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The group that drafted a key blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term convened a meeting in Washington D.C. this week to consider proposals for bulldozing the European Union (EU).

The Polish investigative outlet VSquare revealed that the Heritage Foundation gathered hardline conservative groups on 11 March to hear how they would overhaul the current structures of the EU.

The “closed-door workshop” featured a debate on a new paper produced by the lobby groups MCC and Ordo Iuris entitled: “The Great Reset: Restoring Member State Sovereignty in the 21st Century”.

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[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 1 points 24 minutes ago

I really think any countries which may try to leave the eu should think about how well that went for Britan.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 11 points 2 hours ago

They reallllllllllllly hate unions

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago

It's not the first and it's not going to be the last.

Most EU members are small and easy to bully for a country the size of the US if on their own (and in fact many were bullied by the US before becoming EU members) and even the mid-sized ones could be pushed around, but a block of 470 million people with a larger GDP than the US cannot be pushed around just like that, so it's absolutely in the best interests of the elites which control the US and a very large fraction of its Economy (and hence stand to gain the most from any bullying by the US of other nations) to want to dismantle any association of small and middle sized countries that makes them capable of dealing with the US as equals.

Why do you think it was wealthy Americans who funded the Leave side of the Leave Referendum in Britain (for example, by paying Cambridge Analitica to use Facebook to manipulate people into voting Leave)?! It's just that, no doubt to their great disappointment, removing Britain from the EU did not significantly weaken the EU, only Britain, and they already had vast influence in British politics so don't really gain much from Britain leaving the herd to go out all on its own.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 37 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Ugh I'm so sick of these Heritage assholes. There's needs to be an American progressive counter organization.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Oops, all fed boi honeypots!

[–] metaldream@sopuli.xyz 104 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

The Heritage Foundation is a treasonous organization. They need to be stopped. I fail to understand how Project 2025 isn't outright sedition, and it should've been treated that way by Biden.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 8 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It's been clear to anyone who read it that P2025 planned to dismantle the government and shred the constitution. If they were left leaning, the FBI would've been so far up the Heritage Foundation's ass, they would've been looking through their eyes like a Scooby doo painting.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It's the whole "they go low, we go high" mantra of liberals.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 hours ago

While in reality they're going nowhere but the hotel bar.

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 122 points 19 hours ago (5 children)

Alright guys, it’s time to roll out the guillotines again

[–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 1 hour ago

I hear certain parts of the European Union can teach us a thing or two about those!

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

This is America, sniper rifles would be more useful.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 3 points 23 minutes ago (1 children)

They already tried that. We forgot about that guy because a much more attractive shooter caught our attention.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 points 46 seconds ago

Nah, we all know that was obviously staged.

Besides, I'm not talking about one dumb kid who doesnt know how to shoot, I'm talking about Patriots stalking MAGA Nazis all over the country, and making them worry that every time they step out of their house, they have to worry that there's a sniper on a roof or in the distant tree line. They're all abject cowards; how devoted to the cause will they be if they know that being an elected MAGANazi carries a potential death sentence?

[–] psud@aussie.zone 7 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I think America needs an American solution for this American problem

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 hour ago

A guillotine made of... guns

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

No worries, you can have Made in America™️ guillotines

[–] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 hours ago

Freedomtines

[–] segabased@lemmy.zip 40 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Seriously, how are these clowns getting away with having workshops? They need to be scared for their lives

[–] Sektor@lemmy.world 13 points 9 hours ago

There are huge protests in Serbia, that last several months. Did the people in power went down? No. People literally need to eat grass to say fuck this shit.

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[–] atro_city@fedia.io 31 points 16 hours ago

The US wants to add the US to this list United States involvement in regime change. They are not our friends!

[–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 180 points 20 hours ago (8 children)

ok so let's do these quickly:

  1. declare the AfD unconstitutional in Germany
  2. make Marine Le Pen ineligible in France
  3. destitute Viktor Orban in Hungary
[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 7 points 2 hours ago

Romania already banned its fascist candidate. The others should do the same

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[–] xye@lemm.ee 24 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

“The Trump administration’s most influential think tank, The Heritage Foundation, is receiving proposals from illiberal forces in Poland and Hungary” This part is very interesting. Are we assuming these groups are just excuses for their own agenda, or would this even be up for discussion had they not received the proposals? Something else?

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