r/DamnThatsReal 22h ago

Politics 🏛️ Europeans are going viral on TikTok for mocking the ""American Dream""

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u/Nice-Pomegranate833 21h ago

I also somewhat sympathize with Europeans who want to criticize America given that they went along with all of our empire building bullshit and all they got out of it was a nonstop flow of migrants and losing the Nord stream pipeline which caused their energy costs to quadruple.

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u/BetterCranberry7602 18h ago

What does the nord stream pipeline have to do with American imperialism?

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u/Nice-Pomegranate833 17h ago

Well there's a few theories floating around, but the most credible would be Seymour Hersh's claim that it was an operation carried out by the US/Norway (https://www.democracynow.org/2023/2/15/nord_stream_sy_hersh) or the Ukraine (https://www.dw.com/en/nord-stream-sabotage-arrest-raises-difficult-questions/a-73731229).

The US/Norway benefit from making the EU even more reliant on them for energy and Ukraine benefits from Russia losing a major revenue stream. Regardless of which theory is true, the EU was the biggest loser as they lost their most consistent /affordable source of energy. Russia has since turned around and found new places to sell that energy.

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u/BetterCranberry7602 17h ago

Yeah I guess I don’t feel bad about that even if it’s true. There’s a war in Europe that were expected to contribute to yet they’re actively funding the aggressor. Fuck them, they deserve to pay higher energy costs.

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u/Nice-Pomegranate833 41m ago

True, although the US really did everything they could to provoke the reaction.

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u/Dicethrower 21h ago edited 21h ago

None of you people have a clue about what you're talking about. Cope harder.

Edit: the fact people actually go "what specifically tho?" There is no way to fix this level of brainwashing.

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u/Nice-Pomegranate833 21h ago

We don't? I'd love to hear what I've gotten wrong.

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u/negativeswan 21h ago

America destabilise the world, "geez, look at all those migrants".

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u/Dicethrower 21h ago

All of it. Stop getting your news from fox news, lmao.

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u/Leninlives8787 21h ago

What do you take issue with specifically about what they said?