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The European Union is widely characterized in these discussions as a politically fractured and "cowardly" entity whose reliance on diplomatic "strongly worded letters" leaves it incapable of resisting U.S. aggression. To counter this perceived passivity, some suggest radical shifts toward self-reliance, including crash-starting independent nuclear weapons programs and abandoning international non-proliferation treaties to project true geopolitical strength. Beyond military build-ups, participants propose "economic bazookas" like the mass violation of American intellectual property rights and the abandonment of NATO, which many now dismiss as an obsolete "aesthetic signifier" controlled by Washington. Ultimately, the discourse reflects a deep despondency, suggesting that without a unified and aggressive pivot, Europe will remain a helpless bystander to American interests.