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Re:Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet... by bell-cot on Sunday January 25, 2026 @03:56AM (#46752106)
Back when the danger was natural and physical - how much defeatism was there in Holland about building the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Works ?

Why the difference?

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Re:Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet... by wolvoleo on Sunday January 25, 2026 @05:45AM (#46752853)
Those were different times. Right now Holland has been governed by oligarchs for the last 30 years. The country is unrecognisable.

Also, making something like that would be unthinkable in this day and age of safety and environmental red tape. The same way we have not reclaimed any land in like forever. In fact some of it has been sunk again under pressure from the belgians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertogin_Hedwigepolder

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