Calling other people’s opinions stupid is rich coming from the country that elected Donald Trump…
Twice…
this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2026
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The Far Right is rising EVERYWHERE. Before criticizing America, they should realize that we're just the canary in the coalmine, and they should take care of their own countries, because THEY are next. They should be rooting for the Left to take back America, because that's what they have to do in their own countries, too.
Besides, wishing for America's demise is stupid. The economies of every country in the world is tied directly or indirectly to the American economy. If America truly collapses, it will bring down the entire world. Like it or not, it's the TRUTH.
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Europeans should be self aware enough to recognize that the most devastating criticism of Trump are direct comparisons to historic European tyrants. And forget about Hitler or Mussolini. Donald Trump at his worst can't even measure up to Leopold II.
That is an insane argument. You are saying anybody whose country went through a genocidal dictator can't criticize Trump because he's not as bad yet? WTF?
Never mind that in those examples that they gave, none of them were elected like Trump was:
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Hitler lost the election for president; but was later appointed as chancellor by the guy that won after political pressure;
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Mussolini was appointed by the king after threats of paramilitary force;
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Leopold II was a hereditary monarch
Sorry US bros. I like you and I love you depending on the days. But just like the French will never live down the white flag meme, you will never live down that you elected a pedophile fascist TWICE.
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Ah yes. A whataboutism will make everything right. Maybe we should have sent some smarter guys back in 1492
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Very slight difference to note. Leopold II was alive 150 years ago. Trump is alive today.
As a Brit I fucking hate the royal family and their soft power and their wealth, but I'd argue that Trump has more of both and is heading for more than a royal has had in a Western country in living memory.
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My preferred comparison is to Napoleon III. It's not a perfect match, but provides a lot of comparisons: the attack on freedoms, the incompetent political appointees, the unwise foreign wars, the puffed-up overconfidence and the sheer mediocrity...
Right, Leopold II didn't shit his pants
Right? Trump's nothing but a Temu dictator that was actually elected into that position rather than a proper tyrant dictator.
The US can't even do despotism right.
I would never clap back a Europeans criticizing the USA. It would be impolite, and they're usually right anyway. I'd love to move to the EU someday too; but it won't happen because the only thing they hate more than USians are brown Muslims 😔.
only thing they hate more than USians are brown Muslims 😔.
You forgot Romani people
God dude looking at comment threads of people in Europe talking about the Romani is genuinely sickening.
It is a self-serving circle. People assign certain behaviors to Romani, refusing to take them as a part of the society. Then the Romani will act that way, since it is expected anyway, and there is barely chances to do otherwise. And the cycle has continued for a long time, creating a culture that is not only shunned by the society, but also sees itself not being a part of the society, so their actions reflect on that. Stopping the cycle is incredibly difficult, as the racism is ingraved deep. That does not mean, that it should not be the goal, though.
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facts sadly
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That's all us euros would expect from a nation comprised of the rest of the world's rejects.
hey friend, we take the good with the bad. most of us like it that way. some of us have forgotten the dream this country was built on. usually it happens when they get too much money. truth is, it's always just been the ones with money making sure the rest of us stay divided. 🤷♂️
it's the ones with money that give a shit about borders and that foment hate between their lessers to make sure we never get it together.
12,000 years of this shit, at least.
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Ya that's how that works. Don't talk shit about my homophobic, racist, pedophile billionaire loving shit hole! It's my God dammed shit hole!
Is that the gold you stole from the natives?
Wait is this aimed at America or Europe?
No. They earned it by mining land stolen from natives.
No. They earned it by forcing slaves to mine the land stolen from their Indigenous people.
I love when Europeans talk about American slavery and colonialism like its not one of Europe's favorite pastimes too.
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If you really want to piss off Europeans all you gotta do is make the claim that the EU is subsurvient to US foreign policy demands which means they'll throw away any of their beneficial policies or laws to retain good standing in the US hegemony, no matter how absurd or insane US leadership is.
They didn't give away Greenland when the Donnie asked. That's a grudgin'
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Does that mean if we all stop legit criticisms, y'all stop feeling irrationally inferior and become normal?
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This thread is like Monty Python's "Life of Brian". Half the people here are the People’s Front of Judea and the other half are the Judean People’s Front.
Or better yet, we're like the Maya Pei Brigade arc from the first few episodes of season two of Star Wars Andor.
Trump, Stephen Miller, Meloni, Orban, Farage, Weidel, Le Pen and the rest love watching us fight each other. It's one of their most effective tactics.
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If it makes you feel any better, I want you back. Polanski of UK Greens wants out of NATO and into an EU-exclusive military alliance
I want the US to go to rehab and then move back in with us. I'll even make your favorite dish: string cheese
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