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[–] Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The EU has a petition system, this is not it. If you wanna do a petition like this then use the system that already exists and not some shitty third party site

[–] vesi@lemm.ee 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Not my Petition. I agree that it could have been better But this is the only big one we have

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 4 points 6 hours ago

Literally on a US-based platform. :(

[–] davesmith@feddit.uk 3 points 6 hours ago

EU acolytes love conflating the EU with Europe.

[–] alykanas@slrpnk.net -2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Action Network is an open platform that empowers individuals and groups to organize for progressive causes.

Not much progressive about calling for Europe to be put on war footing.

It’s so misguided it’s hard to know where to begin.

[–] axh@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

"be put on war footing"... By having an army? Did you ever heard that old saying "if you want peace, prepare for war."?

[–] alykanas@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Yes I’ve heard it and like a lot of old sayings, it’s fairly ignorant.

And I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we already have armies, navies, airforce, and cyber forces on hand.

[–] axh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] alykanas@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Are you serious?

It implies militarisation guarantees peace.

[–] axh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It implies that when you are strong, people are afraid to attack you.

[–] alykanas@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 hour ago

And with the benefit of historical evidence , how’s that worked out ?