Just wanted to say that given everything this post is an amazing bright light of positivity and an example for me of why the internet exists. To connect people, trigger amazing discussions and be something better than what it is currently. Thanks for the great post OP and every amazing commenter. Love you all.

EU has mastodon and other social media for example: https://european-union.europa.eu/contact-eu/social-media-channels_en#/search?page=0&networks=mastodon