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Re:Philips and the Death of Europe's Last Electronics Giant ... by throw2311 on Monday March 13, 2023 @09:31AM (#35135459)
Over that same period Europe is projected to become poorer than Asia in gdp ppp for the first time in 500 years. I'm sure I won't be hearing Poles making the case they are actually part of Asia within those 20 years.
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Re:Philips and the Death of Europe's Last Electronics Giant ... by Dalewyn on Monday March 13, 2023 @09:41AM (#35135592)
The whole west/east dichotomy is an artifact of the Cold War. Countries aligned with the US and Europe are "west", countries aligned with the Soviets (now Russia) are "east".

Nowadays China is taking the helm of "east" from Russia, but either way it's a geopolitical concept and remnant.

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Re:Philips and the Death of Europe's Last Electronics Giant ... by Maursault on Monday March 13, 2023 @04:51PM (#35142375)
> The whole west/east dichotomy is an artifact of the Cold War.

Stop saying this because it isn't true. It is an artifact of the Tetrachy of the Roman Empire.

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Re:Philips and the Death of Europe's Last Electronics Giant ... by edgyquant on Monday March 13, 2023 @09:58AM (#35135789)
What… does this have to do with anything? You said Poland isn’t part of the west, it is.
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