• rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

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    The only reason the EU is not part of that great modern thing is because it’s impossible to match the margins achieved with such a scale that things

    invented in Britain and built by the United States out of parts manufactured in Southeast Asia while Europe masturbated

    have.

    I’m of an opinion that some downshifting is desperately needed. It won’t happen anyway for surveillance and warfare, but EU-produced electronics are possible - they are doing it with MCs for cars and for plastic cards and for elevators and for microwaves and … .