Macron to EU colleagues: Stop buying American, buy European
Macron to EU colleagues: Stop buying American, buy European
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Macron to EU colleagues: Stop buying American, buy European – POLITICO
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I am an American and agree with this headline. Don’t cave in to the bully.
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As an American, who the fuck even has to be told that, by now? If you know what’s going on, you have an obligation to make American corporations shriek their fucking heads off as they hemorrhage profits.
As an American:
FFS STOP BUYING AMERICAN!
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Most people?
I think sometimes people on here forget we have been filtered out of general society first by joining Reddit and then by moving here we are sort of in a liberal echo chamber.
When I interact with regular friends IRL, they don’t care and they really don’t understand what’s happening with the world. So it’s a good thing Macron is sayin this as it spreads the message.
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I am in even worse echo chamber, because almost all of my friends are queers, computer scientists or uni students.
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I could not have said it better myself!
This and the subreddits I frequent are dangerously filled with people whom I agree with and that agree with me. Back in the "good" days when Forums were all the rage I was exposed to a lot more variety and got to talk to people who were worth having a discussion with. Too bad I was a young idiot and the forum I spent the most time on was paintball forum. (TechPB if anyone's curious)
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I think it's a bit hard for most people when there's such an abundance of goods and services and nobody really knows where everything comes from.
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You don’t have to be perfect, just try your best to avoid anything made in the US. If it’s unavoidable, don’t stress it, just buy the absolute least you can get away with, while looking for EU alternatives.
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It wasn't until all this kicked off that I learned just how many companies that I thought were European were in fact owned by American conglomerates.
Which makes MAGA's "the world is taking advantage of America" rhetoric all the more infuriatingly hypocritical. You spent decades using the strong dollar to go on a massive global shopping trip buying up every other country's companies, and are now crying foul that those companies you own are supplying their local markets instead of importing from the US?
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Hey @EU: don’t forget to buy Canadian. We have sweet sweet sugary beavers….and pornhub.
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France has a sneaker brand called Le Coq. Why would anyone buy Nike when they can show off their Le Coq is beyond me.
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Wait Le Coq Sportif? I used to wear that as a kid then it went from the UK.
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I love the Sporty Rooster.
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Is it “coke” or “cock”?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWhTaK4nmgI
coq = cock = rooster they are pronounced basically the same, but coq doesnt mean cock as in penis afaik
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I always pronounced it cock
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You know which one 😏
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The French have been avoiding dependence on Americans since de Gualle. The only reason the entire country hasn't died of schadenfreude poisoning is because "schadenfreude" is a German word.
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For anyone like me:
schadenfreude /shäd′n-froi″də/ noun
Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others. Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune. Delight in another person's misfortune.
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You're what makes the fediverse great
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username checks out
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How is Macron so based? I, as a German, used to hate on France, but they are holy based the last months
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In France macron is (or at least was) quite unpopular for what he's doing within the country. But in foreign affairs he's really based already for years I would say. One of the few persons who had visions for the EU before putin and now trump reminded everyone to be happy we have it.
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Why would you hate France ? We spent years building a strong friendship, sharing TV programs, sending our kids to each other, learning each other languages, making good deals... Let's stay friends
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European countries are ruled by queens. When PRC invades there’s going to be a lot of shrieking and crying! Poor little cowards.
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Another German here. I love France. And arte is the best TV Programm. :) just that you don't feel alone.
My theory: Many germans just had really Bad French teachers and honestly its not very easy to learn the spelling, so since their youth they are a bit mad at France. I personally know 3 people that had to redo a year because of bad french grades. Nothing More behind it usually. I noticed its the same with French people that had to learn German. Some love Germany now , the rest projecs their dislike of learning the language on the whole country. However, at least in my bubble, people that like France are in majority. Even those that don't speak french love to visit.
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I guess you took it too seriously. I love all my european brothers and sisters, its just an insider joke. you surely know that internet phenomenon. But im not even able to say it anymore! May we succeed in our countries friendship as we did in the last decades ❤️
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Why would you hate France ?
