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New comment by saubeidl in "Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia – By Elon Musk"

saubeidl — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:00:30 +0000

There is no apolitical. You think tech is neutral when one of its titans buys elections? The only one ideologically complicit is you if you choose to close your eyes to that reality.

New comment by saubeidl in "Over 80% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU"

saubeidl — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 21:57:09 +0000

> Have you even ever visited Hungary? Do you speak Hungarian? Do you live there and are culturally invested through generations of ancestors there? Why do you care so much about what Hungarians do in Hungary? What happened to democracy?

Yes. The part of Austria I live in used to be Hungary, it's still tightly linked to it culturally and through blood ties. My grandparents spoke Hungarian at home.

Difference is, it prospered, while Hungary proper is poor, run-down and has an antisemitic dictator. Hungarians are the cheap labor prevalent in Eastern Austria, similar to Mexicans close to the border in the US. They clean our toilets, because their government sucks.

I don't want that fate for my Hungarian brethren. Don't talk as if I didn't know, when it's clear it's you that doesn't.

It is you who is the useful idiot for fascists worldwide, out of some misguided sense of nationalism or whatever. The nation state is the obstacle to be overcome. It is what's keeping people back.

Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia – By Elon Musk

saubeidl — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 18:08:13 +0000

Article URL: https://newrepublic.com/post/206857/georgia-voter-fraud-elon-musk

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47103123

Points: 42

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New comment by saubeidl in "Over 80% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU"

saubeidl — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:37:03 +0000

I see you created an account just to... publicly sympathise with the Nazis?

New comment by saubeidl in "Over 80% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU"

saubeidl — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:42:34 +0000

The Red Tape is the super power. From India to Mercosur, from Canada to Japan, the world follows rules we write.

You gave up the ability to dictate the rules. You'll still have to follow them.

New comment by saubeidl in "Over 80% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU"

saubeidl — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:39:28 +0000

>separate, unique, district, and sovereign countries that can push back against horrible ideas and actions, you end up like us.

The separate, unique sovereign countries are the ones with the horrible ideas and actions. See Victor Orban's Hungary. The whole point is to not let some goulash mussolini control European affairs.

> The EU is right now talking about becoming a great military force to fight Russia. That’s the kind of movement you’re advocating for, my friend.

Would you rather... not be able to fight Russia? It's not like the EU is the one with the invasion plans and threats, they're just preparing for the changing world order.

New comment by saubeidl in "Over 80% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU"

saubeidl — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:30:39 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV_plc

> ITV plc is a British media company that holds 13 of the 15 regional television licences that make up the ITV network (Channel 3), the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom

New comment by saubeidl in "Over 80% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU"

saubeidl — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:25:15 +0000

One could also say people get more conservative as their mental acuity decreases with age, but that too, would be an uncalled for judgement and projection of one's own political views.

New comment by saubeidl in "Over 80% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU"

saubeidl — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:22:46 +0000

Help me understand your thinking. I was very against Brexit (and still am). What is there to be gained, in your opinion?

In my view, you traded being one of the leading voices in what is increasingly shaping up to be one of the world's superpowers for being a somewhat isolated middle power, nostalgic for its former glory.

Why would that be worth it?

New comment by saubeidl in "Over 80% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU"

saubeidl — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:00:10 +0000

It's only self-healing if they actually manage to rejoin...

New comment by saubeidl in "Over 80% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU"

saubeidl — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:54:19 +0000

Which is probably the gold standard for polling the UK Public. Not sure what you're trying to say?

Over 80% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU

saubeidl — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:39:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.itv.com/news/2026-02-19/over-80-of-16-to-24-year-olds-would-vote-to-rejoin-the-eu-itv-poll-finds

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099844

Points: 134

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New comment by saubeidl in "Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court"

saubeidl — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:16:38 +0000

Yup. EU institutional slowness working out in our favour once again heh.

New comment by saubeidl in "Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court"

saubeidl — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:05:27 +0000

We never actually ratified that deal.

Parliament froze it when Trump started threatening Greenland.

New comment by saubeidl in "That irritating feeling France was right – US makes Gaullism respectable again"

saubeidl — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 07:38:45 +0000

https://archive.ph/OJBM7

That irritating feeling France was right – US makes Gaullism respectable again

saubeidl — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 07:38:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/02/18/that-irritating-feeling-that-france-was-right

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47084904

Points: 30

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New comment by saubeidl in "Without America to rely on, EU gearing up to be a global power in its own right"

saubeidl — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:40:57 +0000

Europe is taking over America's back yard as we speak. Power isn't just raw numbers. It's bureaucracy and shaping the rules of engagement.

https://apnews.com/article/mercosur-european-union-trade-agr...

New comment by saubeidl in "Without America to rely on, EU gearing up to be a global power in its own right"

saubeidl — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:11:58 +0000

An intricate plan designed to further US interests, wrecked by an ignoramus who didn't understand it.

Without America to rely on, EU gearing up to be a global power in its own right

saubeidl — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:19:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/02/european-union-defense-spending/685983/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47072628

Points: 45

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'No red lines': Spain reveals EU supergroup's plan to challenge US and China

saubeidl — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:37:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-reveals-eu-supergroup-e6-plan-challenge-us-and-china/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47071404

Points: 5

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