Don’t even need the excuses. “We reserve the right to refuse service” is enough.

Elect conservatives get stupid policies.

Stoxos is literally a bunch of Nazis.

Not confusing anything. In between Lausanne and the decolonization of Cyprus, there is zero tension between Greece and Turkey. Once decolonization from the British started, the rest was a deteriorating cascade, and yes, the history is basically as you describe it. But at the time of NATO accession (1952), the countries had enjoyed 30 years of basically the best calm they’ve ever had.

Remember folks: non violent resistance doesn’t have to peaceful. Case in point.

Excellent :D

Don’t pretend this is the opinion of the average Canadian.

Nobody said that. Don’t get defensive here, buddy. The point is exactly that our elite is pretending to be virtuous, while balls deep in the situation. Pitfalls of liberal nationalism and all that.

Unions are a tool of the working class in the class struggle. Not sufficient for socialism, but kinda necessary.

You know what that’s called, right? It’s class consciousness. When people’s power fantasies are union organizing, that implies there is a degree of cultural hegemony going on and that’s pretty neat.

Sure but the Right feeeeels like it hasn’t and the vibes of the Right are always more important than reality, so take that leftoids.

Not pork though 😏

No souvlaki for you.

Turkey has a standing, legislated Casus Belli threat against Greece excercising its rights under UNCLOS. It claims “grey zones” in the Aegean and wants to revise the sovereignty of Greek islands, including inhabited ones.

The two countries haven’t been at war but the threats of war have been a staple for decades

No, they weren’t? It was 1952, 3 years before even the Cyprus conflict started.

David Bowie - I’m Afraid of Americans

You’re wrong saying that it’s a non-story. If you’d asked the question ten years ago, it wouldn’t be a third. The news is that this possibility has been born. That’s big news.

OK edgelord.

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

As we now live in the era of actual fascists, it’s inadvisable to throw around the world as a term of disparagement. The Carney Liberals are conservative but they are not fascist.

Nah man, I’m not attempting to paint us as anything, I’m just trying to remind us that we can be a bit …touchy (can’t blame us of course) and we should be gentle to our natural allies down south.