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I’m sure European countries dissatisfied with this will implement their own sanctions.

I don’t object to the idea, but man the judge’s justification for why this legally makes sense is downright farcical.

Yeah, that’s why New Zealand is doing so well.

Why would politicians that love war and have served in the armed forces be better?

Yeah the “mate” in “soulmate” refers to a checkmate, as in chess.

Accidentally halal^2.

For what it’s worth, I laughed.

Counterpoint: Countries are fully capable of being cancers. Case in point: Israel.

Oh you’re right. I wonder why the title doesn’t say that. That said assuming half the work force doesn’t go through wage theft we’re looking at ~600 dollars per person. Wow that’s a lot. Also why did you just write all those zeroes?

Divided by 170 million workers that’s ~90 bucks per person. That’s less than I expected. Of course not all wage theft is created equal ao some people are going to be losing multiple times that.

Nothing about this is stealing, though. That’s, assuming they’re even related, inspiration.

Unfortunately most of the Middle East is run by US puppets, so Hezbollah/Lebanon can expect very little external aid from countries not named Iran. Syria’s current government would also (quite justifiably) rather die than give Hezbollah any support. There’s just not enough juice in Lebanon for a Ukraine. A Vietnam is absolutely possible if they tey to occupy territory though.

I… uh… think the Dutch ruling class is quite used to being on the wrong side of history.

Sure it is not great for Beijing, but also not big business either.

That’s assuming it only stops there; you could make a compelling argument that even with no foul play it’s in China’s best interests to put its foot down before increasing European protectionism starts eating into its geopolitical strategy and/or bottom line.

Well at least he’s honest about it.

I mean why would they pay taxes if they’re not a money-making enterprise?

so the added value is only the cost of imported gas or uranium or whatever,

Except, if I’m not mistaken, wind also doesn’t need much labor, meaning there’s actually a proportional amount of labor is available to be used elsewhere in the economy, so in effect you’re getting (more or less) free energy and free labor. And don’t forget the economic value of not being tied to political upheavals in the Middle East or Russian war crimes in Ukraine and the lower bar for economic undertakings due to cheaper energy a la Jevon’s paradox. Now I don’t know enough about economics to coneifm or deny the €7 number, but you’re underselling the impact here.

Burn gas to spin fans to make wind. One euro of gas will create seven euros, creating an infinite money machine.

What would your wonderful communism do with this?

UBI? Reduced working hours? Better social services? Public works? There’s no such thing as not enough work; only not enough work that benefits the ruling class.