Lone Candle
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Simply calling what happened in Poland’s higher court a coup ignores that both sides for more than a decade have been disputing fundamental processes of the court, and that came to a head a few days ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0wf7WbqLQY
Reporting with multiple sources says Musk went to the Whitehouse with a plan to limit the connectivity of Ukrainian drones to satellites. The connections worked on the drones full speed when the drones flew into the EU, but didn’t work in Ukraine, making it seem that the connectivity was intentionally slowed for Ukraine. Musk said the Whitehouse had the say not him. The slowdown happened right as Trump was pressuring Ukraine publicly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVeGIZOqZCg
This violence in France is bad! The peaceful protests have been taken over by what appears to be organized violence against the state.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEyAAGW2XJY
Europe isn’t doing nearly as bad as productivity statistics and GDP per capita imply. European productivity growth has been about equal to growth in most of the United States except California. European Lower GDP per capita is largely driven by more vacations.
https://www.youtube.com/live/yYITJnqWkz0?is=9jdlF4QJY9vUj_KJ
Putin’s foreign fighters – How Russia is recruiting foreign nationals for the war | DW Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsc4MFVz6I4
Europe used to trust the United States to store their gold. Due to Trump’s erratic and aggressive behavior and comments, some of them are moving their gold back to Europe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDbYJnELskI
When we talk about parts of Germany being “left behind”, we are talking about first-world problems. These areas are still wealthy by world and historical standards. But, their wealth and economic growth is smaller than the big cities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoQgoV-T8wM
The AfD wants Germany to distance relations with Europe and the United States while getting closer to Russia and China. This is weird for a party that claims to want Germany first and to focus on distinct German culture and values. Shouldn’t authoritarian Asiatic empires be the opposite of German values and culture? And don’t other European countries and the US have much closer values and culture? Long-term, and worst case scenarios, China and Russia are empires that would force the world under their authoritarian heel if they could. Despite America’s many flaws and self-interests, its goals are freedom, trade, and defense. True imperialism is antithetical to its ethos. When the AfD says German values, it seems to mean no immigrants and: imperial, anti-enlightenment, anti-Western, and fundamentally unChristian values.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFmpxuNxycM
The AfD has completely polarized a German town where disputes used to be easily resolved over a beer. They take over German villages as a strategy, first just establishing a base in a pub or something, then spreading their message, then polarizing the town by: ending trust, lying about anyone who speaks out, and suing and criminally reporting people who are against them. They also threaten opponents, especially AfD apostates. When dealing with external and internal opponents, the party focuses on threats and insults over discussion of the issues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gedOEGjyMHA
The AfD is heavily supported by Russian propaganda. The AfD is against stopping Russia from conquering Ukraine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwgFeOJH6tk