[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
https://thebad.website/comic/good_imperialism_and_bad_imperialism
Frame it as a false dichotomy instead of false equivalence. Then two things become obvious:
You’re concerned people might fall for #1. That’s fair; but OP is telling people to not fall for #2.
In other words, OP is a reminder that we shouldn’t shield the EU and its actions against criticism, just because Canadian Mexico does it worse. They might be different on level, but some of the former are problematic for the exact same reasons and causes as the ones of the later. And yet people do it all the time, trying to “sell” the EU as if that entity was the good guys, and USA as the villain - no you muppets, it’s dark grey vs. black, both are villains.