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Top European officials give standing ovation to a Marco Rubio speech, planning to start a new age of colonialism, and revive the 'great Western empires' (www.geopoliticaleconomy.report)

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[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Perhaps we should give them a real reason to be scared of us. Instead of all these silly boogeymen ghost stories they come up with, let's give them something concrete to point to showing that we are a threat to capitalism.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Communists have, that's why the rise of the USSR forced western countries to adopt large safety nets, and why the PRC is so heavily demonized.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry I meant here on the home front.

I know communist nations are a good foil to capitalist hellscapes.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

Oh then in that case I agree!