I like moving towards a stateless classless future but I'm not so naive as to deny that Russia is actively pursuing Nationalist conquest and directly opposed to a stateless classless future
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I'm surprised to see so much Atlantist sentiment on Lemmy.
The US has proved not only that their security umbrella means nothing, but that it in fact invites foreign aggression. And once you're attacked they'll probably shit on you and go back on all their commitments. What's the point exactly?
Most of the NATO members are not the US, also in terms of population. If you propose leaving NATO without a realistic alternative of a kind of NATO without the US for example all you are doing is selling out Europe.
Um, but the "kind of NATO" is called EU already. The mutual defense wording in the EU treaties is by far stronger than the wording in the NATO contract. I mean, in the end it's all words on paper anyway, but there's that.
He is also against the EU though.
I am all for the EU as a meanginful defense union but capabilities need to exist and they don't yet. Blowing up the one thing while not having a working replacement at the same time means inviting hostile powers to carve up Europe.
He is also against the EU though
No he's not, what the fuck. You're thinking of his main political opponent, Marine Le Pen, who wants to exit NATO and the EU.
FI's platform is explicitly against exiting the Union or the Euro Zone.
Yeah but we already have close diplomatic ties with most of those countries, including some active defense treaties. There's nothing complicated about expanding that, we have nuclear deterrence and a good-ish army it's not like countries are going to give us shit. We certainly don't need the US to achieve that, in fact we specifically need the US to not be involved in it if we want to keep it aligned with our interests.
the only issue with NATO is Article 1. Waive that requirement and it would be perfect.
Article 1
The Parties undertake, as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, to settle any international dispute in which they may be involved by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not endangered, and to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.
what's the problem with this?
Look at when and why it was used. Needs to go because it can be easily abused by countries like the US.
....how?
I'm not trying to be obtuse, I'm genuinely curious how it works tho - I'm sure anything can be abused, I'm just having trouble understanding the mechanism.
I certainly like the sentiment. I don't know about the timing though.
Putin really doesn't care if the far left or the far right wins power in France. They are the same picture to him.
I'd like to think of myself as pretty far on the left - but this dude is a straight up tankie.
Not just tankie but in denial tankie
Is Melenchon right? Is it better for the EU to be the organisation of mutual defence guarantees for Europe, rather than NATO?
That's not what Mélenchon is advocating. The platform chapter on this topic doesn't propose replacing NATO with the EU. The policy described in that chapter is reactionary, not progressive. Mélenchon is old and hasn't really let go of the past. In many ways he's the French version of Jeremy Corbyn.
Indeed. He is almost as much anti-EU as he is anti-NATO, even if I don't know if he stops form demanding leaving the EU as well, or not. He stands for a left nationalist ideology that just makes sure Europe is an easy prey.
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