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The group that drafted a key blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term convened a meeting in Washington D.C. this week to consider proposals for bulldozing the European Union (EU).

The Polish investigative outlet VSquare revealed that the Heritage Foundation gathered hardline conservative groups on 11 March to hear how they would overhaul the current structures of the EU.

The “closed-door workshop” featured a debate on a new paper produced by the lobby groups MCC and Ordo Iuris entitled: “The Great Reset: Restoring Member State Sovereignty in the 21st Century”.

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[–] Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago
[–] TinyRhino@lemm.ee 70 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Bro WTF? The US should get ZERO say regarding the EU, its membership, and its continued existence. If it wasn't clear enough for the average dumbass American, the right wing movement in the US is beholden to Russian interests. Every time they do something like this, you should be asking yourself, "who does this benefit the most?"

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 16 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

It's always Putin. He must laugh his ass off at how stupid and malleable Americans have become.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

He won brexit, then Trump 1, and finally pulled the three-peat.

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

хет-трик or "khet trik" is a common Russian phrase, borrowed from the English "hat trick", to describe three consecutive successes.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Limited media markets in the part of the country that has disproportionate share of political power relatives for population is a huge problem

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

It's not media markets, it's culture, the south hates, hates, hates, well, everything now.

Liberals are all evil for supporting LGBT as an abomination against God, for supporting brown people just to spite better whites, and for wanting to talk to foreigners when they should be on their knees admitting how superior we are.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 73 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It is becoming clear that the heritage foundation is a threat to the the world and must be dealt with.

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 31 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

They are a Russian-backed terrorist organisation whose sole purpose is to destroy the Western countries and our democratic institutions, thus ending our global hegemony.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 23 points 8 hours ago

And who's discussing dismantling the Heritage Foundation? They're an an obvious Russian front group.

[–] Dirtgrain@lemmy.world 41 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

What a coincidence: Putin has been working on this for years.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Funny how Putin, the Heritage Foundation and the Republican Party all see eye to eye and share the same goals. Weird coincidence really.

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world 2 points 39 minutes ago

As George Carlin once said, "you don't need a formal conspiracy when interests converge."

The Heritage Foundation and the GOP have no love for Putin and he has no love for them. They all just want the same thing in regards to the EU and NATO, but they all want it for different reasons.

Trump is too stupid to be part of a major international conspiracy. He's a useful idiot who thinks he can financially benefit from all this chaos, and that's as deep as his thought process goes. Heritage wants the EU and NATO gone because it would give the US more leverage on the world stage, and because western Europe is a Godless Liberal society where religion is dwindling and brown people are moving in. Putin wants the EU and NATO gone because it would give Russia more leverage and make it easier to expand his borders and rebuild his glorious Russian Empire.

[–] meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 104 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

The Heritage Foundation is a state sponsored terrorist organization and should be dealt with accordingly.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 27 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (3 children)

They're effectively the illuminati conspiracy theorists have been trying to find for many years now. Legit wrote up plans and published it online and they control donald trump. I don't understand why there isn't more outrage about this

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world 1 points 37 minutes ago

The only moral ~~abortion~~ deep state is my ~~abortion~~ deep state.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

The illuminati are supposed to be smart, not just thugs in pointed hoods.

[–] notsoshaihulud@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago

They’re effectively the illuminati conspiracy theorists have been trying to find for many years now.

This is spot on.

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Ok, but which state is sponsoring it?

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 hours ago
[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 1 points 8 hours ago

State means multiple things and in this case it means the federal government.

[–] match@pawb.social 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 hours ago

Probably just a good helping of Russian disinformation on social media.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 23 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I have the feeling the US must be dismantled and split up into individual states. They are a threat to the world, democracy and life on earth.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago

Democratic states should just become Canadian provinces then.

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 88 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

Big countries don't like small countries to join up with each other to behave like a big country. EU need to strengthen their alliance.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 46 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

And Canada needs to get in on the action.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 19 points 12 hours ago

I would also very much like to join.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 4 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Can the PNW join you, and thence the EU? You can give up Alberta if it makes it any easier?

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago

I feel sorry for the generally sane people of Edmonton.

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

At this point, Civil War is looking like our only option.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

That's because we lost the first one when we let the south end reconstruction and put all the Confederates back into power.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 5 points 8 hours ago

Yeah, I honestly don't know how we come back from this level of radicalization without some form of conflict. If we're going to Balkanize, hopefully it can be done without bloodshed, but…

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 3 points 8 hours ago

Exactly, we need to build up the Baltic countries for example so that they can not just be a buffer zone but really feel safe.

[–] hikuro93@lemmy.ca 46 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

Do try. The more you try to split us apart the more we unite against common foes.

We Europeans might bicker a lot and not see eye to eye on some things, but our lands still bear the scars of mankind's worst moments. We know better and see right past the vain attempts at manipulation.

And yeah, we have some dumbass extreme-right parties in many countries (including mine) being heavily funded and/or encouraged by Russia and the US, just like we saw with Germany's AfD. But we're already taking measures against that sort of influence, thankfully.

[–] lb_o@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

And many of us are actually ready to stand up and defend our countries if required, because there is no where to run anymore anyways.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 2 points 8 hours ago

And when is Germany going to shut down AfD?

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 5 points 8 hours ago

We really live in the most shitty timeline.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 19 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Thats absolutely insane. They're basically all our allies.

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 25 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 13 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I feel like we have some say in this as a people. Like theres something we could collectively do.

[–] Brainsploosh@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe go have a meet downtown all together and brainstorm some ideas? See where the mood takes you?

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I'll bring feathers if you have a bucket of tar and a brush.

[–] Brainsploosh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

A nice crafts project is an excellent way to spend an afternoon. And as they say, all arts are political...