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?

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 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.

Honestly, I think this is a good thing. I am old enough to have witnessed the last time we Europeans were pissed at the US during the time of George W. Bush. Back then I hoped the EU would break free from their dependency of the US… perhaps this time it finally happens.

Well… if you as a nation wouldn’t have this big military of yours and the ability to kill 90% of all life on earth, and IF you would stick to your home turf to fight out this rough shit… well THEN it would be much more easy to ignore you.