Well the word "largely" should clue you in on there being accepted room for exceptions. I was told y'all invented the language?

[Strife ❤️]

but every time you go to take something from the buffet 28 people in the restaurant get to vote if you're allowed

and you have to only eat at that buffet and you aren't allowed to go to any other restaurants

[I3uster]

you have discovered the true opponent of democracy, other people