Re:European Alternatives
by 0xDEAFBEAD on Friday January 23, 2026 @07:32PM
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I was responding to this comment about how Visa/Mastercard fees are supposedly "protection money": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46736657
If US firm profits in Europe are "protection money" then EU firm profits in the US should also be added to the ledger.
You’d have a point if you had examples of European pharma companies cutting off supply to American entities for political reasons. You don’t, so you don’t have a point.