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Can it survive against a larger-scale opponent that wants to take its resources, though? Without a friendly superpower enforcing peace with an extraordinarily p
by ericd 4y ago
Can it survive against a larger-scale opponent that wants to take its resources, though? Without a friendly superpower enforcing peace with an extraordinarily powerful military, that is.
- rglullis 4y agoSwitzerland managed to do it for centuries already.
- michaelmrose 4y agoSwitzerland isn't by the prior analogy a park its a normal modern nation. It's a complete non sequitur
- rglullis 4y agoIt's a modern nation that had very mighty expansionist empires on their borders. It's also the only country in Western Europe that never intended or desired to join the EU.
- michaelmrose 4y agoYes but lest we entirely lose track of the thread its not an isolationist nation that foregoes the fruits of globalism or corporatism its merely been willing to do business with everyone including letting nazis bank the gold literally yanked from the mouths of murdered jews. It's neutrality even in the face of abject evil has nothing whatsoever to do with any topic being discussed.
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- nradov 4y agoSwitzerland's wealth is built on plunder and money laundering. That's not a model we should want to replicate anywhere else. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/nazis/readings/sinister.html https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/nazis/reading...
- saiya-jin 4y agoThats a primitive way to look at things, and incorrect on so many levels it would take few pages to list them all. To sum it up - their wealth is based on precise high quality manufacturing, and secondly on tourism. Banking is not even up there in top revenues for state. Or, to put it in similar fashion - the wealth of US is based on plunder. The wealth of all western Europe is based on centuries of plunder. See, the way you frame your posts leads down the conflict immediately. I've checked some of your posts, and kudos to consistency - you are not interested in rational discussion, just consistent trolling and largely baseless conflict.
- rglullis 4y agoWell, good thing that I am not using them as example of "how to get rich", but only on "how to keep yourself small and still avoid being invaded by a stronger power". But even if you want to talk about wealth of the countries, I'd be extremely eager to hear any example of any wealthy nation with a comparatively better moral ground than the Swiss.
- merry_flame 4y agoThere certainly aren't many, but Finland would certainly qualify.