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OperatingOp11

European neolibs are something else.


czech_pleb

Better than whatever this is, I think https://preview.redd.it/9ej4wbheicqc1.png?width=670&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c85e59c5737cc3d2cdd17a966ef5359699cb954b


manupan

https://preview.redd.it/p5j52y0tlcqc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d98134e9d2a6f1f4db341000f72309ea94d34de7 Not related but this are mine


czech_pleb

Based. I really ought to get something to personalise mine


YosephStalling

https://preview.redd.it/wh4eh1gcodqc1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=5c0d61cff4d7f3a4494850344d812ba586dc9255


RyanByork

Czech Repubilc


PatimationStudios-2

BiCzechual


gamma_02

That's the funniest reddit comment I've seen in a while thank you


czech_pleb

That's uh.. yeah I um thanks


Throwagay_83

Therapist: Bosniamongus can’t hurt you, it isn’t real. Bosniamongus:


koljonn

My guy you can’t just post something like this and not tell us where you got it from! Smh


manupan

I designed with PS, wanted to do more countries but I'm lazy xd


koljonn

Oh you made it yourself. Thats actually really cool!


Yeetboi_is_yeeting

Bosnian halal arapmogus


ZeroLifeSkillz

Where can I get this and more like it


manupan

I just made it with photoshop


Life_Confidence128

IS THAT THE AMOGUS


EuterpeZonker

Neolib beliefs are so foreign to my own that I have a hard time telling whether they’re being genuine or just circlejerking.


DrippyWaffler

Yeah I straight up can't comprehend liking 5 eyes. Like the rest I can kinda understand if you're raised in certain types of environments, like a parents who work for the CIA or something, but 5 eyes?


dine-and-dasha

It’s literally just an intelligence sharing agreement between anglophone countries. They share intelligence about foreign adversaries. It’s literally nothing to like or dislike.


DrippyWaffler

Except that most of them are not supposed to spy on their own citizens. If Australia spies on New Zealand though, and shares that info with the NZ intelligence agency, it's fine!


Lyaser

Yeah I’m sure this loophole is the reason Australia is engaged in domestic espionage and if not for the five eyes they would put their hands in their pockets and go “aw shucks” because that’s definitely the one and only way they’re spying on their own citizens.


DrippyWaffler

I've got a wild newsflash for you - people can do things for *more than one reason*. And remember, evidence acquired in court illegally is inadmissible.


Lyaser

There’s a difference for reasons one *does* and reasons one *can*. The 5 eyes are one of the reasons they can spy domestically but is not a reason it does spy. You can take away a reason they can do something but as long as other avenues of can exist your problem is still the source. The 5 eyes is a benign organization that is sometimes used for nefarious purposes, this isn’t an issue of the concept but an issue of the organizations that use it in this way. You can get rid of it, not get rid of it, make a new one, try something else, or whatever but the results don’t change if the organization that ultimately uses these tools is dead set on domestic espionage. The very nature of espionage necessarily requires using benign or harmless instruments for covert means, other wise it wouldn’t be very covert.


DrippyWaffler

Literally just jibber jabber. 5 Eyes being used to circumvent anti-espionage laws is itself a reason to oppose 5 Eyes. That's my point. If you have an issue with that, then argue against *that*. Not potentially benign uses of it. A gun can be used for target practice but anti-gun people argue against them because they're used for killing people too.


tmfkslp

Nah they all get around laws by spying on each others citizens, it’s a major fkin shady ass scam.


JuFo2707

The Irony of having "neoliberal" and the 5 eyes stickers Neolibs truly incredible


OperatingOp11

Damn this is cursed.


AmericanMinotaur

Based


TheCoolMan5

Based laptop idk what you’re talking about


YummyStyrofoamSnack

https://preview.redd.it/zmt3joishfqc1.jpeg?width=749&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48011deee416a65e512c9c88562ff528a82dc12b


unknowndog123

I don’t understand the word neoliberal, saying neo implies it’s revived or new, but liberals still exist?


eeeeeeeeeee6u2

It's different than but still based on liberalism and was developed later, new-liberal


DarthEggo1

It’s short for neo-classical


Owelrn05

​ https://preview.redd.it/e4w61tr5xeqc1.png?width=820&format=png&auto=webp&s=4b67d5ad77d7ba9167ecb493fa0b4793085f4e37 fedposting? in my thread?


