The essential political trauma of the West is generations of extractivist ruling class puppets slowly torturing the golden goose to death and blaming it all on <insert irrelevant outside factors>.
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The US carries the torch, but all the EU or Canada or anywhere else ever does is follow their marching orders, muttering "I didn't do nuthin', was 'im that did it."
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The comedy of course being that very little of this is ever decided by elected politicians, or any other system you can effectively interact with.
Most of these operations run on their own parallel, multinational infrastructures. You can look it all up, but then, who ever does?
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“It’s not my fault! I didn’t do it on purpose!”
Well, maybe not consciously.
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Richest country in Europe two countries over from the Russian border, military spending mysteriously <1.5% of GDP.
NATO member.
"We're a peaceful nation. Pay no attention to the Greek corpse behind the curtain."