Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra
by javert on Monday September 16, 2019 @04:14PM
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Since I am getting downvoted: Is this a Continental English vs. American English thing? Because as a native American English speaker, there is no doubt at all what the sentence means in American English.
From the article:
> In a joint statement, the two governments affirmed that “no private entity can claim monetary power, which is inherent to the sovereignty of nations”
I parse that as: monetary power is inherent to the sovereignty of nations; thus, no private entity can claim it.
It's like saying: "No dog should be allowed to eat chocolate, which is toxic to animals."
It would be helpful to have the actual original statement, but I wasn't able to find it very quickly and gave up.