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Aside from this being complete fantasy, do these freaks know that they're proving Putin is right for not trusting the west when they openly talk about carving up Russia like this? I assume not since they're unironically drawing 21st century versions of Generalplan Ost. eu-cool

Also, this map has some very bizzare internal borders

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Here's how we bring Russia to heel:

Step 1: Add Iceland to the EU

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago

It will be used as a launching pad to invade the us. Once the us is European, Russia will be invaded thru Alaska. Putin will never see it coming

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

only socdems and the rightists who are currently out of government have any desire to join the EU in Iceland.

it's already in the EEA, which is fine for most people

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Add Iceland to the EU

WE DID IT REDDIT

[–] [email protected] 46 points 10 months ago (2 children)

How a geopolitical Europe would

a geopolitical Europe

words don't have to mean anything, you can just stick them together in a random order

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

my geopolitical foot is going up this geopolitical lib's ass

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Real shape of democracy hours

[–] [email protected] 45 points 10 months ago (2 children)

One the main justifications for supporting Ukraine from libs is “Putin is imperialist and must be stopped or he will try and take over Europe.”

Putin has been in power for I think a bit over 25 years? In that time, I think the only wars Russia has been involved in were in Chechnya and Dagestan? Maybe Georgia? No offense to those places, but there are plenty of counties in the US that are larger than those places. Not to mention the geopolitics of those situations surely don’t dictate they are simply wars of imperialist aggression. The war in Ukraine is by far the largest operation Russia has undertaken with Putin at the helm. And by all indications Russia is only interested in the Russian speaking parts of eastern Ukraine - Ukraine could probably have peace right now if they would be willing to write off those provinces they’ve de facto lost already.

But other than that, how has Russia been “imperialist”? Never even considered invading other bordering countries like Kazakstan or Mongolia. It strains credulity to think Russia would attack a NATO country. Not only are there no real avenues for imperialist aggression, Putin has had 25 years to be imperialist and hasn’t done it yet.

Meanwhile westerners like this person just can’t wait to finish the job of carving up Russia that they started in 1991.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Russia is imperialist because it has close relations and ties to other nations like Belarus

The more nations you're friends with the more imperialister you are

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

Then why am I always told about how Americans are imperialist?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

We're getting up in arms over social-imperialism again?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

Putin has been in power for I think a bit over 25 years? In that time, I think the only wars Russia has been involved in were in Chechnya and Dagestan? Maybe Georgia?

Oh Mr. Simpleton over here, you've got it all wrong. The evil Putler has committed atrocities in Afghanistan, Syria, Libya (hey who ruined that place again? Can't remember...), generally speaking all over Africa, and even helped elect DONAL DRUMPF in 2016.

Care a little more about or democracy and freedom now, huh?

Just make sure to vote and President Biden will send another 250 billbjon dollarios to Kyiev.

As soon as Russia is completely defeated, we'll get universal healthcare, at least while the dems stay in power. Got it???

[–] [email protected] 39 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That's literally just poorly disguised Nazism

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

it was Oswald Mosley's idea

[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Stalin's paranoia about Western Europe's designs on Russia continue to be vindicated.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Soviet Union was invaded by every major European power in the aftermath of the revolution and again a few years later by Nazi Germany, it was never paranoia.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Even America, Canada and Imperial Japan got in in the action

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Imperial Japan is honestly the only one that makes sense from a non-ideological POV

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Stalin should have pushed past Berlin and integrated the West European SSR.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

federalization

imagine thinking the united states would allow for the formation of a rival power like that. Americans would bomb brussels to stop that from happening, if necessary.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago

'Federalization' of Russian Federation looks like an euphemism for balkanisation.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago

I think the Yanks would be slightly more subtle about it. Vicky Nuland would suddenly visit Catalonia and other obscure breakaway hotspots to "support democracy".

[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Step 1. Build largely pointless bridges

Step 2. Coup Belarus

Step 3. Magically have more power

Step 4. Start WW3 with Russia, world ravaged by nukes

Ah yes, all problems now solved

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Step 4. Start WW3 with Russia, world ravaged by nukes

I've had people tell me they don't believe Russias nukes work so that's fine actually, nothing bad will happen

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

repeatedly explaining that you can't make nuclear safety decisions based on wishy thinking and vibes

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

this means that the nukes we drop have no impact on the world. Also airplanes an submarines don't exist. and normal missiles and bombs are not bad.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We should unironically do more EU balkanization maps. Germany goes back to the tollbooth castle phase of the HRE. Half of France becomes Vichy France. Spain goes to Manchukuo.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Germany goes back to the tollbooth castle phase of the HRE.

Germany goes back to nothing.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

Honestly idk if I like the idea of big Poland.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago

pan europeanism is just white nationalism

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Looked her up and she's a... dancer???? Never seen this level of brainworms in someone who wasn't a professional twitter user.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've seen eurolibs flip the antiziganism switch and go from Gandhi to literally Hitler in like 5 seconds. Nothing surprises me about euro brainworms anymore.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Have you read Gandhi's letters to Hitler? It wasn't really that far of a leap

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Iceland, Norway, Switzerland etc being forced to join lol

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Integrated Iceland? It's already in the EU sphere! Wtf lmao

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What european's think is soft power EU power projection (culture and shit) is actually american soft power, what the EU has is literally hard power over its members

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

How a federal Russia would bring Europe to heel after its ReNazificiation:

  1. posadist-nuke
[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago

This is of course a fantasy because Federal Europe would never last long enough for that to happen.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

Man even they want to assimilate Armenia.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

I didn't read anything on this post. But I did notice the picture looks like a dog trying to bite his own butt.

That is all. Ty.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

No I agree, we should get a socialist Union of Europe so we can invite Russia in it too!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

stalin shouldn't have stopped at berlin

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Should've marched all the way to Los Angeles

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

nazis gonna nazi

Death to America

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

What too much hoi4 peace deals does to an mf

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Reminds me of the time Matt called The Atlantic “neoliberal Dabiq.”

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

deranged europeans

no need for pleonasms

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