Germany paying $5.5B for Intel fab

Re:Germany paying $5.5B for Intel fab by avh02 on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @02:04PM (#31658017)

If you like ad absurdum arguments: if you connect the countries together so much, they eventually decide to become one country and the chance of war goes down, not up (excluding civil war)

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Re:Germany paying $5.5B for Intel fab by hinkley on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @03:47PM (#31659209)

Austria, World War II. Some people saw annexation, others saw reunification, others still saw a bunch of cowards surrendering without firing a single shot.

With all of these things, context matters. If memory serves, Austria being an independent state was one of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, so if that had been the last act instead of the opening chapter, there still would have been hell to pay. Perhaps not on a par with Caesar crossing the Rubicon, but definitely starting something that requires a resolution.

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Re:Germany paying $5.5B for Intel fab by shlurpy on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @02:54PM (#31658591)

I don't think they like ad absurdum arguments. But without systematic evidence, there is not way to determine if if such an argument is actually any less valid then the initial claim.

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