> That post was for the Americans who are waking up about now.
You are just trying to excuse a plain case of embezzlement by dressing up as authoritarianism. Good that a cheater such as Le Pen is removed from elections. If democracy allows cheaters to run, that is shortcut to disaster.
Were Le Pen able to win an election without embezzlement of EU funds, I would agree she is as popular as you claim.
> And to the people who call themselves "European citizens", I would say this: you can build a positive, shared European identity without the EU.
As someone that lives in an EU country, I fully disagree. Even the largest EU countries are relatively small for the world stage. Consider that Germany has the population of Chinese provinces.
EU is an absurdly positive to every country involved, to the point where I actively desire further integration. Federalization of Europe should be the goal, not less integration.
> The average rock concert does more for long term European integration than any EU regulation because the EU is not Europe and Europe is not the EU. The EU is a transient political arrangement, one that is by now actually working against true European integration.
And this is the point where I come to conclusion you are arguing in bad faith.
> The path it's on leads to ever harsher authoritarianism.
Funny you mention this when you are crying about Le Pen and fucking AfD.
Yeah, nothing authoritarian from those people. It is the EU that is truly authoritarian. Sure.
