| Soundwave said: Russia wants a Finlandization of Europe (meaning a mainland Europe that is under control of a Russian sphere). Getting Britian to cut itself off from Europe is a long sought after goal of theirs and is a big step towards that goal: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics You guys are being suckered IMO, there is never a "vacuum of power", someone will always seize a power oppurtunity and right now Russia is doing a great job of advancing their goals. A weaker, divided Europe benefits someone. |
Of course, it is important to note that Russia has the GDP of Italy. I am sure that Russia has aspirations to expand their sphere of influence , but conquering mainland Europe is so far away from them right now that I find it very hard to believe that they have had any significant part in the uprising against government that we are currently seeing throughout the west. It's much more likely that people are just getting sick and tired of their own government calling them racist when they speak out against open borders while its too dangerous for citizens to even go outside at night in their own neighbourhood:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-08/sweden-warns-women-not-go-out-alone-after-dark-serious
A weaker, divided Europe will first and foremost benefit the citizens of the many European countries who have been shutout of the democratic process thanks to the unelected EU. For example, how many countries in Europe actually had a say regarding the number of migrants each country would take in? It was pretty much just Germany who called the shots and then the rest of the EU just had to suck it up and follow orders regardless of how the people of the respective countries felt. A bigger stronger government is rarely a good thing from the perspective of personal freedom, since the stronger a government is, the more able it is subvert democracy and the will of the people it is supposed to be serving.
