US caught spying on EU ‘allies’ AGAIN…not like the Europeans will do anything about it — RT Op-ed
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A new report alleging the US was spying on European leaders through Danish intelligence services is not the first of this kind. Washington has been caught before, but there’s no will in the EU to assert its independence.

Whilst the European Union talks of matters such as “strategic autonomy” and idealizes itself as a unified, independent force for good in the world, the reality could not be further from the truth. Espionage revelations are just the tip of the iceberg of a variety of ways in which the United States has, through its integration with Europe’s military and security dynamic, utilized a myriad of political tactics to strongarm the bloc into following its political will and agenda, even when it is apathetic or openly objects to it.

  • @nutomicOPA
    7•3 years ago

    I think some people like these “fact checkers” because they provide an easy way to discard different opinions. Basically the allow to simply shout “fake news”, without having to do any critical thinking, or coming up with actual arguments.

    • soronixa
      3•3 years ago

      I mean … can you really blame them? clinging to something to believe that you’re right feels really good, like really. and honestly at this point I don’t think the average person has any chance of actually knowing who’s right and who’s wrong.

      I myself am going through some sort of cognitive dissonance since I joined Lemmy because of how different opinions are from other places I’ve been.

      I mean I saw a few posts against wikipedia on the front page right now T_T