Comment by pluc
10 days ago
It's entertaining watching the whole world take steps to reduce reliance on the US and the US throwing arguments for it out like it's candy
10 days ago
It's entertaining watching the whole world take steps to reduce reliance on the US and the US throwing arguments for it out like it's candy
What concrete steps have been taken?
Think it's more of a thousand cuts by individual economic actors situation than one flashy concrete step.
My buying preferences have definitely shifted to "Buy not American" on digital things. Proton, bunny, hetzner, netcup etc.
Some things are harder to move, but the direction of travel is clear
Does it matter if they are not concrete? Concrete takes a long time to set.
Why make a product and not sell it baffles me. Especially when others are rapidly making products.
Here's one from today my man
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/weve-been-too-depen...
Most of the world has already or is in the process of rolling out their own payment network to drop reliance on visa and Mastercard.
Trade is being reconfigured in the midst of Trump's idiotic trade war (and even more idiotic real war) and militaries worldwide, particularly our closest allies, are seeking non-US sources of arms.
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we still have this delusion that we can just pound our chests and throw our weight around. it's clearly not working, it's not helping the citizens, but people still demand this.