I’ve gone from pro-EU to Eurosceptic in seeing how toothless an entire continent has become to Russo-American corruption and aggression.
If this is true, Musk is a national security risk to NATO and the EU. Consider the fury with which America (conventionally) or China or any regional power would react to a foreign person directly agitating against their own security interests like this while still seeking to profit off their market access.
The US have been controlling Europe since 1945, and NATO is one tool (when France left the integrated command and kicked out US troops in 1966 it was exactly for that reason).
At the moment the US administration is maybe bluster than usual but I don't think there has been a fundamental change in the balance of power or who's really is in charge.
I don't think Musk's behaviour with respect to Starlink is out of the ordinary, either for someone in hos position. It's just that somehow things tend to get more public, or more leaked, nowadays.
I think if you become eurosceptic because of that, you should reevaluate your information ecochamber and your own perception on autonomy in your opinion building.
While admittedly slow in response, EU have been responding, by historical measure quite sudden and drastically, to the changing geopolitical climate. Ramping up defense spending is not just a push of a button. Also, unlike American politics that start with big words, chest pumping and great speeches, European politics are usually convoluted and in the detail. Language barrier also makes sure high detailed statements or initiative never really gets propagated to a anglo-layman.
To me it sounds like you are looking at EU through the scope of American politics, amplified by outrage/attention optimized algorithm. If you dive maybe >10min deeper per outrage article you'll find that there's a lot happening, and given the scope of economic entanglement to US/Russia (and bureocracy being what it is) a lot is silently changing
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[ 1.1 ms ] story [ 20.8 ms ] threadhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50093056
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50093599
We seem to be vying for history's best example of what happens when ultimate wealth and power concentrates in one person.
If you haven't seen my recommendation (since we cross paths here frequently and have general alignment), I think you would really like...
What Happened to Liberal Democracy - Daron Acemoglu
The Tyranny of Meritocracy - Michael Sandel
I'm still working my way through them, but they both have amazing analyses of how we got to where we are, and ideas for how we get out of it
If this is true, Musk is a national security risk to NATO and the EU. Consider the fury with which America (conventionally) or China or any regional power would react to a foreign person directly agitating against their own security interests like this while still seeking to profit off their market access.
At the moment the US administration is maybe bluster than usual but I don't think there has been a fundamental change in the balance of power or who's really is in charge.
I don't think Musk's behaviour with respect to Starlink is out of the ordinary, either for someone in hos position. It's just that somehow things tend to get more public, or more leaked, nowadays.
While admittedly slow in response, EU have been responding, by historical measure quite sudden and drastically, to the changing geopolitical climate. Ramping up defense spending is not just a push of a button. Also, unlike American politics that start with big words, chest pumping and great speeches, European politics are usually convoluted and in the detail. Language barrier also makes sure high detailed statements or initiative never really gets propagated to a anglo-layman.
To me it sounds like you are looking at EU through the scope of American politics, amplified by outrage/attention optimized algorithm. If you dive maybe >10min deeper per outrage article you'll find that there's a lot happening, and given the scope of economic entanglement to US/Russia (and bureocracy being what it is) a lot is silently changing