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Another European agency shifts off US Tech as digital sovereignty gains steam

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245 points CrankyBear | 3 comments | 31 Oct 25 16:39 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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anon291 ◴[31 Oct 25 18:31 UTC] No.45775170[source]▶
I wish Europe would shift from leaching off of the defense tax money of the American people. Conveniently for them, we know that won't happen.
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cassepipe ◴[31 Oct 25 18:51 UTC] No.45775366[source]▶
Maintaining an empire has a cost and History has taught that isolationism is not kind to empires. You want to deal with problems before they arise not when you can't ignore them anymore. That was the lesson WWII taught the US and that it has now forgotten. Basically great power, great responsibility.

You will regret that n% tax rebate when you children have to go fight overseas.

It seems unfair that the US had both a great political foundation and the best geography and sometimes I feel like the US is too big too fail but you people sure are trying to test how robust the whole thing is.

(I know the US is not exactly an empire but an alliance system where it has the dominant role but please don't interrupt during the class)

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1. anon291 ◴[01 Nov 25 03:45 UTC] No.45779096[source]▶
America came out unscathed and prosperous from WWII because it did nothing while the world destroyed itself and waited until the end when Russia had already done most of the hard work. Because of this American industry still existed and it sold to the world.
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2. codingbot3000 ◴[01 Nov 25 09:34 UTC] No.45780375[source]▶
That is quite a misrepresentation of history. Have you ever seen the American cemeteries from WWII in France or Italy? Then you would know that for doing "nothing" quite a lot of Americans have died to liberate Europe. And the part they liberated actually stayed free as opposed to the dictatorships installed by the Soviets.
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3. bfkwlfkjf ◴[01 Nov 25 12:33 UTC] No.45781156[source]▶
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties

First graph.