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Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea disrupted

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577 points mooreds | 2 comments | 18 Nov 24 14:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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matthewdgreen ◴[19 Nov 24 00:05 UTC] No.42178691[source]▶
This would be an excellent time for Germany to announce that it is tripling munitions production, and that they’re going to do whatever they have to do to protect the territorial integrity of Europe. But they won’t.
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blub ◴[19 Nov 24 08:21 UTC] No.42181095[source]▶
Meanwhile, in the real world Germany is de-industrializing because of the high energy prices and competition from China and US.
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1. cmrdporcupine ◴[19 Nov 24 22:13 UTC] No.42188666[source]▶
The entire west has been deindustrializing for the last 30 years.
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2. blub ◴[20 Nov 24 06:27 UTC] No.42191273[source]▶
Besides the short-sighted beancounter China outsourcing, Germany had a healthy industry.

That’s notably shrinking with no clear path to recovery.