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Re:Swiss Billionaire’s Mega-Influence on U.S. Politics by woodruffw on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @09:58PM (#31418453)
The short answer, from an American perspective: we love influencing the rest of the world, so they'd like to return the favor.

Plus, this way you don't have to pay US income tax.

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Re:Swiss Billionaire’s Mega-Influence on U.S. Politics by daenz on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @10:02PM (#31418471)
So they're trying to improve America as revenge?
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Re:Swiss Billionaire’s Mega-Influence on U.S. Politics by woodruffw on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @10:04PM (#31418490)
I don't see a revenge motive. More like "I believe my country/business/whatever is unduly influenced by this superpower, so I'm going to influence the superpower directly."
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Re:Swiss Billionaire’s Mega-Influence on U.S. Politics by gpm on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @10:08PM (#31418507)
As a Canadian this is a good description of why I make a fair number of comments about US politics on the internet. I'm not sure I'd call it unduly though, it's somewhat inevitable that superpowers influence foreign politics.
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