Censorship disguised as anti-disinfo is not a good response to shifting public sentiment, the US vice president has argued.
US Vice President J.D. Vance has blasted mainstream politicians in the EU for adopting a “Soviet-style vocabulary” to suppress dissent. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal published on Thursday, Vance criticized EU elites for their failure to recognize the widening gap between their views and those of ordinary citizens on issues such as migration.
Rather than confronting these challenges, he claimed, they prefer to censor opposing voices, framing it as a fight against “disinformation or misinformation.”
Critics of the EU’s leadership have drawn similar parallels for years. In 2016, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused Brussels of pressuring member states to use accusatory language towards Moscow. He said that some governments resisted “blind obedience” and considered the situation “absurd,” adding: “Much like the USSR in the past, the EU prioritizes ideological doctrine over the core economic interests of its member states.”
Other EU leaders have echoed the sentiments. In 2023, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban described the bloc as “a poor contemporary parody” of the USSR, claiming its leaders seek to dominate Eastern European countries as Moscow did during the Cold War.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has described discontent in the EU as reflective of broader issues in the West, rooted in US arrogance and self-proclamation as an “indispensable nation” entitled to intervene globally and manipulate allies. During a 2023 press conference, he remarked that the USSR had made similar mistakes, but Russia “has long recognized that such policies were misguided and only escalated tensions.”
Elon Musk, appointed by President Donald Trump as US government efficiency tsar, acknowledged this week that Washington has been too “pushy.” Speaking to an international audience at the World Government Summit in Dubai, he stated that the new administration has “less interest in interfering with the affairs of other countries” than its predecessors.
Basically, America should mind its own business rather than push forward regime change all over the place.
Musk’s comments came as the Trump administration signals its intent to reduce involvement in the Ukraine conflict and seal a possible peace deal with Russia, with European allies envisaged taking charge afterward.
A brilliant speech to the cowardly marxists leaders of current Europe. They couldn’t believe what they were hearing and they reacted like the mental retards they are. At long last the USA is a country to respect when they have leaders like Donald Trump and JD Vance. NZ needs for Elon Musk to next come to this country to clear out all the corruption in government here.
Oh yes please! Elon help Godzone rid of parasites.
We need to know all the USAID bribes that corrupt NZ governance, right down to the NGOs.
well said mate
We also need the re-registration of the NZ Loyal Party, and DEMAND that the Electoral Commission DO THEIR JOB AND ASSIST THE PARTY LEADERSHIP WITH DOING JUST THAT!
Glad to see that NZ Loyal Party founder Liz Gunn has won her appeal. The associated charges were political in nature, and resulted with Liz getting permanently injured. Hopefully, she’ll get compo and ACC from the brutal actions of the Cops and ‘Security’ Guard.
& we should shut down the current Corporate Police and engage a nationwide Sheriff’s Department once NZ Loyal is elected, and a binding, duly legal Constitution is ratified for ALL New Zealanders.
Yea, excellent speach. At last they heard some home truth. Sounds like music to my ears after all the lies we have heard since covid
Her read Voltaire, the 18th century philosopher who fought for free speach !!
Good for you mr Vance !!!
Europe is ruled at the moment by a bunch of devious cretins.