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Those who live outside Europe. What are things Europeans are not ready to hear. (self.asklemmy)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (4 children)

France, Germany, and Austria all have a military-industrial complex problem. MIL money might not dominate their politics the same way as the US, but there is a problem there.

Even with their post-WW2 defensive militaries, Germany and Austria are perfectly ready to sell military hardware to anyone with the cash. H&K, Glock, and Steyr all hail from those two.

France sold off the Exocet anti-ship missile to just about anyone. As far as I can tell, it has only been fired in anger at the boats of other NATO members. Thanks, France!

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago (14 children)

Your cops are bad too

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I can't remember the last time I heard of some european police shooting someones spaniel or flashbanging a toddler tbh, not saying they're flawless, just on a different level.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

My encounters with the police have been civil and positive. However, I'm not Roma so...

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (14 children)

European car manufacturers largely suck ass, I'd rather buy a Hyundai or a damn Nissan than some French or German piece of crap.

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[–] Duamerthrax 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The American South equals the European East

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 3 days ago (2 children)

As someone who isn’t a European, most of these comments are yanks being loudly wrong about something and the saying “see the europeans weren’t ready to hear it” when someone points out how stupid the thing they said was.

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