The EU has some of the world's most advanced environmental laws.

Failing to implement them costs the EU ~55 billion euros annually in health and environmental damages.

Enforcement of EU laws often takes decades, following an opaque process.

The spinelessness of that organization continues to reach new lows. Even when the future of the country is at stake, they choose to take a nonexistent "high road".

Same. Our behemoth tech corps sharing global user data with the US government ✅ but when boogeyman China steps into the scene ❌

Columbus Day is conspicuously absent.

I've had the same thought, actually I always do when white people who commit crimes are celebrated. Had this person been black or brown, the MAGA crowd would be all over him, as would a considerable chunk of self-proclaimed "progressives" and "leftists" in the country.

It's amazing how living abroad can completely upend your entire worldview about something that you thought you were sure about. 4/4

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