Delta_V@lemmy.world
on 07 Mar 2025 18:56
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Right now, 500 million Europeans are begging 300 million Americans for protection from 140 million Russians who have been unable to overcome 50 million Ukrainians for three years.
notsoshaihulud@lemmy.world
on 07 Mar 2025 22:04
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you don’t know how military alliances work, do you? not to worry, the US president doesn’t know either.
Snowclone@lemmy.world
on 07 Mar 2025 19:03
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As an American most of what I know about Poland is WWII history, Joseph Conrad’s novels, and Stanislave Sucalsky’s art. With that context. I’m glad Poland isn’t about to take shit from anyone.
Maalus@lemmy.world
on 07 Mar 2025 19:59
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Lol if you know anything about Poland, it’s that there is no universe where it would take shit from anyone. The quote “Poland will have its borders even if it’s on the last map humanity ever makes” is funny only to those who haven’t been here
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works
on 07 Mar 2025 20:36
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I can’t think of any other nation that has literally been wiped off the map more times than Poland, and still managed to come back again and again. If any country needs nukes, it’s Poland.
My mom’s side of the family is polish, back in the 80s they visited some relatives there so my mom could be the godmother to one of their daughters.
Shit was rough there then, the family they stayed with had an actual outhouse. No one could ever say that my family is rich, but American money went a long way there back then, basically anything they wanted could be had for what was practically pocket change but the local polish people could barely afford any of it. One of them managed to visit the US back then, and literally cried when he went into an American supermarket and saw the variety and amount of food that just anyone could buy without needing to save up their ration cards (and not a big or fancy one, I’m pretty sure the one they went to is now a normal sized CVS)
So some really rough times are still in living memory for a lot of poles.
And they’ve really come a long way since then, my mom’s goddaughter is now traveling the world doing something in the hospitality industry, last I heard I think she was in Thailand (the relative who visited back in the 80s was amazed to see black people.)
So I don’t think most poles are in any hurry to end up under Russians thumb again.
Aconite@lemmy.ca
on 07 Mar 2025 21:16
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We should do the same.
Devanismyname@lemmy.ca
on 08 Mar 2025 00:02
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Canada should definitely
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
on 08 Mar 2025 03:38
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Am American, and I encourage this line of thought. We’re not ok down here. Protect yourselves.
Edit: frankly, Mexico, Panama, and Denmark might want to explore the possibility as well.
Devanismyname@lemmy.ca
on 08 Mar 2025 03:52
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Would rather not have that kinda world hut it seems like we are headed there.
ferretfacefrankburns@lemmy.ca
on 08 Mar 2025 13:29
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you don’t know how military alliances work, do you? not to worry, the US president doesn’t know either.
As an American most of what I know about Poland is WWII history, Joseph Conrad’s novels, and Stanislave Sucalsky’s art. With that context. I’m glad Poland isn’t about to take shit from anyone.
Lol if you know anything about Poland, it’s that there is no universe where it would take shit from anyone. The quote “Poland will have its borders even if it’s on the last map humanity ever makes” is funny only to those who haven’t been here
I can’t think of any other nation that has literally been wiped off the map more times than Poland, and still managed to come back again and again. If any country needs nukes, it’s Poland.
My mom’s side of the family is polish, back in the 80s they visited some relatives there so my mom could be the godmother to one of their daughters.
Shit was rough there then, the family they stayed with had an actual outhouse. No one could ever say that my family is rich, but American money went a long way there back then, basically anything they wanted could be had for what was practically pocket change but the local polish people could barely afford any of it. One of them managed to visit the US back then, and literally cried when he went into an American supermarket and saw the variety and amount of food that just anyone could buy without needing to save up their ration cards (and not a big or fancy one, I’m pretty sure the one they went to is now a normal sized CVS)
So some really rough times are still in living memory for a lot of poles.
And they’ve really come a long way since then, my mom’s goddaughter is now traveling the world doing something in the hospitality industry, last I heard I think she was in Thailand (the relative who visited back in the 80s was amazed to see black people.)
So I don’t think most poles are in any hurry to end up under Russians thumb again.
We should do the same.
Canada should definitely
Am American, and I encourage this line of thought. We’re not ok down here. Protect yourselves.
Edit: frankly, Mexico, Panama, and Denmark might want to explore the possibility as well.
Would rather not have that kinda world hut it seems like we are headed there.
We make enough cobalt-60 to make cobalt bombs
There is also debate in Sweden, and polls in South Korea have turned in favour of having them.
Amercia: Time to police your own economic incentives.
Europe: Nukes up
America: no not like that
Wow Trump single handedly reignited the issue of Nuclear Proliferation.