• CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    32
    arrow-down
    5
    ·
    10 months ago

    The US is 50 countries in a trenchcoat really, some of which would go to war with eachother outside the coat.

    • exu@feditown.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      15
      arrow-down
      4
      ·
      10 months ago

      Then Europe is a bunch of countries wearing a bikini and lots of accessories. There’s no one part that covers all of it, some accessories strongly clash with each other and you have random bracelets everywhere.

      • wewbull@feddit.uk
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        arrow-down
        6
        ·
        10 months ago

        There’s no one part that covers all of it,

        So the EU parliament isn’t a thing then?

        • exu@feditown.com
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          5
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          10 months ago

          The EU doesn’t include a bunch of countries on the continent of Europe

          • wewbull@feddit.uk
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            arrow-down
            6
            ·
            10 months ago

            A pedantic point. Europe has become a synonym for EU in journalism.

            It’s an EU strategy.

            • alpha_dog@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              5
              ·
              10 months ago

              What makes you think it’s some form of nefarious strategy and not simply lazy journalism?

              • wewbull@feddit.uk
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                1
                arrow-down
                1
                ·
                edit-2
                10 months ago

                I didn’t mean “GET THE TIN FOIL! IT’S AN EU CONSPIRICY”. I meant “The article is discussing an EU development programme”.

        • Fedop@slrpnk.net
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          10 months ago

          A lot of European countries aren’t in the EU. Turkey, the UK, Norway and a bunch more.