AndreasMar 28
Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉

This is why you can’t trust Europeans with their regulations, they are just as corrupt as the Americans. And I love regulation, but the politicians that end up calling the shots are as stupid, tainted and corrupt as our trumpian overlords.

We truly are ruled by crooks.

https://jacobin.com/2026/03/eu-us-sanctions-gaza-russia

Europe Is Sanctioning Critics of Israel and Militarism

Sanctions were once sold as a gentler foreign policy tool for exerting pressure on dictatorships and terrorist organizations. Yet measures like banning individuals from having bank accounts or traveling are increasingly used to chill free speech in Europe.

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Show threadMiguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉Mar 28
More European corruption. Really you don’t want to cross the Israelis. He resigned three days ago from his UN role:
Show threadHeath BordersMar 28
@Migueldeicaza Israel is terrible, and this is the US' fault. The US has the power to make these sanctions happen
Show threadTobin BakerMar 29
@heathborders @Migueldeicaza if you read the article, the main case they discuss does not seem to have anything to do with the US.
Show threadtxtx 🇪🇺Mar 28

@Migueldeicaza People working for Putin, whether directly for RT or for a subsidiary of RT, should be sanctioned by the EU. This is reasonable.

Russia is shooting drones at the EU and cutting our undersea cables, and we just let their propagandists run around? That's crazy.

I'm glad the EU is doing this.

Show threadMiha MarkičMar 28
@txtx @Migueldeicaza Right, a single journalist takes all the possible sanctions without a due process on dubious charges while ie Orbán and Fico are fine. Figures.
Show threadtxtx 🇪🇺Mar 28

@mihamarkic @Migueldeicaza RT isn't journalism.

Orbán and Fico are *not* ok.

Show threadMiguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉Mar 28
@txtx I don’t have time today to explain principles of law to a European. But ChatGPT can probably do it in my abscence
Show threadtxtx 🇪🇺Mar 28

@Migueldeicaza Hate/nazis speech is illegal in much of the EU.

I'm glad it is.

Show threadmiskMar 28
@Migueldeicaza Jacobin is defending Russia Today propagandists along with people that were genuinely targeted for calling out Israel, not a great look.
Show threadMiguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉Mar 28

@misk this particular case is over reporting on Palestine, which you can find if you bother to look into it.

Thank you and muted for wasting my time.

Show threadmiskMar 28
@Migueldeicaza I’m sure there were well meaning guys reporting real issues for Goebbels as well. It’s usually a good idea to distance yourself from Goebbels though.
Show threadHeath BordersMar 28
@Migueldeicaza if this continues, cryptocurrency might become a feasible thing for some folks
Show threadFluchtkapselMar 29
@Migueldeicaza While I will always criticise the EU for its failures this one is up to the USA and its dominance in the financial system. These banks just comply, maybe in advance, because they don't want to get shut out of the Visa/MasterCard duopoly which they'd risk if they wouldn't respect these sanction lists.
Show threadMiguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉Mar 29
@fluchtkapsel the sanction was political - I am putting the blame on the politicians and not the bank.
Show threadArcticulateMar 29
@Migueldeicaza As a European, I am annoyed by the fact that Israel can participate in things like the Eurovision Song Contest, because even though it’s only entertainment on the surface, it’s very much a signal from Europe that we accept their war.
Show threadRiccardo MoriMar 29
@Migueldeicaza No no no, Miguel. The levels of stupidity and corruption of the Trump administration have no rivals, sorry. 😅
Show threadMiguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉Mar 30
@morrick true, I might have engaged on some light hyperbole