• EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    21 days ago

    Yes, Spotify is not an ethical company. However, I would argue that Europe achieving defense independence from the US military industrial complex is a good thing. Germany is just two doors down from Russia.

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      20 days ago

      However, I would argue that Europe achieving defense independence from the US military industrial complex is a good thing.

      I would argue that spotify ceo doesn’t give a shit about europe achieving defense independence (the company donated money to trump). I would also argue that europe pretty much already spend in war as much russia does and that wasting public money in war is not a good thing.

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                21 days ago

                He knows, he’s just pretending not to know because he doesn’t like the joke. Poland was always on the outskirts of Europe and in many aspects it’s closer to Russia than EU. Many people in Western Europe simply forget that Poland is part of EU and think about it more like about Ukraine. This used to be even more obvious and Poles had inferiority complex but now that they finally had caught up a little bit while the West deteriorated they suddenly feel real good about themselves and pretend not to remember what it was like 10 years ago.

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                    20 days ago

                    Interesting. Most of my polish friends do realize the despite economic growth Poland still lags behind western Europe on many social issues like woman’s’ rights or LGBT rights and don’t mind sled-deprecating jokes about it. Where is your sensitivity on this coming from? Just normal national pride? Some emigration related trauma? Shame?