Whilst the European Union talks of matters such as “strategic autonomy” and idealizes itself as a unified, independent force for good in the world, the reality could not be further from the truth. Espionage revelations are just the tip of the iceberg of a variety of ways in which the United States has, through its integration with Europe’s military and security dynamic, utilized a myriad of political tactics to strongarm the bloc into following its political will and agenda, even when it is apathetic or openly objects to it.

  • AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.mlM
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    3 years ago

    But sure, ban Huawei because the US of all countries are saying that they think their telecom infrastructure tech is spying on users.

    Y’all just know that the US is singling out Huawei because their telecom hardware is one of the few that the US can’t backdoor into.