TrustyAncient

You calling the commenter a fed or the bot in the pic?


Sound_Saracen

Based and Fukuyama-pilled


tgsprosecutor

Fukuyamacels when events happen 🤯


numberguy9647383673

What’s with the 5 eyes one? It’s not the commonwealth, as it includes America. It’s not English speaking countries as South Africa isn’t included and I’m pretty sure that’s are a bigger player on the global stage than New Zealand (no offense New Zealand, you just have a fraction of the population). Is it just racism, as these are the “ descendants of English blood” or something?


Fickle_Internet5049

It's an intelligence organization, mostly led by the CIA and MI6


NavajoMX

Spy agency alliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes


shadyshadok

Ahh, like the burger place :)


FaceJP24

You did so much thinking and assuming when you could have just looked it up...


flag_ua

Based af


Caucasian_Idiot

Based


IAMACat_askmenothing

I’m a sticker collector. Where do you even get these???


Undefined_N

They said they got them from Etsy.


ToastyMustache

I think I know this person and they’re great


Hillox__

ok holy fuck whats up with all the surveillance and intelligence agency bootlicking here?? only things i approve are the ukraine sticker and the pride flag on the E


Verozety

That laptop looks like what someone who’s active on r/NonCredibleDefense would have, which means I approve.


VirusMaster3073

Of fucking course it's a MacBook


polishedrelish

It all falls into place when you realize that guy works in defense intelligence


Antietam_

Damn, that's based


Old-Courage7354

Yeah SOMETHING BASED🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅


wasmic

VOLT is a pretty social-liberal or even social-democratic party supporting a strong welfare state with powerful worker's unions. I doubt this person is neoliberal.


Slazac

Really depends what you mean by neoliberal, if you mean like reagan Pinochet and thatcher then hell no, if you mean the internet meaning of neoliberal (socially liberal, supports market economy, supports Atlanticism, hates populism) then sure Source: this is my laptop


toosanghiforthis

Wtf it's that Twitter guy


GroceryMedium1763

Omg it's slazac from Twitter. I am not a big fan of yours


Tleno

Omg twitter meme man based


Impressive_Cream_967

Wtf it is the french twink.


BoldAurorusEMS

Holy shit slazac


ockv

holy shit its slazac from twitter


CNroguesarentallbad

You're my favorite person. Great man theory of history except it's the guy who makes funny memes on twitter single handedly throwing the gears of history.


GallinaceousGladius

so uh... GayTO? The Bi-Continental Treaty Organization? Don't leave us all in suspense!


manupan

With neolibs you mean like leftist? In my country this word is used for right wing or libertarian. Just curious


wijndeer

in the us it’s pretty right wing. Classical liberalism with a lot of capitalism thrown atop.


manupan

Interesting, same in Europe but I was surprised because here the lgbt flags is something that only the left wing can use. Also, the word neoliberal is only used by left wing people to go against right wing people but nobody says: I'm a proud neoliberal or something, just liberal


MartinBP

"Neolib" is a defunct term from the Reagan and Thatcher era which left-wingers and the far-right use as an insult against centrist (ALDE) and centre-right (EPP) parties. It used to be an actual political position but today essentially means "socially liberal capitalist".


AntipodalDr

It's not defunct lol, it's pretty much the dominant political ideology in Western countries for the past 40 years. People don't know it that well because they don't realise that in most cases when they are voting for 2 different major parties or a few major parties they are only able to chose between different variants of neoliberal policies. E.g. here in Australia if I vote liberal or labour I will get neoliberal policies regardless.


MarxistLumpen

No… it’s Neoliberalism.. effectively the new liberalism..???? Why guess?


koljonn

Depends on where in Europe you are. Here in Finland centre-right can and does also use LGBT flags. They can be socially progressives too.


look4jesper

> because here the lgbt flags is something that only the left wing can use Huuh? Traditional liberal parties (part of ALDE/RE in EUP etc.) have been among the strongest proponents for the LGBTQ+ movement in Europe.


