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Agreed. Which country’s ”war machine” would you prefer Silicon Valley powered??

by reidjs 5y ago

Clubber 5y ago
Switzerland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_neutrality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_neutrality
- mc32 5y ago
  You have to imagine Switzerland with 100MM and then think about it. So, Indonesia, Nigeria, Russia, India, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Japan, Mexico… Which one would you prefer to wield the sword other than the US. How would Pakistan feel if India were the hegemon, and vice versa? Use your imagination. In order to be a hegemony you need to be able to sustain that. You can say: I grant thee Andorra or Singapore hegemony over the world. You rule. That’s like giving a toddler in a village a Kalashnikov. It’ll ‘rule’ for an hour till it can’t feed itself and then the brute wrests it away while it sleeps.
- mhb 5y ago
  From 1943 Switzerland stopped American and British aircraft, mainly bombers, overflying Switzerland during the Second World War. On numerous occasions during the war, Allied aircraft trespassed on Swiss airspace; mostly damaged Allied bombers returning from raids over Italy and Germany whose crews preferred internment by the Swiss to becoming prisoners of war. Over a hundred Allied aircraft crews were interned and placed in ski resorts which were left abandoned due to the lack of tourists after the outbreak of war. They were to be held in there until the war had ended.[20] At least 940 American airmen attempted to escape into France after the invasion of Normandy, but Swiss authorities intercepted 183 internees. Over 160 of these airmen were incarcerated in a Swiss prison camp known as Wauwilermoos, which was located near Lucerne and commanded by André Béguin, a pro-Nazi Swiss officer. The American internees remained in Wauwilermoos until November 1944 when the U.S. State Department lodged protests against the Swiss government and eventually secured their release.
  - nix23 5y ago
    >From 1943 Switzerland stopped American and British aircraft, mainly bombers Because of those "incidents": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_incidents_in_Switzerland_in_World_War_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_incidents_in_Switzerlan... And a pretty good Video from a fantastic channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FILxoQyKzDg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FILxoQyKzDg
- q1w2 5y ago
  They wouldn't be neutral if they carried that much power. ...at least not for long.

Agreed. Which country’s ”war machine” would you prefer Silicon Valley powered??

by reidjs 5y ago

Agreed. Which country’s ”war machine” would you prefer Silicon Valley powered??

Clubber 5y ago

Switzerland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_neutrality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_neutrality

mc32 5y ago
You have to imagine Switzerland with 100MM and then think about it. So, Indonesia, Nigeria, Russia, India, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Japan, Mexico… Which one would you prefer to wield the sword other than the US. How would Pakistan feel if India were the hegemon, and vice versa? Use your imagination. In order to be a hegemony you need to be able to sustain that. You can say: I grant thee Andorra or Singapore hegemony over the world. You rule. That’s like giving a toddler in a village a Kalashnikov. It’ll ‘rule’ for an hour till it can’t feed itself and then the brute wrests it away while it sleeps.
mhb 5y ago
From 1943 Switzerland stopped American and British aircraft, mainly bombers, overflying Switzerland during the Second World War. On numerous occasions during the war, Allied aircraft trespassed on Swiss airspace; mostly damaged Allied bombers returning from raids over Italy and Germany whose crews preferred internment by the Swiss to becoming prisoners of war. Over a hundred Allied aircraft crews were interned and placed in ski resorts which were left abandoned due to the lack of tourists after the outbreak of war. They were to be held in there until the war had ended.[20] At least 940 American airmen attempted to escape into France after the invasion of Normandy, but Swiss authorities intercepted 183 internees. Over 160 of these airmen were incarcerated in a Swiss prison camp known as Wauwilermoos, which was located near Lucerne and commanded by André Béguin, a pro-Nazi Swiss officer. The American internees remained in Wauwilermoos until November 1944 when the U.S. State Department lodged protests against the Swiss government and eventually secured their release.
- nix23 5y ago
  >From 1943 Switzerland stopped American and British aircraft, mainly bombers Because of those "incidents": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_incidents_in_Switzerland_in_World_War_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_incidents_in_Switzerlan... And a pretty good Video from a fantastic channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FILxoQyKzDg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FILxoQyKzDg
q1w2 5y ago
They wouldn't be neutral if they carried that much power. ...at least not for long.