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    Yes, but that was not the point.

    :D I can imagine! Let’s face it: if that really was a kind of super hack for the US to get their dominating military, their biggest rival wouldn’t be one of the biggest partakers in it since their adoption of market economy in the 80s.

    Right in theory but not in practice.

    Absolutely right in practice. Giving in to a simplified world view based on individual events is always a dumb idea. Be it that individual criminal offences by foreigners don’t constitute a general criminality of foreigners or, like in this case, assuming that the US effectively controls our politics.

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      their biggest rival wouldn’t be one of the biggest partakers

      It has worked out for them, hasn’t it? It’s all about capturing the production processes. The US now has to contain them to come out ahead.

      based on individual events

      The individual part is important. Foreigners are individuals, US foreign policy isn’t.

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        It has worked out for them, hasn’t it?

        How? According to your theory, they have been heavily bolstering the US military for decades. At least that’s what you want to blame Germany with, but somehow for China the same would be a win?

        US foreign policy isn’t.

        So you want to extrapolate that because Trump is trying to save Milei with money, the US is effectively controlling us all?

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          blame Germany

          Why blame? It also was a partial win for Germany, but we deliberately forfeited on building the fourth reich so we don’t have that concentration of power.

          want to extrapolate

          Why do you want Europe to be independend if there is no control?

          Milei is just the most recent incident that is out in the open.

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              You argue that the EU has to be strong to avoid being influenced by the US. At the same time you doubt that the EU is influenced by the US.

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                At the same time you doubt that the EU is influenced by the US.

                I doubt that the EU is controlled by the US. Of course there’s influence and attempts to control us.