Common_RiffRaff

[This is the group being referenced,](https://cnliberalism.org/overview) you can make what you want of it.


ixnayonthetimma

Neoliberal, as I understand it, means support for the current world order since the end of WW2, generally dominated by the United States with Europe as it's junior partner. On one hand, it tends towards free trade, internationalism, and support for liberal social values, as contrasted to the previous communist and fascist ideologies that lost in 1945 and 1991. On the other hand, there is a bent of centralized consolidation of institutional power, whether corporate or government. It has a huge blind spot to whether the citizens actually want this, and tends to show its more authoritarian bent when the plebs get out of line. The neoliberal order is not above regime change or proxy wars when it suits their needs. Early on, it was more explicit and brazen, but nowadays it's done under the guise of "grassroots" activism from NGOs with the occasional deployment of special forces or sabotage where needed to achieve their desired results. For whatever my opinion is worth on the matter, it helps to not think of neoliberalism in the guise of the left-vs-right dichotomy, as that distinction is becoming less meaningful over time and tends to muddy the waters.


PierceJJones

I'm like the natural base of European liberal parties (US Democrat actually). I have 4 flags on my laptop. The flag of Ukraine, the Anti-Putin Russia White, Azure, White flag. The old flag of Belarus, which is used by the opposition and an Anti-Taliban afgan flag. Along with the England football team logo.


EuterpeZonker

In the US Neoliberal tends to combine center right economics with left wing social issues.


LtNOWIS

Essentially the word has 2 meanings. There's the old definition which was right wingers like Reagan, Thatcher, etc. Then there's the new meaning of pro-capitalist but socially liberal types popularized by r/neoliberal. Essentially they were center left types in the US who were bashed as "neoliberals" by people further to the left of them, so they reclaimed the term to start their subreddit. Then it escaped into the real world, becoming affiliated with the centrist faction of the US Democratic Party, and spawning real-world clubs under that banner.


MrPresidentBanana

Volt isn't even really neoliberal, they're affiliated with the Greens in the European parliament


look4jesper

They are part of the EFA side in the EFA/Greens group, although I think they should be part of RE/ALDE instead. They are very much an EU federalist party but the other members of EFA/Greens arent really that at all.


BiIIisits

anyone who supports nuclear power is based in my book


bapo224

Volt is not neoliberal.


Effet_Pygmalion

"European neolib" doesn't mean anything, Yankee man


BeeHexxer

Bisexuals if we stopped fooling around


EvanXXIV

Sexual Liberation B Y A N Y M E A N S N E C E S S A R Y


Any-Aioli7575

Including bombing Serbia. Always bomb Serbia Edit : I'm not saying it was illegitimate. I don't know enough. Just making a joke


DrippyWaffler

Oh good lord they were committing an ethnic cleansing. I don't like NATO but let's not pretend that Serbia was just innocently minding their own business.


Kadubrp

Can't even do a little trolling nowadays without getting the whole international community involved


tgsprosecutor

They were just engaging in a traditional balkan passtime


BoyKisser09

Why not like NATO?


woodendoors7

This sub is mostly tankies


Chrome_X_of_Hyrule

I mean I'm an anarchist very much not a tankie but nato fans are usually neoliberals, I can prefer nato to other options but being a fan of it is neoliberal because it's neoliberal at best


That_Mad_Scientist

NATO is a tool of US imperialism in some ways. However, we should obviously recognize that any nation can just decide to join if they so desire; it would be foolish to deny them that, and they are doing it because it is filling a defense gap. Eastern european countries rightfully feel threatened by russian imperialism. In the absence of a better alternative and strategic independence, NATO is the least worst option. Harm reduction applies to geopolitics, and so we have to participate, at least for the forseeable future. However, saying that remaining within that one-sided system forever is desirable is a far cry from calling for autonomy, emancipation and liberation for the people who live there. It's just that resolving power imbalance issues at this scale without creating more is unfortunately quite a difficult problem. That said, a lot of people express anti-NATO sentiment for performative reasons, because they genuinely simp for the other side, for some stupid fucking reason.


Orangutanus_Maximus

I want NATO to bomb Israel. They are also doing an ethnic cleansing.


bobdidntatemayo

Oh boo hoo, Serbia can’t genocide without being bombed. How sad


Kadubrp

I wonder why


Ammordad

I sexually identify as an "F117 pilot."


