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[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 191 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

EU and its contries are pro open source and I fucking love it.

[–] anonApril2025@lemmy.zip 79 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Yeah I'm going to find a European and suck his dick right now!

[–] spykee@lemm.ee 53 points 2 days ago (1 children)

.....and.....and I am going to find a European girl and suck her nipples for as long as she wants.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] spykee@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Condition 1 - it has to be a girl Condition 2 - she should be alive

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Ah, yes. I'll add to this that she shouldn't be a sadistic torturer and probable murderer (just thinking of my first love).

[–] Pirata@lemm.ee 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fr if anyone in the EU wants to host me I'll be your (32m,pan,switch,cd) live-in maid while I job hunt. Please inquire within.

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Haven't they also been trying to put back doors into everything for the last decade?

[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

EU is democratic, which also means everyone can propose a law. Never have EU put a backdoor into anything, but its true that there have been law proposals for it.

Never voted through.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

EU is not democratic. EU's ruling entities are formed by governments of member countries. Which are supposedly democratic.

And about never voted through - sometimes putting pressure is enough.

[–] unautrenom@jlai.lu 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

EU Commission and Council are indeed not elected directly, but the Parliement who propose and vote laws is. The way it works is similar to a parlementary republic (where coalitions of parties that includes >50% of MEPs make a governement together).

It's as democratic as democratic gets on that scale.

[–] ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 days ago

The EU isn't democratic. As opposed to national parliamentary democracies, the European parliament has barely any power compared to the commission which has no democratic legitimacy.

It's as democratic as democratic gets on that scale.

That is also completely false. There are numerous proposals that would make the EU more democratic, but that's obviously against the interest of the incumbent neoliberal elite.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago

It’s as democratic as democratic gets on that scale.

That's kinda sad.

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wonder if we could get EU to take over some states if we got enough votes to secede in some areas.

[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

EU could potentially make a group category like for Norway or Switzerland, and then take in other countries all around the world to cooperate more and stand together with the EU on some issues.

Canada would be a great candidate. Maybe even Australia, but I dont really know anything about their politics.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Just make a cool kids UN and you're all set. With blackjack and hookers.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 10 points 2 days ago

It does kind of feel like the UN could use a refresh. In particular, the veto powers given to certain countries feels bad. There may be good reasons for that system, but the system is not good - and the details of the reasons have definitely shifted over time such that the choice of countries with veto power is now highly questionable.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

No cocaine? Forget it, then