There's been reports for this link to be an ad... we're allowing it nonetheless because the discussion is very rich (I, personally agree with many of the criticism that were done: products may not be socially or environmentally friendly, or even it may be better to support an European artist). The EU parliament is more like a tool, and sometimes it does work well. Oftentimes it just makes decisions that are not aligned with our values as a community. Nonetheless, the EU flag is nowadays an important symbol that's being undermined by bigots and propaganda. That's why I've been ignoring the reports of this as an ad. I believe the underlying message to be more important. And, as I said, the discussion here has brought very good points that I wouldn't have thought so just by myself.
Buy merch from your favourite artists/bands instead and be vocal about taxing the rich. Also stop using Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, et cetera. The EU Parliament has plenty of money, many artists do not, yet the latter have way more reach than wearing an EU t-shirt, and plenty of artists are vehemently against our whole corrupt system. E.g., Massive Attack, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, et cetera.
I feel like we shouldn't copy the American flag waving and blind patriotism. I believe we're much better off with a Federation of EU States than without it, and I see Schengen as a huge accomplishment, but the EU as an institution has many problems we shouldn't be blind to.
Show your support for European values by buying clothes made outside of Europe under horrible environmental and human conditions!
(That's my assumption since there is no info on the website)
Did you know that the USA didn't help Great Britain in the WW2, it was all about loans and power shifts (abandoning the pound sterling, turkey, grece, letting the USA be on their soil for 99 years and more...)? They stopped the lend lease loans 7 days after the peace treaty, letting the brittish starve.
They paid off the loans in 2006. Let that sink in.
They abused the world after WW2 As Much as they could because they were not bombed to splinters.
Time for Europe to get back IMO, these clowns have just had a lucky time in history, the USA in the thirties had famines and an economy in the shitter.
/Rant off ๐ Love you good americans though, but enough is enough!
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