So there is clearly an evil in the EU because of captured institutional power. But everyone is still cheering expanding the same EU as far eastward as it will go. There is a form of double think here: EU is evil, but EU is unquestionably good, and any action to spread it is unquestionably benevolent and worth any price.
EU Member States decided on Wednesday—while citizens were literally dropping dead from extreme heat—that “green finance” should include companies engaged in fossil fuel expansion (eg new oil drilling). The banality of evil. https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-countries-oil-exploration-green-investment/
So there is clearly an evil in the EU because of captured institutional power. But everyone is still cheering expanding the same EU as far eastward as it will go. There is a form of double think here: EU is evil, but EU is unquestionably good, and any action to spread it is unquestionably benevolent and worth any price.