@MikeFromLFE @fabio The European union is incredibly strict.

[nicksworld@mastodon.stickbear.me]

@MikeFromLFE @fabio The European union is incredibly strict. It's like dealing with a principal at your high school.

[mikefromlfe@cupoftea.social]

@NicksWorld @fabio
I'm not sure that's a good analogy.
The EU is perhaps more like a benevolent uncle who keeps you safe and looks after you from a distance.

Oh how I wish we were still European here in the UK!

[nicksworld@mastodon.stickbear.me]

@MikeFromLFE @fabio All I see from the EU is this company got fined ,and that company got fined and taxes taxes taxes.

[xerge@mastodon.nl]

@NicksWorld @MikeFromLFE @fabio perhaps it’s wise to enquire why these companies got fined (spoiler: they usually did inexcusable things to consumers like you and me).

Also, the EU collects roughly €0 in taxes annually. It’s all import duties and contributions from EU countries that are a small percentage of GDP (~1%), of which ~93% flows right back to those EU countries.

[nicksworld@mastodon.stickbear.me]

@xerge @MikeFromLFE @fabio Okay, I was wrong about the EU. Got a lesson from google. It's essentially like a club that has rules but allows for independent nations which have their own military, healthcare, and tax structures. Sorry European friends.

[mina@berlin.social]

@NicksWorld

It's also so ridiculous when people complain about bureaucracy. Yes there is. No doubt.

But without the EU, you would have 27 national bureaucracies to handle the matters now handled in one single place.

And not necessarily in a better way.

@xerge @MikeFromLFE @fabio

[zambunny@livellosegreto.it]

@NicksWorld @xerge @MikeFromLFE @fabio I don't know where you live (US?) but you might want to check where your news outlets stand in political terms. The EU has been attacked for many years now by powers that wish to see European states weak and divided. Case in point, Matteo Salvini being in the Epstein Files as being on Bannon's payroll. This absolute cockwomble of a man was one of the major proponents of Italy leaving the EU, even after the disastrous shitshow that is Brexit.