No, we fucking don’t. Would it be better for “us” and the rest of the planet if we got our shit together and finally reduced our dependency on the US, maybe even established ties with the rest of the world that don’t aim for domination? Sure! Did we do anything to deserve a better fate than a painful decline into irrelevance after ruining the planet for 500 years? Fuck no.
reduced our dependency on the US
I mean that’s what literally why the european Union is looking into trade negotiations with Mexico and certain South American countries recently.
painful decline into irrelevance after ruining the planet for 500 years? Fuck no.
The people in the present and future do not deserve to pay for the actions for the past unless they want to keep being racist and not owe up to the atrocities of colonialism. Not everyone agreed with the cruel actions of european leaders in the past, Christopher Columbus is a clown. It also doesn’t make sense how you want the most accountable democracies in the world to fall into irrelevance, they should thrive as they’re the most prosperous that can donate foreign aid look how Norway contributes the most aid per capita.
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Why exactly do you deserve better? The foundation of your wealth was plundering the global south, and still continue to do so through financial institutions built with the wealth plundered to this day except in the countries that managed to forcefully kick your ass out, which you now label as authoritarian lmao.
The one on the left is a lie. Coca-Cola consumption has risen since trump, for instance.
Got some data to back that up? All I can find is a decline in Europe revenue 2025 Q1 by 1.1%, but hey, maybe you found more recent numbers?
Data from July where I read it: https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1m6ykfl/cocacola_earnings_beat_estimates_as_strong_demand/
Growth was 3% in EMEA, can’t find the 5% for Europe, might have hallucinated that one…
EDIT: I just noticed I didn’t claim 5% in my previous comment above, but had this exact discussion recently many times and was convinced it was 5% up in Europe. It’s late, I need a nap…
Oh wow, thanks. Someone under that post also linked that this is not about Coca Cola the drink, but everything owned by the Coca Cola company, which is over 500 brands.
As I recently explained to someone else on here: I genuinely don’t think most Europeans are doing the research regarding the background of the brands they buy. It’s easy to avoid things like the standard Coca Cola drink as that’s well known to be from the US, but I’m sadly willing to bet that most of those other brands would be purchased without much of a second thought.
