So when I’m thinking about ending western imperialism one of the first institutions that is a major block is the EU. Not only does it facilitate global exploitation in favor of the global north, but it also forces austerity in Europe and my understanding is that you literally cannot be a socialist government in the EU- this is not something we can change/take power of, but something that must be ended entirely.
In terms of the current crisis, the EU is leading the charge to essentially rid Europe of all Russian energy. As someone who does not and has never lived in Europe, I’m wondering if I’m witnessing the beginning of the end for the EU and how easy or realistic it would be for countries to escape its grasp. I would also like to extend the time frame we’re looking at a bit- if this crisis doesn’t directly cause people to leave the EU this winter it could still cause it down the line. It just comes down to how decoupled Russia and China become from the west at the end of all this. Especially 10 years down the line, it is inevitable many countries side with China over the US if they’re forced to choose just 1. That’s not even including the amount of countries that are totally fucked without Russian gas. I just don’t get how the EU could maintain itself through such a crisis, a self caused one at that.
One problem that is rarely mentioned is that the liberal establishment have successfully built an image of EU criticism as a right-wing talking point. Basically the far-right populists took all the anti-EU space during the cursed decades where major “left” parties were actively promoting the EU (that was the rise of “social-liberalism”).
It’s so fucked up, the euro left abandoned the proletariat so hard that we now have a prominent nazbol-like movement that constantly pushes the idea that they are “the closest to the people” because they fed on the vacuum let by communist parties.
Disclaimer: This is mostly true for France idk too well about other countries but I know that AfD, the Italian right and the Tories push anti-EU rhetoric