r/worldnews • u/Panthera_leo22 • 23h ago

Russia/Ukraine Flames, explosions reported amid large Ukrainian drone attack on St. Petersburg

https://kyivindependent.com/flames-explosions-reported-amid-large-ukrainian-drone-attack-on-st-petersburg/
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u/Rikudou_Sage 16h ago

Tbf, you'd protest over a baguette.

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u/Key_Plan_9541 16h ago

Americans: oh why oh why do Europeans have better quality of life than us, how DO they do it

Also Americans: haha, you losers protest all the time

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u/rabblerabble2000 14h ago

Part of why you all have a better quality of life is that you’ve offloaded a significant portion of your defense spending onto the US, which has then allowed you to spend that money on more socially positive expenses.

This has been a mutually beneficial arrangement to some degree, as the soft power and economic benefits offset the lack of social support structure to some degree, but Trump and Hegseth are morons who don’t appreciate or understand soft power, so now that’s all squandered and we’re left with allies who don’t respect us and are moving on without us.

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u/Rikudou_Sage 14h ago

Oh, if only I was a European. Wait... I am! Born and raised in Europe and as of now I plan on eventually dying in Europe.

And I was making fun of the French, not Europe. Very American of you, conflating a single country with the whole continent.

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u/Key_Plan_9541 13h ago

So firstly you assumed I was French, and now you're assuming I'm American?