Re:Dutch employee fired by U.S. firm for shutting off webcam...
by astrange on Monday October 10, 2022 @12:38AM
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Impressive you think the US can influence other countries that long. We can't even stop Saudi Arabia from raising gas prices whenever they want to annoy us.
Re:Dutch employee fired by U.S. firm for shutting off webcam...
by unity1001 on Monday October 10, 2022 @11:18AM
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> Impressive you think the US can influence other countries that long
Up until recently, it was a given. In the case of Japan, there is some kind of feudal behavior of 'loyalty' that comes from the Zaibatsu culture. Which in itself descended from postwar Yakuza.
> We can't even stop Saudi Arabia from raising gas prices whenever they want to annoy us.
You used to. Until Russia & China built up enough defense industry and also started helping any country against US coups and color revolutions by providing intelligence.
It is frozen at the exact size and breadth that US wanted to freeze it. Its a literal economic colony.
> But this is mostly because "sacrificing and hardworking" was a dumb thing to set up the country to be
It worked until 1991.
I very much recommedn reading about the Plaza Accords.