This is about people who criticize the USA while missing that their criticism can also be applied to the EU.
Frontex has killed hundreds of thousands of people.
Tribute to Tom Gauld's incredibly creative in its simplicity classic piece on imperialism.
Inspired by Azolus on Lemmy
Image transcriptions
[identical castles and ships are facing eachother, one side with EU colors, the other side with USA colors]
[EU side]
- OUR BLESSED EUROPEAN UNION
- Our enlightened union
- Our glorious lobbying democracy
- Our noble asymmetric trade deals
- Our heroic Frontex
[USA side]
THEIR BACKWARDS UNITED STATES
- Their barbarous federation
- Their wicked technofeudal oligarchy
- Their primitive imperialism
- Their brutish ICE
[classic Peter Griffin meme where his skin color is being looked at by a police agent, except this time it's by a FRONTEX agent]
![[identical castles and ships are facing eachother, one side with EU colors, the other side with USA colors]
[EU side]
- OUR BLESSED EUROPEAN UNION
- Our enlightened union
- Our glorious lobbying democracy
- Our noble asymmetric trade deals
- Our heroic Frontex
[USA side]
THEIR BACKWARDS UNITED STATES
- Their barbarous federation
- Their wicked technofeudal oligarchy
- Their primitive imperialism
- Their brutish ICE](./../img/comics/eu_vs_usa_kingdoms_en.png "Comic image - transcription in alt text")
![[classic Peter Griffin meme where his skin color is being looked at by a police agent, except this time it's by a FRONTEX agent]
[light skin tones]
Schengen: freedom of movement
[dark skin tones]
Migrant: thrown to the sea](./../img/comics/frontex_skin_color_car_stop_en.png "Comic image - transcription in alt text")