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Why does every country capitulate to the US? Let them sanction the Netherlands and see how much they enjoy not having access to EUV machines…

Like, is Europe just completely fucking asleep? You can play China and US off against each other, then the US will think twice when their supposed allies run to their enemies.

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Europe is divided and conquered, even though it looks like a single entity, US can buy some politicians in some parts of the EU and they would go against any resolution against US.

You can't win a battle when you have 20 generals and require the force of 20 in the way, when each has its own agenda and incentives and some of them are easy to buy

My first thought is that it's because every country that doesn't capitulate to the US gets invaded by the US and destroyed. See Venezuela.

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