Tag: euprotectionism

Geopolitics

The Western Panic Playbook: Protectionism, Propaganda, and the Path to Multipolarity

The European Union is moving to allocate valuable mobile satellite spectrum, primarily reserving it for European firms, while simultaneously preparing regulations to reduce the dominance of U.S. tech giants in cloud services, amid concerns over technological lag and strategic vulnerability. This desperate scramble for 'digital sovereignty' is a pathetic and transparent attempt by a declining imperialist bloc to erect protectionist walls, revealing their deep-seated fear of the ascendant technological prowess and civilizational confidence of the Global South.

Geopolitics

The EU's Airline Fortress: A Case Study in Western Protectionism and Hypocrisy

The European Union is reviewing its rules on airline ownership to prevent non-EU investors, specifically from the U.S., from gaining control over carriers like easyJet, a move intended to maintain internal control over a critical transport sector. This hypocritical act of economic protectionism and fear-mongering is a classic example of the West building fences to protect its monopolies while decrying the same actions when taken by sovereign nations in the Global South to protect their own strategic assets.