There’s been reports for this link to be an ad… we’re allowing it nonetheless because the discussion is very rich (I, personally agree with many of the criticism that were done: products may not be socially or environmentally friendly, or even it may be better to support an European artist). The EU parliament is more like a tool, and sometimes it does work well. Oftentimes it just makes decisions that are not aligned with our values as a community. Nonetheless, the EU flag is nowadays an important symbol that’s being undermined by bigots and propaganda. That’s why I’ve been ignoring the reports of this as an ad. I believe the underlying message to be more important. And, as I said, the discussion here has brought very good points that I wouldn’t have thought so just by myself.

Best regards, anzo.

We received a report for Racism, but we are not removing this comment as such to encourage discussion… a way more efficient way to fight propaganda and bigotry. Please keep it civil.

Unfortunately, many people believe that immigrants are the ones driving criminality (e.g. knife attacks) yet the reality is that there are as many knife attacks done by Germans. Only media (e.g. Bild) are amplifying and showing a distorted view on society because of political interests. For example, the last attack was done by a german person and instead of being labeled as terrorist they called it a person with psicological problems :/

Cheers, anzo

The site is satire, just look at the archive of their posts (e.g. “Hamas offers to negotiate peace between […]”

Even if there are “facts” that are the base for the article, we’d have to remove it. I am only keeping it here so that y’all know THIS IS WRONG. OP will get a ban for 7 days.

From the site “About” section, last paragraph:

Normal Island News is a politically-neutral publication which is why it simps so hard for Liz Truss. You will be pleased to know it is a registered charity so the four billionaires who fund it can deduct their contributions from their tax returns. With a 42% reliability rating, it is considered the most accurate newsletter in existence. You should sign up today so that you never miss an article, it will change your life forever x

• Anzo

@mriswith@lemmy.world It would indeed be great if you could avoid throwing around such accusations. There surely is a time & a place for such but …

1. From my outsider’s POV, I don’t know if I agree with the argument that this is just a diversion measure. However, politicians regularly perform media-attention sleight of hand of that sort, so it’s imo at least a somewhat credible argument.
2. If you do notice a pattern, it would be great if you could DM this mod account first.

Thanks!

(This comment written by federal reverse, not anzo.)

Please remove the insult, thanks.

A belated clarification:

It does not appear that there are plans for a European Credit Card.

However, …

• There is the semi-private online payment system called WERO, meant as a competitor to Paypal
• There are plans for a Digital Euro (D€) system by the ECB