It’s time to take this seriously, I think. Every time Trump throws a tantrum and starts threatening a trade war, the European leaders come out and say that they’re concerned. And “Oh my! This behavior is not becoming of an American president.” This is what American foreign policy looks like now. We should end our reliance on American digital services as soon as possible.
You can get tirzepatide (Mounjaro/Zepbound) from Eli Lilly & Co; which is a combined GLP-1- and GIP-agonist, and is slightly more efficacious than semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy) for weight loss. The main reasons to choose semaglutide over tirzepatide is if the patient has established cardiovascular disease without diabetes, because there is evidence for it reducing the risk of major cardiovascular events in that population; or if the patient really prefers a pill to an injectable.
The point being… there are alternatives to Ozempic in the US by American companies. I also think you mean “substitute”, not “subsidize”.
We should not let Russia invade its neighbours and annex their territories. Your support for the Russian invasion paves the way for American and Chinese imperialism, and for further wars in Europe. The only thing that can maintain a stable world order, is when invasions like this are met with fierce resistance, and we should spend as much as we can to help the Ukrainians defend themselves. Appeasement was a mistake last time around, and it’s still a mistake now. The Ukrainians have an effective fighting force, and it is in our interest to support them. Every Russian who dies or is maimed in the Ukraine, is a Russian who won’t be marching on the Baltics or Scandinavia or Poland in the coming years.
Assets wie Immobilien sind gerade in der Schweiz und Japan so unglaublich teuer…
Im Vergleich zu Europa, scheinen mir die Immobilien in Japan sehr preiswert.
I live in Norway. I’m well aware of how the tax incentives work.
The plurality of Norwegian new car buyers are choosing to support Trump’s policies monetarily by buying Teslas. They are aware of the political positions of the company and they’re still choosing to buy the cars. In my opinion, none of your excuses can justify this.
Tax incentives apply to all EVs. Not just Teslas. The fact that the company openly supports antidemocratic and anti-European policies, has lead to a decline in sales in most of Europe. The fact that Norwegians still buy Teslas at the same rate as before means that they are choosing to support these American policies. I don’t care wether it’s fascist or not, but it’s certainly opposed to a rules-based international order (which small countries like Norway are reliant on for their independence), it’s against democratic principles like free elections and separation of powers, and it’s against your own economic interests.
Tax incentives explain why people in Norway buy EVs. Tax incentives do not explain why Tesla is by far the most popular car brand in Norway and has seen no decline in sales, while Tesla sales have plummeted in the rest of Europe.
I remember a little over a decade ago, when Ireland was considered a backwards, debt-ridden “PIIGS”-country. And now look at them. Their GDP per capita is higher than Switzerland. It must be fantastic to be gainfully employed in Ireland these days.
Beyerdynamic is a Chinese company, as far as I know.
Focal is a French company that for the most part keeps manufacturing in Europe.
Argon Audio is a Danish company, but it’s hard to find out where they make their stuff. Most likely somewhere in Asia, though.
AIAIAI is also Danish. I doubt they manufacture locally.
https://www.bowerswilkins.com/
Bowers & Wilkins is British, but most of their products are manufactured in China.
I don’t consider the Russian leadership to be rational actors. The invasion of Ukraine was not rational. I think they will use nukes if NATO starts engaging their troops. The Russian state media constantly writes about how good it would be to drop nuclear bombs on other countries, and how they could easily “win” a nuclear exchange. And most Russians support the regime and are willing to give up their lives for it.
It really is becoming time for Europe to step up and turn the screws on Russia by declaring a no-fly zone and start bombing the everliving shit out of any Russian troops in Ukraine.
What do you think the Russians would do if NATO countries start bombing their troops in Ukraine?
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Yes. But then their car will be towed, and they will have to go through the hassle of recovering it and pay a big fine. The point is to make owning a full size pickup truck extremely impractical to discourage people from making them popular here.
The weight limit in most of Europe is 44 tonnes. The weight limit for B class license holders is 3500 kg. A Ford F-150 weighs between 1800 kg for the smallest regular cab to 3127 kg for the heaviest electric one. This is no heavier than the larger European SUVs. (For example, the Mercedes G class weighs between 2485 and 3085 kg.) A regular cab F-150 is actually lighter than most European executive cars. And even if you spec it as a super crew with a V8, it’ll still be lighter than the heavier BMW 5 series cats.
I want to be clear that I think this is very unfortunate. And for ideological reasons, I wouldn’t buy an American car. But this is not a problem that is limited to American manufacturers.
They are not heavy enough for that. The B class license lets you drive cars that weigh up to 3500 kg. Normal American pickup trucks weigh 3000 kg at most. I think the EU is even planning to increase the weight allowance, so pensioners can drive around in RVs without getting a C1 license.
You could charge higher tolls for cars above 2000 or even 1500 kg, you could make parking spots that won’t fit almost six meter long pickup trucks, and you could implement higher registration costs for heavy vehicles. There’s a lot of things you can do. But the biggest issue is in my opinion cultural. Most people are size queens. They want everything to be as big as possible. Even their cars.
They aren’t illegal when they get type approval. Ford even sells the F-150 Lightning officially where I live.
Well. Maybe it depends on your definition. When it comes to providing a good quality of life for your citizens, Canada is probably doing alright. But not exceptionally well. When the working class can’t afford to enter the housing market, and GDP per capita is around 60% of the US; that’s not so good. I’d classify Switzerland and Singapore as extremely successful.
I’m Canadian and my country is extremely successful.
That‘s a stretch, isn‘t it? What‘s the housing market like over there?
France has a deal with Ukraine, no one knows if selling at a profit, don’t know why you are making shit up.
Ok. My bad. My point still stands: Most people, including the article you just linked to, are saying that they are probably reliant on seizing frozen Russian assets to finance the purchase of those planes. And that that is precisely what the Swedish foreign minister is arguing for in the article.
Denmark ain’t donating shit, they are lending, which is a big difference.
This is a lie. Most of the Danish aid to the Ukraine is donated. There is a lending scheme which mostly involves giving loans and guarantees to Danish businesses that want to invest in the Ukraine. And even some of the money allocated through this scheme is given as grants.
The EU was founded so the largest members would be so economically dependent on each other that they wouldn’t start another world war.
I think it tries to act in the interest of all members, with varying degrees of success. It definitely does act in the interest of the poorer member states as well, by facilitating economic development. If you compare the countries behind the iron curtain, the ones that joined the EU are on the whole doing a lot better than the ones that didn’t.
They are in the habit of forcing through deals that are very advantageous for them. I don’t like it, either. Probably the only thing we can agree on.
They buy raw materials from countries that sell them? Is that what you’re saying? They have to. They don’t have any raw materials themselves. And they pay market price for them. This is just doing business. Everyone benefits from this.
What does this mean? “The EU’s international legal system”? Are you talking about the ICC? The WTO? Are you talking about EU law that just applies in the EU?
This is actually an outrageous accusation. The EU is in no way responsible for any refugee crises, and they certainly do not commit genocide against refugees. They also accept more refugees than anyone else, despite not having the resources to absorb all of them.
Greenland will have independence as soon as it is economically feasible. This is the consensus on Greenland and in Denmark. And the Nordic people actually lived on Greenland 200 years before the Thule people. How long until colonizers become the good guys in your opinion?
The EU has never been an empire. They are a bunch of tiny countries that are trying to work together, and they are the only major player in the world that stands for a rules based international order. As someone who lives in a tiny country that can’t defend itself against its larger neighbors militarily, that’s really important to me.