Probably because of the same reason people are hating america in this sub: nationalism.
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He just continued the basedness that is de Gaule with his stance that US will turn on eurpoe some day.
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You only see the PR stunts. And probably only the good ones.
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How is Macron so based?
He's the ceo of a government who spend billions on "security" and propaganda, he gets advice from professionals on how to fool the average person too lazy to remember all the evil shit macron has done in its presidency.
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USian here, stop buying American, buy European.
I worked for Google's contractors doing GIS work, I have ZERO respect for US companies in terms of the value they bring to the table or the fundamental indecency with which they will try to rip you off or force you into shitty subscriptions. In the past 10 years large U.S. corporations have completely gutted what made them agile and valuable in the first place, these are just dead husks wobbling over totally termite ridden foundations, and the current economic crash completely makes sense to me for the value of these companies crashing.
There are many smart people here, I don't want to condemn the labor of all of the good people here in the US, but we the average people of the U.S. barely get any share of the money you pay to large corporations for our labor, we don't control our politicians, our economy, our largest corporations, our military, our immigration enforcement....the list goes on and on. DO NOT SUPPORT large US corporations that are holding our futures hostage, DO NOT BUY US PRODUCTS until the U.S. stops heading towards violence and fascism.
If there is any way you can obtain the fruits of U.S. labor without paying large U.S. corporations, now is a great time to do so.
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In case you agree but don't know where to start: !buyeuropean@feddit.uk !buyfromeu@feddit.org
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Macron is a hypocrite, all talk no action
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As an American I try not to buy American
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I guess it would be nice if you supplanted that by economic policy, wouldn't it.
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As a dude in a red state don't buy jack shit from here. The MAGA needs to suffer.
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Where do you buy your panties and your douche supplies?
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Macron's government to every administration and projects : Keep buying MS Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS, don't look at all the providers in Europe (and France).
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Jupiter, the emperor of Europe...
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I say if America wants to go it alone the rest of the world should let them.
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Yes don’t go to Disney Land Paris. Got it.
Also everyone should stop watching US movies in the theater, just pirate American movies. Or watch Les Vengeurs made by Marvelle. Or Le Batman by Les Frères Warner.
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Wouldn’t want to be accepted in Europe under any circumstance.
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Coming from this authoritarian idiot this is straight nationalist propaganda. Don't buy from evil corporation including french ones.
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Any American who sides with the EU should pack up and leave. Buy American. Die European.
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They’re welcome here. You would not be with your current mindset.
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I am confused if this is a low effort trolling attempt or if people's ideas are legitimately this easily swayed by internal propaganda.
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They 100% are easily manipulated by propaganda.
Trump said Biden left the border open? They repeat it.
Trump said trans inmates are using all the taxpayer dollars? They repeat it.
Trump says immigrants are eating cats and dogs and taking over apartment complexes? They repeat it.
Every single talking point, they repeat it.
And the right wing misinformation machine is operating at its peak. They are getting news agencies to change the way they cover stories to be more in line with what the Trumpists are pushing. They are punishing dissent inside the government and in any group that deals with the government. They are pressuring social media sites to increasingly moderate progressive comments. There is an overall atmosphere that is increasing in the country l where it's acceptable to censor free speech. Either you get in line with the Trump administration, or you become a target.
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Fuck America and fuck Americans that say shit like this. Signed, an American.
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Bite me eurogarbage! You got zero! 💩
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You ain’t no real American! 💩 🇨🇳 🇷🇺
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I mean I would love to immigrate to somewhere that had a functioning health care system and I actually could envision a future as a millenial where I was allowed to participate in society meaningfully and do major things like maybe have a kid.
It beats living at the end of a book where the author ran out of money to keep running the story, but the characters are still forced to get up and go to work even though there is clearly no story left for them like some forgotten nightmare.
Fuck the U.S.
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