• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 days ago

    If a deal does not go through, it makes Labour look bad.

    No it fucking doesnt. Not giving a fuck about US demands is the most popular thing you can do right now.

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      6 days ago

      And also the correct thing, from any position of reason.

      Trying to control the way other countries are run is fucking wild, the notion of which should never even be remotely entertained.

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        Trying to control the way other countries are run is fucking wild, the notion of which should never even be remotely entertained.

        In happier times, we call the process “diplomacy,” and mostly limit it to things that affect us, directly or indirectly.

        But pressuring other countries to, for example, clean up their corruption so we can reliably do business with them is common. (Also hilariously hypocritical) Pressuring other countries to enact civil rights laws is fairly common, too.

        I have to admit, seeing pressure to remove civil rights is unusual, at least from countries not named UAE.

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          Diplomacy is fine, but the US wanting to change something in the UK that is neither a humanitarian issue or something that affects them at all, is like your car mechanic telling you what kind of furniture you’re allowed to have in your house if you want him to work on your car.

          He could technically do it, but it’s also fucking absurd and you’d most definitely go to a different mechanic.

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    Yeah they also told the UK they’d get a totally sweet trade deal if they did a Brexit, and that deal never materialized, did it?

    Don’t fall for their shit twice. That’s America’s problem - falling for it over and over again.

  • N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    What exactly do LGBT issues have to do with trade policy? Why is this on the table? Is there supposed to be some big gay conspiracy to devalue currency or something? It’s all so idiotic.

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    6 days ago

    The very Un-American US President Trump and his administration are trying to Americanise the rest of the world.

    Fuck. Right. Off.

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    6 days ago

    “No free speech, no deal. It is as simple as that,”

    did i warp into the onion without realizing?

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      “No free speech, no deal. It is as simple as that,”

      So he’s going to push this condition onto everyone that they deal with right? Saudi Arabia and Israel for example.