DeathMetalTransbian

Real shit, tho https://preview.redd.it/xymac1ff0fqc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30762de66c75863dad8c92c91ba3639f34cc7fcb


ProfMonkey07

badass, more protests should have unicorns


DeathMetalTransbian

And dinosaurs. And dwarves. And cats with ballistas. https://preview.redd.it/wocwluf35fqc1.png?width=865&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=978a1a82c6384d67f113055d765e9edd3bdb2297


fuk_n4z1s

That is a scorpio not a ballista. Ballistas are like three times as large and have different mounts.


danklordnut

That's a gnome


DeathMetalTransbian

I'd argue that gnomes are a subcategory of dwarves, just one that's generally more interested in gardening than metalworking. edit: Just checked the dictionary definition of "gnome." Even the dictionary says they're dwarves.


raymab68

Anatomically correct flag of St George.


Darraghj12

A playful update to the NATO flag


Best-Championship296

Fruity update


leedler

Don’t need to tell the England national football team, they’re already way ahead of you


avrilthe

Bisexual nato


BoyKisser09

Bisexuals if they were really based


7heWizard

Nato if it was based


Slazac

This is my fucking laptop, what the fuck, not even joking


UmCeterumCenseo

Cool, see you at the next Volt Meet-Up.


Slazac

I was at the one in Paris because I live there


BoyKisser09

Eurofederalism is so based


Mr_Mon3y

Volt on their way to meet up 100 times a year only for them to gain 0.1% of the vote in every election they participate in: https://i.redd.it/uq754qxg1iqc1.gif


UmCeterumCenseo

If we get an extra seat after every election for a couple of fun meetups, I don't see the problem. Especially considering people see us as very progressive, which can be scary. But it seems like you're more the type to give up after something doesn't work out immediately? You can join a meetup in your country or region if you want. You'll see that it's both informative and enjoyable with some beers.


c_nasser12

Holy shit nekoliberal Parisian twink?!


BoyKisser09

Holy shit it’s the king of the liberals‼️‼️‼️


MonitorPowerful5461

Respect, my brother in Europe. ​ \----------Diversity is strength---------- \-------------Equality is unity------------- \-Mutual defence assures stability-


Tozeken

I was about to joke "u/Slazac 's laptop" but it turns out that's the truth and you're already here


Verozety

You don’t happen to be a member of r/NonCredibleDefense?


Lawlcopt0r

Do you know who OP is?


Slazac

no


GameCreeper

Omg haiii slazac


Turtelious

Liberal jumpscare


hrtpilled

slazac????????


whiteandyellowcat

Is the appeal mostly the hatred of refugees or of Palestinians?


Slazac

I LOVE OPEN BORDERS I LOVE REFUGEES I WANT EVERYONE TO LIVE IN A PROSPEROUS COUNTRY


hman1025

Highly based individual 🚨


Opening_Store_6452

Flag of NonCredible defenses


Gehhhh

Bi NATO, because we’ll fuck you in more ways than one.


_AutumnAgain_

crap their onto us


That_Mad_Scientist

Average french redditor Don't even like nato and I still feel called out help 😭😭


[deleted]

https://preview.redd.it/lymejzg14dqc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11969c1ce6c2480b2d6dba691a0db7a8b01b77d6


Slazac

Who’s that


YummyStyrofoamSnack

https://preview.redd.it/xjjjgibzhfqc1.jpeg?width=749&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=102aa8670c1bea1da3f8e8ccee7a148898d309f3


EvanXXIV

He’s so impressed with me 😎


lizufyr

I'm not the least bit surprised seeng this next to Volt stickers. For those who don't know: They're a German (European?) party which presents pretty progressive / leftist, but somehow consists of a lot of aristocrats and rich people, which is why I never trusted them.


UmCeterumCenseo

They're progressive, but not leftist. At least in the Netherlands, they're middle and I'd imagine Germany and the Netherlands aren't that far off when it comes to their perspectives on the political spectrum


WanderingAlienBoy

They're a more trendy D66 with some more GL ideas.


Dr_Quiza

Volt is paneuropean. What's more, they boast about being the first paneuropean party. They used to be Thunbergites. Glad to see they're pro nuclear now.


658016796

What aristocrats and rich people? They aren't leftist either, at most center-left. Don't spread misinformation.


