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No, the guy is right. The neutrality is used for propagating "you and your money are safe here", which is true at first glance. They are ready to take it from
by omgomgomgomg 4y ago
No, the guy is right.
The neutrality is used for propagating "you and your money are safe here", which is true at first glance. They are ready to take it from you as soon your seat gets a bit too hot for your liking.
The 1814 neutrality was granted after Napoleon invaded the confederation and made it a republic, only to be saved by Russia, no less, so a different solution had to be found.
They were dirt poor back then.
No country was afraid of Switzerland doing anything, they had no military might whatsoever, the current militia model was introduced in fear of a Nazi invasion.
Your statement about constitional changes is vastly incorrect, omitting many things, see here https://www.parlament.ch/de/%C3%BCber-das-parlament/parlamentsportraet/aufgaben-der-bundesversammlung/rechtsetzung/verfassungsgebung https://www.parlament.ch/de/%C3%BCber-das-parlament/parlamen...
There is no poverty is switzerland, even the worst off are better off than us citizens on food stamps. The treasury returns so much money to the cantons, they could build a socialst utopia if they wanted, so long the economy as a whole is fine. They already have such a thing on a federal level, its just not called guaranteed minimum income. Its been in place for a while. This all is before corporate and income taxes and vat.
Say what you want, but soviet russia and yugoslavia and such, exepct for the communist elite did not give an iota about appeasing the rich.
Not saying it was the best way, but they stood their ground until they sank.
Switzerland will sell out 1000 times any day before that happens.
- kragen 4y agoswiss mercs were dominant players in early modern warfare, and republican citizen's armies in the old swiss cantons go back in some cases 700 years
- PetitPrince 4y ago> No country was afraid of Switzerland doing anything, they had no military might whatsoever Swiss mercenaries were famous and feared enough to be regularly employed by the French royalty and also the Pope.
- holgerschurig 4y ago> you and your money are safe here Okay. But ... isn't "me and my money" not save in Malta? Or in Ireland? Or in Austria? Or used to be it unsave in Belgium, Portugal, Sweden? All mentioned countries are (or were) neutral. > Your statement about constitional changes is vastly incorrect, I stand corrected. > There is no poverty is switzerland Here you are vastly incorrect: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/poverty-in-switzerland-rising--official-figures-show/46381182 https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/poverty-in-switzerland-... They have things like "Tafel" like in Germany, they have students that pay lots for their flats but have little income, they have homeless people ... the idea that there is no poverty, or no risk-of-poverty doesn't make sense, even when you don't know reports like the one I posted. Oh, and not everyone can drive to Italy or Germany to enjoy 50% cheaper prices for groceries. > even the worst off are better off than us citizens on food stamps One doesn't exclude the other. You can be poor, and still be better off compared to some dysfunctional state.
- kwere 4y agoSwiss confederacy kicked the ass of the Burgundy juggernaut[0] and was feared by all its more powerful neighbours which would have dreamed of controlling the natural fortress that is switzerland against their own rivals [0]https://medium.com/@weeklydoseofhistory/the-burgundian-wars-how-the-swiss-destroyed-burgundy-9de7e58741a5 https://medium.com/@weeklydoseofhistory/the-burgundian-wars-...