Certainly the Blacklight test show that Microsoft EU respect way more the privacy (forced by law) than Microsoft US.

  • queermunist she/her
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    518 hours ago

    Ask Greece or the other Mediterranean nations if they are better off without their own currency (hint: they absolutely aren’t)

    Death to US is a basic statement of understanding that the US empire is the primary contradiction.

    • @[email protected]
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      Ask Croatia, Ireland, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovakia andSlovenia if they are? Hint, they absolutely are.

      Any union with such a variety of policies will have winners and losers for every project and legislation. Sometimes that will be individuals, sometimes countries. The point is that most are better off in general and that every country is better off from the sum of policies.

      Countries have less control of their individual exchange rate. That was problematic for Greece, who underwent austerity, successfully I might add as access to the EU wide economy and trade, including (over)tourism is what’s taken them back from the brink.

      In terms of larger countries, it has been beneficial for France and Germany, less so for Italy, but also less of a problem and less of the fluctuations the lira used to suffer.

      • queermunist she/her
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        23 hours ago

        In terms of larger countries, it has been beneficial for France and Germany, less so for Italy

        It’s just a way for the wealthy metropoles to turn poorer members of the EU into neocolonies. Yeah, it’s great for rich Europeans! Not so much for everyone else. Without the ability to deficit spend (because they lack currency sovereignity) they are forced to do austerity and privatization. It’s just financial imperialism.

        It’s a bad system and it will collapse.

        • @[email protected]
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          You do know that these wealthier countries pay more into the EU and the poorer countries get structural funding for infrastructure etc to help them catch up to the wealthier?

      • @[email protected]
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        29 hours ago

        problematic for Greece, who underwent austerity,

        Imposed by the EU. There’s nothing holy about the EU and no, he IMF is not helping those in need. Nor is the ECB.

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          Which worked. It also worked for Portugal and Ireland. Greece may or may not have been able to correct their issues on their own. However, there were lots of structural issues, including cultural issues around taxation.