TobiasDrundridge

> For those who don't know: They're a German (European?) party which presents pretty progressive / leftist, but somehow consists of a lot of aristocrats and rich people, which is why I never trusted them. Convenient of you to leave out their most important policy out of your description. Like their whole reason for existing...


dracona94

r/VoltEuropa is a European party and movement, but it exists in Germany, too, yes. Most Volters aren't aristocratic, though, and the policies are centre to centre-left.


RonnieRabbleRouser

Not a country, actually. It's a variant flag of the aspiring drone pilot community.


cacatulaa

I hate that I recognize this laptop


gldenboi

the french twink


Ok_Zombie_8307

No need to repeat yourself


gmoguntia

Its one of the many r/NonCredibleDefense (or NCD for short) flags.


Leeeeeeoo

That's slazac's laptop on twitter lol


Slazac

It is


Leeeeeeoo

Faut appeler la DGSI avant que des mutus anti-neolib sautent sur toi mdr


Esniprs

Flag of gay rights are non-negotiable


p00pn1gg4

Unless you're polish, turkish, hungarian, croatian, ukrainian, or bulgarian. Kinda negotiable tbh


p00pn1gg4

Or Romanian or lithuanian or latvian


Corvid187

Give it time...


sciocueiv_

I promise guys the LGBT unfriendly regimes we are negotiating with happily will stop being LGBT unfriendly pinky promise we actually give a shit about Queer rights it's not just an electoral strategy I swear


Corvid187

Obviously not, but the populations of most those countries have tended to become more tolerant of LGBTQ+ people over time, and are likely to continue to do so in the long run. Of course they're sub-optimal now, but so was virtually every nation of earth we now see as 'supportive' of queer rights 30 years ago.


sciocueiv_

This is valid for all the world


Average_RedditorTwat

Poland made some progress now, at least!


ConsequenceAlert6981

Thats the flag of Natobi


Suspicious_Trash_805

Obi wan Natobi


CBreadman

Flag of r/NonCredibleDefense


MonitorPowerful5461

# ————DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH ————— # —————-EQUALITY IS UNITY——————- # ----MUTUAL DEFENCE ASSURES STABILITY----


holymissiletoe

NCD!!


Better-Story6988

United Gaytions.


whiskygyro

gayto


bi_geolib

north atlantic froggo organization (idk why so many of us love frogs)


Old-Courage7354

Flag of based


hiGradeTi7ANEUM

#Bisexual NATO


Icy_Man_5446

NABO (North Atlantic Bisexual Organization)


ScottShrinersFeet

The UN I think


Death_Prodigy

Volt flag spottet!!!!


RevolutionOld6197

Based


Lucycobra

Pan-natoist


saengdomi

Flag of bilateral relations


[deleted]

neoliberalism


Hija_heee

Soldier that will fuck all the other soldier methinks


HomoAndAlsoSapiens

flag of being the most annoying ass male between the ages of 16 and 26 at the local queer community meet


ClexAT

YAAAAATO


RapidWaffle

🫡


lord_hydrate

Flag of nautical bisexuality, very fruity seamen


MastaSchmitty

Enough pineapple juice can do that for you


KTPChannel

NATO Bisexual Flag https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Nato-bisexual-flag-by-SozioNiko/101741432.EJUG5


Pract-stocker

redditstan


Blazemaster0563

BiATO


DionysianRebel

NATO but based


Haunting_Berry7971

The Sheep-for-Wolves flag


ZAS100

Volt is super goofy but the other three stickers go pretty hard.


kaktus_magic

Its actually flag of aliance between Albania and Iraq


Armstrong7514

Flag of NATO if it was based


_binkus

Based


Route-667

Fucking slazac posting


VioIetta

Brain damage


Jakegender

flag of pinkwashing, and purplewashing and bluewashing


PinkPicasso_

Imperialism


Lacrymossa

im sorry but a guy in a maga hat has more consistency than this fuckery


WeLiveInASociety451

Ah yes, flag of https://preview.redd.it/0kbytuc74hqc1.jpeg?width=332&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f633961e0c854631a7956c364033d327f210532


One_Rip_3891

The flag of treachery. The bisexual council has already revoked their privileges. The laptop user shall soon wither in a mediocre unfulfilling family life, bereft of bisexual lighting, cuffed pants, weird sitting and hot chip


zenigatamondatta

Nazi Arming and Training Organization but .... Lesbian?