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Europe has survived 3 energy shocks in 4 years. The only way out is to stop buying power from its enemies | Fortune

https://fortune.com/2026/03/25/europe-3-energy-shocks-in-4-years-what-to-do-next/

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[โ€“] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 22 points 5 days ago (2 children)

like if you teleported directly from Europe into any given US street nobody would say โ€œhey, that guy is an enemyโ€. We in the US have a problem, an idiot is driving.

I think that what you find will actually happen is that they will get held at gunpoint by ICE, be unable to show identification, get beaten up for talking back, and get thrown in a concentration camp for a couple months, where if they can't prove European citizenship in time they get deported to a death camp in El Salvador.

Though to be fair, that's if they hit the bad luck of being stopped by cops for engaging in the suspicious activity of walking, or ringing the doorbell of a Republican, or ringing the doorbell of someone who calls the cops when someone is at the door with an implausible story asking to use their phone.

Basically they would have to rely on the kindness of strangers to avoid the militarised police and to get in contact with their country's embassy for extraction. The only benefit over Iran or Russia is that they might speak the language.

[โ€“] Tinidril@midwest.social 1 points 5 days ago

Though to be fair, that's if they hit the bad luck of being stopped by cops for engaging in the suspicious activity of walking, or ringing the doorbell of a Republican

That's not entirely fair. Sometimes when you ring the doorbell of a Republican they just shoot you through the door.

[โ€“] altphoto@lemmy.today -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

But that's still not us. That's the king and his followers doing that.

[โ€“] Objection@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Ok, I would like to buy a million barrels of crude oil, can you set that up for me without involving "the king and his followers?"

[โ€“] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Nope. Again, please point your pointy bits to the real perps, not the American people who like me are happy to help others.

[โ€“] Objection@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

This post is about "not buying oil from your enemies" and you're like, "But I'm not your enemy! Also, I don't have any oil!"