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FYI to everyone, this is desinformation. D66 and Volt oppose the US, and PvdA/GL no longer exist (instead it's Pro now). CU isn't social democratic per se, but rather confessional - though they are economically centre-left.

Pro in fact is one of the harshest opponents of American fascism, alongside with SP, Socialisten, Bij1, and PvdD. D66 and Volt well strongly oppose it, but either believed for longer that a diplomatic solution was possible, or wanted to buy more time to switch to non-diplomacy.

12 years of VVD liberalism is to blame. Unlike the CDA they didn't moderate, instead doubling down on impoverishing the labourer and zzp'ers, favouring privatisation and rogue states over nationalisation, liberation and safety. The fascist and rightist parties are trying to infiltrate and seize the VVD, and they're walking into it with open eyes. They do that through algorithms, bots, AI, and attempting to manipulate legislation.

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universally illegal rule

Real answer coming. The poster in the pic is ignorant; but at least they asked in good-ish faith, so I ain't judging.

Being queer (ie. anything other than straight and/or feeling the same gender as how you were born) is a crime in many countries.

From things like..

  • not being able to donate blood if you're gay
  • not being able to adopt only because the government wants to know if you don't have the same genitals
  • being prohibited from pissing just because some idiots think toilets should be segregated ("separate but 'equal' " shit, much?).
  • child genital mutilation of intersex people (this also happens to cishet women and men!)

to more...

  • being stigmatised and punished (fines, imprisonment or even death penalty) if you talk about (very much real) queer issues
  • bullying, harassment, physical and verbal attacks, mob attacks, misnaming and -referring
  • not being allowed to have sex together because the government is poking its ugly eye into what you do in your bedroom
  • no medication or surgery allowed which saves your life and health (vaginoplasty, a womb transplant, HRT, penile transplantation, etc..)
  • being forced to change who you are (eg conversion torture), often through cruelty and indoctrination.

And even cishet people, with a certain "privilege", still also suffer due to this artificial segregation, because of:

  • not being able to get medication as easily due to gatekeeping
  • abortion being limited or prohibited, and so your rights get eroded; the man controls your life. A rapist's cells then have more rights than you!
  • men's mental health issues not being talked about because some idiots find that "sissy" even though it's very important for your health. This leads to increased suicides.
  • exclusion from competitions simply because of your genitals being somehow relevant (they aren't and shouldn't be!).
  • segregated general institutions (bathrooms, schools, etc)... I attended a school without any of these and I can tell you, it's much better than anything, as people from 'both' sides learn to understand each other better.
  • cramped, hateful, ignorant responses to very real issues from police, media, and society -- leading to the issues getting ignored, or worse.

Frankly, we'd all be more relaxed with it all, if we just put a shovel up bigots' arses, and called them pussies/hags/fools for not caring about everyone. Free speech especially means free speech for the repressed queers and allies!

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Can France Replace U.S. Military Power & Protect Europe?

France is certainly capable; but for Europe to protect itself, first of all, it needs to crack down hard on the rise of fascism, before anything else. The EU is currently one of the few large bastions of liberty left; and we are under threat from foreign Russian aggressors (as well American and to a much smaller extent, Chinese). We need to combat that corruption.

That means:

  1. Taxing multimillionnaires and billionnaires actually properly and fining them harsher if they and their assets leave the EU.

  2. Same with techbros and their algorithms. Make sure billionnaires can't seize algorithms to sow division (by focusing hatred on LGBT people) and hatred of taxing billionnaires. Don't give fascists a podium; make sure hateful ragebait gets lower in the algorithms. Make it impossible to find fascist videos, manifestos, and the like. Encourage and foster AI only if it's energy-efficient, tolerant, and privacy-respecting; and tax or outright prohibit the rest.

  3. Raise wages properly. Put a stop to the raise of monthly rents/mortgages, and finance the social housing builders. Reduce the airBNBism and thus bring power back to hotels. Link wages to inflation rates.

  4. Fiscally support farmers in their transition to more sustainable practices. Tacitly support pro-queer groups attending farmers and other like protests.

  5. Restrict immigration, but don't deport those who already live there or are having their appliances processed, and didn't have a criminal record before the new restrictions come in. Quietly make procedures swifter and more welcoming for queer refugees.

  6. Build an European army, as an extra unit on top of the national militaries. The European army should be cautious in whom it recruits: no fascists and reactionaries!

  7. Fiercely oppose surveillance capitalism: all intolerance-fostering means of chat control should be resisted. The only legitimate means of control are the ones to crack down on the corrupt fascists and their terrorist sympathisants. What we should target, are the fascist politicians, leaders, and their ilk. Not the commoners. Those should be offered better living standards, provided that they forswear their hatred and fascism.

Neoliberalism and fascism is a danger to the EU, and correspondingly, to all European nations. (That includes the UK). I'm counting "right-wing populism" as part of fascism, since it's doing exactly the same. A better name is "right-wing corruptism", since it's mainly populated by grifters.

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Europe Must Abandon America To Save Itself

Not just that, Europe should combat the far-right much more aggressively first. Withholding any finances of it is one good measure, esp. through algorithm manipulation and the like.

The other, which should be done in tandem, is actually tackling the housing market and the left appearing to combat an (even if it doesn't exist) immigration problem, while actually putting up genuine left policies, like basic healthcare, railways, etc being nationalised, and climate change tackled alongside with big companies being broken up.

And if that means that I as a well-off person gotta pay more taxes - by all means! The billionnaires and millionnaires especially, then the average Noah needs to be spared.