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Cake day: September 13th, 2026

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  • I get your point. But the buyer will only pay for the value that the buyer perceives for the service or product. That’s not just capitalism, that has been the case since trade was invented. So you are paying a certain sum for a bicycle, because it is a transportation solution for a challenge that you and similar people have: how to get from A to B, it must be sturdy, comfortable etc. As the buyer, you don’t care whether one of the screws was produced under terrible circumstances, you won’t pay a higher price for that bike to help that poor person somewhere down the line, that whole concept is too abstract. I’m not saying that’s a good thing; but I’m skeptical we will ever be able to completely change that, as most buyers will just look at the price and check whether it reflects the value (eg many of us may know that, for many reasons, we shouldn’t buy Chinese products, but weirdly enough Chinese exports are still booming).









  • First, the EU is not a military organization, but a political, economic and financial union. It will be very hard to get them to jointly attack any other country in the world; such a case is not described in the EU charter anyway. Secondly, in this case, that is actually a good thing, because invading Russia would be a terrible mistake, as the country is far too large, Napoleon and Hitler tried, remember? Next, Russia is especially trying its hand at hybrid warfare, and it looks as if western nations are waking up to this, and thinking about how to counter it - probably through… hybrid warfare. Finally, the EU has the overhand in funds, and financial tools have not been used completely, there’s still a lot of leeway to really hurt Russia.