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CAVOK

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  • Anti-immigrant rallies staged across Poland

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  • The fewer workers exist the higher the wages rise. Look at the compensation for people after pest waves.

    That's only true if either the work can't be moved elsewhere. The other option is that output drops to match the available workforce, like in Britain after brexit for fruits and vegetables for example.

    Immigration allows the elite to avoid the consequences of their bad politics. If living conditions were good enough people would have children.

    I don't mind better politics or living conditions, but look at the nordics. Best places in the world to have a kid and we still can't manage to have 2 kids per couple.

    Now people are moved instead of moving production processes to where the people are.

    That's been happening for the last 200 years, which is why most manufacturing is in China and other parts of Asia now. But if we want to keep people in work here we need workers, and there's not enough of us.

  • Anti-immigrant rallies staged across Poland

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  • The anti immigrant stance confuses me. I get that this is being used by bad actors to drive a wedge between people, but how is it that people can't see that migrants are needed to keep the standard of living?

    The amount of working people compared to the elderly or sick is diminishing, so you either have immigrants, raise taxes, reduce welfare or raise retirement age.

    To me, immigration seems like the obvious choice.

  • EU Targets Russia With Toughest Sanctions Package in Years

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  • Not really. The world needs the oil unfortunately, so someone needs to transport it. Who should do it? The option "nobody" isn't really realistic.

    Do I wish we didn't need oil at all? Very much so.

    Do I wish we could just say no to all Russian oil? Absolutely.

    Sadly reality gets in the way.

  • EU Targets Russia With Toughest Sanctions Package in Years

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  • Who would you prefer make money on the logistics? The EU27, or Russia?

  • EU Targets Russia With Toughest Sanctions Package in Years

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  • So in other words, the EU doesn't want to end Russia's money stream, if they can strike a good deal out of it...

    Not quite. They realise that the world is dependant on oil and cutting it out completely world cause a massive recession, so the next best thing is to make sure Russia makes next to no money on the oil that the world needs.

    I do wish we could just stop using oil, but I also like to eat.

  • Trump says Ukraine should not target Moscow

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  • They shouldn't rule it out. Make the capability a problem for Moscow. The fact that they COULD strike means that Moscow now needs better defence, which means less in other places, such as Ukraine.

  • Syrian boy goes on trial over alleged role in Taylor Swift concert bomb plot

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  • I wonder what it is that draws boys and young men into radical organisations such as IS. I doubt they are more religious than girls or young women.

  • EU eyes retaliatory tariffs against US aircraft, cars and bourbon

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  • Some are.

  • EU eyes retaliatory tariffs against US aircraft, cars and bourbon

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  • I'm boycotting bourbon, not because it's american, but because it's disgusting.

    I'd rather have a Scottish or Irish malt.

  • Women who run with bulls at Pamplona's San Fermín festival in minority

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  • I'm not saying that women are more intelligent than men, buuuuut...

  • Most people in France, Germany, Italy and Spain would support UK rejoining EU, poll finds

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  • I'm not opposing what you're saying, but just to be clear, plenty of countries have rebates in one form or another; Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany for example.

  • Donald Trump deal to leave EU facing higher tariffs than UK

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  • Depends on how you count I think. The lower tariff does almost nothing in offsetting the big drop in EU trade, so in pure economic terms it would have been better to have the full tariff but be a member of the EU. Kind of like dropping £100 and then seeing finding 10p a benefit.

  • Trump pulls plug on UK research into air pollution and global warming

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  • China is also opening new coal plants iirc. A few years ago I heard that if my home country (Sweden) stopped all co2 emissions today, the co2 savings would have been wiped out in a week, by China opening new coal plants.

    The US might have gone dumb, but that does not make China good.

  • Fossils, forests and wild orchids: exploring the white cliffs of Denmark

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  • Feel free to cross post. I just put up content that I find interesting and that I think others might also want to check out.

    Do it have to have an account on piefeed to post there?

  • US offers EU 10 percent tariff deal — with caveats

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  • Caveat, is that a synonym for felon?

  • It’s time for a United States of Europe - The Boston Globe

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  • Everything has benefits and drawbacks, question is if the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. I think it does personally, because a strong EU can stand up to the US and China.

  • U.S. tourism will lose up to $29 billion as visitors plummet amid Trump policies

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  • Down almost 5% from western Europe in 2025. I thought (hoped?) that the drop would have been bigger.

  • Daredevils run with charging bulls at Pamplona’s famous San Fermín festival

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  • Can we please stop voting articles down just because we disagree about the subject at hand?

  • Europe’s Dilemma: Build a Military Industry or Keep Relying on the U.S.

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  • Agreed. I'm not a fan of militarism, but it's pretty clear that Pax Americana is over, so we need our own defence industry. Sad as it is.