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Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼 @lemmy.dbzer0.com
Pretty ironic, considering that Turkey under Erdogan is just as close to dictatorship as the US under Trump...
68 2 ReplyBarbarian @sh.itjust.works
Turkiye also has a large military industry looking to sell to the EU, a large military, and wants control over the black sea (which involves weakening Russia), and wants to be as friendly to the EU as possible to eventually get that coveted EU membership.
Yeah, an opportunistic authoritarian, but a useful one in this dire emergency.
16 3 ReplyZeroOne @lemmy.world
So you're fine when authoritarianism benefits you ?? I am learning more & more
5 12 Replybiofaust @lemmy.world Yes, we do, as does anyone who lives in the real world.
I would like to see everyone stop eating anything Italian just because we have a literal fascist running the government.
13 3 ReplyAynRandLibertarian @lemmy.world I'll do it...
5 0 Replybiofaust @lemmy.world Nickname checks out for no respect to own and others' quality of life.
2 4 ReplyDragonTypeWyvern @midwest.social Everyone knows Randian economics is all about self denial and standing up to fascists for the betterment of global society.
4 0 Replybiofaust @lemmy.world You are being sarcastic, right?
1 0 ReplyDragonTypeWyvern @midwest.social Very ;)
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friendlymessage @feddit.org Beggars can't be choosers. There are not enough democracies around to ally oneself just with those
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Vermingot @jlai.lu There is a huge Turkish population in Germany, that seems to be the most probable reason.
8 0 Replymelpomenesclevage @lemmy.dbzer0.com but they're not as loudly shitty to europeans about it.
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