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minus-squareSaleh@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah, i don’t think that is what happening. When two people are pointing a gun at you and one of them will shoot if you choose the other one, you are not exactly “winning”.
minus-squareWanpieserino@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoView it as a customer choosing between 2 suppliers
minus-squareSaleh@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSupplying bullets to your body… This is choosing between losses, not between to gains. The EU is not the king in this situation, it is the servant who has two masters demanding loyalty and both being willing to punish what they perceive as disloyalty.
minus-squareWanpieserino@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhoever has EU on their side forms the coalition. Simple as that.
Yeah, i don’t think that is what happening.
When two people are pointing a gun at you and one of them will shoot if you choose the other one, you are not exactly “winning”.
View it as a customer choosing between 2 suppliers
Supplying bullets to your body…
This is choosing between losses, not between to gains. The EU is not the king in this situation, it is the servant who has two masters demanding loyalty and both being willing to punish what they perceive as disloyalty.
Whoever has EU on their side forms the coalition. Simple as that.