the_wiz

I - as my personal opinion - think he is more a case for the 2nd amendment...

In the beginning, even after the "Machtergreifung", it was fairly ok to insult Hitler and make fun of the Nazis. They thought, its a form of venting for the population, preventing REAL resistance. Though, this changed later. There is a good ARTE documentary about this "Humor unterm Hakenkreuz".

So, regarding the US... just wait a while...

Why should Europe leave the influence of the US just to bow to another hegemon? Why shouldn't we do our own thing?

Of course he does.

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

Well, perhaps something good comes out of this... a world where there is no hegemon, no tech-giants and way less populism... one may dream...

The real, and quiet fast acting "bazooka" (of the "Davy Crockett" type) could come from the european population itself:

• Do not buy american goods
• Do not visit the US
• Do not invest in the US

Well... you may be not, Mr. Šefčovič, but i, for once, am absolutely in the business for "BURN IT ALL DOWN"....

Just my two €-cent

Well, I sincerely hope the EUs answer to it will be "get lost". We should not, we can not let us extort by a wannabe Mafia boss.

I had an account on reddit, about five years old until I finally decided to leave it because i spend an ungodly amount of time there. Knowing myself and my habit to flake on self set goals I thought out the ultimate strategy to keep me from coming back: Over a couple of weeks I intentionally posted atrocious stuff on my main and my two alt-accounts to get me permabanned and burn every single bridge.

For now it has successfully stopped me from wasting time there any longer.

I don't think that this is a good idea... after the LHC was activated in 2008 we somehow broke the universe and ended up in THIS timeline, i don't want to think about the possibilities if they activate an even bigger particle collider!

Well, in reality its only a step back into the 80s when the Bundeswehr was quiet well armed, and one shouldn't forget that the conscription was only put on hold in 2010 and never really abolished.