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[–] EuroMod@feddit.org 2 points 7 hours ago

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.

[–] wildflower@lemmy.world 135 points 2 days ago (4 children)

EuropeFirst sounds trumpian, how about EuropeTogether or something a bit more inclusive?

[–] Reznik@lemmy.zip 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 13 points 2 days ago

That's a good one.

"Europe is Way Better"

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] marx@piefed.social 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It was always so funny to me that Bezos saved that show. I wonder if he ever got the irony.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago

Funny thing is that Amazon has multiple productions in progress (The Boys, Gen V, Upload, just to name a few) that are blatantly anti-corpo, anti-altright etc., yet Amazon is the very image of what those shows stand against..

[–] Zidane@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

Call me earth then 😎

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

EuropeForever

[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 5 points 1 day ago

The answer to America first is Europe United.

This is a phrase made popular already by the Greens party of Germany before the last national elections.

[–] arsCynic@piefed.social 42 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Buy merch from your favourite artists/bands instead and be vocal about taxing the rich. Also stop using Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, et cetera. The EU Parliament has plenty of money, many artists do not, yet the latter have way more reach than wearing an EU t-shirt, and plenty of artists are vehemently against our whole corrupt system. E.g., Massive Attack, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, et cetera.

[–] dukemirage@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Unknown indie artists living in precarious financial situations like The Biggest Name in Trip Hop and The Biggest Name in Post-Rock.

[–] arsCynic@piefed.social 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

While you made me laugh out loud, those belong to the "and…against our whole corrupt system" part of the sentence, not the "many artists do not have plenty of money".

Feel free to append the list ;)

[–] dukemirage@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Going to concerts of local/visiting artists is the best way of support, and the by a CD or something.

[–] arsCynic@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Definitely.

Also, I stand corrected: the "e.g." was preceded by a dot and capitalized, so my picks indeed seem silly haha. Those are two of my favourite artists so my choice was primed. πŸ™ƒ

[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Make Europe Great Again" vibes

[–] Spesknight@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

More "Make America European Again"

[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago

Through... branding, merch sales, and fear of the other? Not sure I get it

[–] Zahtu@feddit.org 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

its a private owned company (from Germany), Just getting this out to avoid confusion with any official shop/resource.

nevertheless, great thought! possibly makes for a great Gift for Christmas top 😁

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pretty sure they're "official", as in a private company but directly contracted by and affiliated with the European parliament. Their physical location is even inside the parliament's visitor centre.

[–] logi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So this is the EU parliament gift shop on-line?

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[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I feel like we shouldn't copy the American flag waving and blind patriotism. I believe we're much better off with a Federation of EU States than without it, and I see Schengen as a huge accomplishment, but the EU as an institution has many problems we shouldn't be blind to.

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[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 days ago

I never owned any with any flag

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Were people in Europe wearing shirts with American flags before?

I wouldn’t think so.

I have one, with a small flag. If it's in the stores, you buy it without much thinking. People in my area also wear Canadian flags, Scottish flags or the Union Jack on their clothes. For example. They're just quite recognizable. Simulacra in the Baudrillard sense, even.

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[–] pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

As an American, please stop buying our products. Funds do not go to a good cause.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Only American product I would have considered is a cast iron pan because they don't really get produced in the UK. But I already have one so I will probably never need to buy another one.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Not to mention that with cast iron specifically, there's no reason to buy new. Not when you can get an exact same pan that is 80-100 years old for a fraction of the price at a garage sale/ estate sale.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think they are not so common here unfortunately, so there are not many second hand options either. If they were more common then the only British manufacturer I could find for them would probably still be in business.

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wanna know why you can't find old British pots and pans?

Good old shitty bloody war.

https://archive.org/details/the-world-at-war-1973-thames-television-world-war-two/04+Alone+(May+1940+%E2%80%93+May+1941).mp4

The World at War, Episode 4, 13 minutes in.

Basically, we needed to increase production of planes for the Battle of Britain and needed metal to do so. Not only was there a military battle happening though, but a propaganda one. A need to ensure morale stayed high within the British public. So to make them feel like they're playing their part to help the war effort, to understand how desperate the situation was, there was a drive to donate any metal that you could to build planes. Mostly pots and pans, gates, and fences. That's why you'll often see large stones with rows of black metal stumps in front of old houses, because the fences were chopped at the base.

The best bit? It was a waste of bloody time. There's not much aluminium in all that metal and that was what was needed the most. Huge piles of metal sat and rusted for years after the war.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

That wouldn't get rid of 1970s pans though, people still don't buy proper pans.

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[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 18 points 2 days ago

It's about time to ditch American garish flag shagging and wear clothes that exemplify you for you, not overt nationalism.

(is nationalism the right word for an extranational institution? whatever)

[–] tino@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

Or just stop buying clothes unless you really need it (hint, you don't)

[–] sidebro@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 days ago

Not a fan of the hashtag because of how Trump it sounds, but I might order like 10 pairs of socks because why not.Β 

[–] hanrahan@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

As an Aussie Id love our nation to jon the grand European experiment.

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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Wearing the US flag as clothing is actually against US flag code, so when people wear it, it really highlights their ignorance and disrespect.

[–] DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mostly it’s just really weird living in non-America seeing non-Americans wearing American flags.

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[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

It’s a piece of fabric. Do with it what you will

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[–] blinfabian@feddit.nl 6 points 1 day ago

hoodie for 70€

damn they sure learned capitalism from the US..

[–] pendel@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yeah no thx nationalism will definitely defeat the threat of nationalism.

Probably this is just marketing by the people selling those shirts but ehhh

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Europe isn't a nation, it's a group of nations and there is a big reason to support it now

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[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

How about #UnitedInDiversity?

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I would totally wear that to walmart here in the states. Just for the chance one of those throwbacks might recognize it.

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[–] frosch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Damn, didn't know the EU had such killer swag. Just look at those socks and hats!

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Did you know that the USA didn't help Great Britain in the WW2, it was all about loans and power shifts (abandoning the pound sterling, turkey, grece, letting the USA be on their soil for 99 years and more...)? They stopped the lend lease loans 7 days after the peace treaty, letting the brittish starve.

They paid off the loans in 2006. Let that sink in.

They abused the world after WW2 As Much as they could because they were not bombed to splinters.

Time for Europe to get back IMO, these clowns have just had a lucky time in history, the USA in the thirties had famines and an economy in the shitter.

/Rant off πŸ˜‹ Love you good americans though, but enough is enough!

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[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Y'all are being played by more Russian bots....

[–] EfreetSK@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The design is a bit bland in my opinion but still good πŸ‘ But something more interresting would be great, f.e.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284345732755

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago

β€œNationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.”

[–] eldain@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago

They have enough eu pins to make you look like a north korean general.

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