Summary

At the Munich Security Conference, JD Vance criticized European leaders for suppressing free speech, mishandling migration, and ignoring populist concerns.

He questioned whether Europe’s values still aligned with America’s and warned of a “threat from within,” rather than Russia or China.

His speech, which largely avoided discussing Ukraine, shocked attendees and drew condemnation from EU and German officials but was praised by Russian state media.

Vance’s private meeting with Germany’s far-right AfD leader and his dismissal of mainstream politicians further deepened tensions between the U.S. and Europe.

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        Well got to min max and humans historical max out the Intel Stat versus other animals so it’s traditionally move. Plus you know, massive embezzlement opportunities.

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          If they could stop drinking for a couple decades I think they could do some awesome stuff. When the Soviets first took power they were prohibitionists, and that generation of Russians went on to beat the Nazis and launch Sputnik, despite Stalin.

          Russia feels like the kid in school who you know is abused but is an asshole because of being abused. The Golden Horde was awful, to be sure, but we all need to let the healing happen.

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            Also makes me think of a guy I know who I went to high school with, just incredibly smart. Ended up getting to the National Science Fair and got an honorable mention and also a bunch of newspaper attention. Fifteen years later, he was in prison for getting caught with a backpack full of meth cooking equipment.

            I can’t remember the last time I saw him sober. Even after he got out of prison, I don’t know if he was still doing meth, but I only ever saw him in bars drunk off his ass after that.

            He’s still a super nice guy, but his brain is basically scrambled eggs.

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            Reminds me of family guy Ireland before whisky.

            https://youtu.be/7-yQ4s6IBec?ZGzGcnBg86TWheeA

            If they ever do, maybe They can something like in Atomic Heart. Good communist technology for all people to enjoy right now I’m questioning if murica can not be a cyberpunk dystopia. Which would also fall in like with Atomic Heart…

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    suppressing free speech

    Shutting out far-right racists and literal foreign agitators

    mishandling migration

    Racism

    and ignoring populist concerns

    More racism

    Feels like the New Axis is starting to take tangible shape.

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      mishandling migration

      Racism

      Are you calling it racism because Vance said it, or would you claim that anyone who thinks migration in Europe has been mishandled is racist?

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        Perhaps some genuine criticism could be levied at the specifics of their immigration policy, but this is JD Vance, that’s not what he’s here for.

        When he talks about “shared values” and “what you are fighting for” he’s talking about white Christian dominance in Europe and defending it with the sword. The far right has long seen Europe as a failure of progressive decadence and moral weakness and this speech was a blatant expression of that.

        That is why the far right rejects European countries and cozies up to Russia, because the American conservative and the Russian nationalist have quite a lot of “shared values.”

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    “Vance leaves the US and thinks the rest of the world thinks of highly of him as his brain-dead countrymen do.”

    He’s such a fucking buffoon.

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      He’s just reading what his Russian speech writer told him to.

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    “blistering attack” is one way to say it, I’d say bigoted rambling is better way to describe it

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    Fuck off with that BS. We don’t need you authoritarians to illegitimise our leaders, insert a racism wedge between us and misrepresent what our “populous” wants. We know that our values are not aligned with a conservative, VP-to-fucking-trump, Putin’s puppet, project 2025 POS. And we don’t need to look for a “threat of within” when we need to stand united against russia and now US influence.

    When AfD neo nazis, the richest asshole in the world, the US leadership, Putin and north Korea all praise and support each other we can see through your BS.

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    America is a big dumb golem used to do the violent bidding of whoever is able to control it - mainly Israel and Russia.

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      A mere 1B donation get you control of a 800B a year military. Talk about ROI!

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    “The mice in fact are tyrannical oppressors for not opening the door to listen to what the fox has to say!” - JD Vance

    Nope, mister G.O.Pudge, we do not have to include Nazis.

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    Dear Goober-Veep,

    The threat from within is the Nazis, not the people who refuse to listen to the Nazis. They’ve been handling Nazis longer than you’ve been alive. Shut your fucking pizza pie hole.

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    That dipshit has no right to criticize anyone.

    This is the guy who is an apologist to anti-Indian hate speech… while being married to an ethnic Indian.

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      He’s nothing more than a performer now. Ask yourself every time: who is he performing for right now that he believes will increase his political power? I’m not sure why he wants power. He wouldn’t know what to do with it.

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    Alienating whatever remaining trade partners you had outside of the two local ones, which your friends in the administration tariffed and threatened to annex, is going to go tremendously. Sure are putting America First… in line to find out what happens when no other country is willing to trade their resources with us or buy our goods.

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      Unless AfD gains power. Which is one of the reasons they want AfD to gain power. Part of the new Axis is part of the old Axis.

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    I think this people have long already disqualified their ability to speech anything worth of coherent value, why keep listening them or take note of their words? They do not follow the rules of that game, is not possible to play on the same terms so that battleground is a distraction at best, a cancer at worst.

    Don’t feed the troll, don’t support the bully.

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      Lol is this a tongue in cheek self aware comment? I had to start and restart each sentence a few times.

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    “Blistering” suggests it had merit.

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    We will be squished in between Putin and his lapdog. Fuck this timeline.