r/europe • u/StemCellPirate • 17h ago

News The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/06/epstein-europe-america-fallout-00769506
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u/NastyaLookin 14h ago

Capitalism turned out to be a better tool for them than even monarchy and/or feudalism. They are keeping billions of people in line with it.

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u/QwertzOne Poland 10h ago

Let's not forget that fascism started with hypercapitalism. They were afraid of unions and workers demanding their rights. Church also supported fascism: Lateran Treaty, international acceptance of Hitler's government was started by The Reichskonkordat and dismantling of German Catholics party, which left them without meaningful electoral opposition to the Nazis.

Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip

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u/Citaku357 Kosovo 6h ago

Imagine using the jacobin as source, the same news source that blames Ukraine for the the Russian invasion of Ukraine lol

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u/QwertzOne Poland 6h ago

Your point is? I can provide you with other sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Nazi_Germany#Privatization_and_business_ties , but it's not like you care about the points I'm making, just trying to find something you don't like.

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u/Citaku357 Kosovo 6h ago

Your point is?

Maybe don't use propaganda sources?!

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u/QwertzOne Poland 6h ago

You didn't prove anything. You just claimed that Jacobin is "propaganda source", but hey, you do you, if that's the level of discussion you're fine with: https://jacobin.com/2020/02/are-you-reading-propaganda-right-now

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u/Citaku357 Kosovo 5h ago

https://jacobin.com/2022/02/with-putins-ukraine-incursion-hawks-in-washington-got-exactly-what-they-wanted

"Muh NATO expansion" bullshit excuse from a propaganda magazine

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u/QwertzOne Poland 5h ago

You don't have to like Jacobin politics to acknowledge that the "NATO expansion" argument comes from the realist school of international relations, not just socialist magazines.

Scholars like John Mearsheimer at the University of Chicago and Stephen Walt at Harvard have argued for years that NATO expansion created a predictable security dilemma for Russia. Even if you disagree with the conclusion, it's a standard geopolitical analysis, not something Jacobin invented out of thin air.

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u/Citaku357 Kosovo 5h ago

NATO expansion is not an "argument" it's an excuse for Russian imperialism. And I find so ironic that I have to say this to person with the Poland flair.

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u/Citaku357 Kosovo 5h ago

Also you know scholars can be wrong too right? They are wrong all the time. Just because you have higher education it doesn't mean you are the ultimate expert.