• PonyOfWar@pawb.social
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    1 day ago

    From my European perspective:

    • Countries are finally starting to push for independence from the US when it comes to defence etc
    • The UK and Canada moving closer to the EU, increasing political and economic cooperation
    • Brain drain from the US leading to American academics moving to Europe, bolstering our economy and research
    • Hopefully seeing how fucked up the US is will eventually lead some people to reconsider voting for the far-right in Europe
    • Echolynx@lemmy.zip
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      16 hours ago

      Europe has a handful of upsides. The growing independence is great to see, as well as an increase in domestic defense budgets.

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        Yeah, but I don’t think the nutters make up the full quarter of the voting population currently willing to vote for them. Lots of them are protest voters who are just vaguely “against”. Besides, I don’t think it’d be the deportations making some people reconsider, but the sheer economic stupidity of the Trump government as well as their attitude towards Europe. I fully expect Americans to be far poorer and more miserable in 2-3 years and that might do wonders to dispel the myth that the far-right could “fix the economy”.