right-wing eejit P Hitch once wrote that the EU is a de facto continuation of the German Empire, it's probably not at all in the sense that he meant it, but not that far off from being that either if you look at the wider picture.
― calzino, Saturday, 16 July 2022 19:33 (one year ago) link
it's depressing in that one wants to think that civilizations and governments and people learn from mistakes and horror and get better ...and this just reminds me, 1945 wasn't that long ago.
― sarahell, Saturday, 16 July 2022 19:37 (one year ago) link
also that America doesn't have a monopoly on egregious behavior like that
― sarahell, Saturday, 16 July 2022 19:38 (one year ago) link
if the Cleves-Jülich crisis of 1609 taught us anything it’s that refugees streaming into your territory boost the economy, this is basic stuff
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 16 July 2022 20:26 (one year ago) link
Mass deaths at sea are to the EU what mass shootings are to the US. - It keeps happening. - And every time, politicians pretend to be concerned. - And every time, politicians keep in place the government policies at the root of the problem. - And it keeps happening.— Andrew Stroehlein (@astroehlein) June 15, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 15 June 2023 16:35 (eleven months ago) link
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/europe-migration-tunisia-humanitarian-disaster-italy-asylum-seekers/
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 27 September 2023 12:54 (eight months ago) link