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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It'll absolutely influence the rest of the world though :(

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That soft power is increasingly disappearing and is unlikely to return to even a shadow of its former self in decades.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hopefully this means theres more space for European Union to take leadership!

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Agreed but they'll need out of this wave of fascism first.

I sincerely hope the whole world turns against the US-Russian axis of fascism. But y'all will have to do some doing to get there.

I sincerely hope this is the world's last go around with fascism but I'm not so delusional as to think it the case. But I am delusional enough to think maybe someday it will be. Maybe someday we'll win.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eh, not while it is led by the likes of neoliberal former banksters Macron and Merz... :/

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good. As long as European institutions remain strong it can correct for bad temporaryleadership, as soon as you weaken these institutions the correction becomes harder and more expensive.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I guess, the EU seems to be holding, at least for now.