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Yeah, I'm assuming, but I also make that clear with my statement, that I'm basing my statement only on what the person above me wrote. That doesn't mean either that I believe 100% what I wrote myself, but they're important ideas that should be said anyways because these things are happening whether it's happening in this case or not doesn't actually matter.

Politicians on the other hand wield their power on these matters without contention or rebuke - they ransack companies and nobody can say anything or do anything about it! That's the difference.

In the face of politicians vs C-suite business men, you know, it's the politicians that have the authority and power, and they are at the crux to yield it responsibly. C-suite business men are like ants to the politicians - powerless in comparison with the powers of the lawmakers.

As a result, it's not so much of C-suite business men being just, as it's about politicians being unjust.

No, the reasons go on and on. China is a f***ing wrecking ball, and Huawei is one of their little puppets into the West.

In America, sure. Come over to Europe where successful companies are the politician's escape-goat. "The world is burning, and it's because of the rich, business owners, and high paying businessmen".

Furthermore, the European elite hate the successful american companies with a passion, and they purposely undermine them to help their own companies instead.

See! The authorities don't even have a tangible reason, they just search because they want to.

Now, because this is Huawei, I don't disagree per se, but that's a different matter. This company should just be outright banned from Europe.

You assume an upright and just state. Raids are also used by the authorities to:

  1) steal legitimate and legal intellectual property
  2) while they perform the raid, they search for other reasons to find them guilty of something
  3) make good companies look bad to the public
  4) it's not that unusual for them to accidentally destroy or cause damage to property while they perform the raid
  5) maintain oppression that they might at anytime be raided for anything

This is disgusting behavior. The biggest threats to society are the states and governments, it definitely not the businesses!!!

These C-suite successful companies were at least built and designed by successful people, who succeeded by being moral human beings at least more moral than most scummy politicians. Even if the C-suite companies are no longer directed by them, which some of them are, their culture of being moral human beings tend to live on.

Politicians on the other hand, like Mr. Trump, are usually born-rich buffoons who do anything to win, and after they win, many of them exercise their power with intolerance and arrogance. Politicians climb the ranks using their money and power, not by developing technical skills, or learning important crafts.

> This is the kind of things police will do if they have a warrant (or the local equivalent) in any sane democracy. Democracy does not mean that we have to let companies get away with crime or nicely tell them before a search so they can destroy evidence.

Democracy also doesn't mean that the authorities should ransack successful companies on a mere whim. Democracy also doesn't mean that the states and government should exercise their power limitlessly, nor turn their power into oppressing the people.

> How’s the US government handling Huawei again? Did the Atlantic Ocean close overnight?

This isn't about Huawei. The OP above me wrote about Google, and I included Nividia.

> Also, what makes you think that police investigations are more common than they used to be?

Obviously, this isn't something I'm going to be able to prove. Not all my arguments need to be backed by some sort of a sourceable evidence. If you don't want to believe this part of my statement, then don't, it's up to the reader to form their own opinion - that by no means discredits my post, since I'm obviously giving my opinion and you don't have to agree.

> Search, that’s the word you’re looking for.

Ransacked: search through (a place or receptacle) to find something, especially in such a way as to cause disorder and damage.

^ Yup, that's the one.

Totally agree. This is behavior of authoritative and totalitarian governments, who demand to have so much authority and power, that they need to attack and undermine the most successfully businesses, bending the laws to do so (or creating abusive laws that give them the power to do so).

France authorities also recently ransacked Nvidias office in France: https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidias-french-offices-ra...

More and more is it so, that European governments see successful companies as a threat to their power and control.

It looks like you're explaining this well, but I still don't understand what you're saying.

When will this be available? (Thanks in advance)

Oh great let's instead let the world flounder forever and constantly civil wars in countries and endless amount of people fleeing, mass migration, endless resource consumption through endless amount of population boom, societies so backwards and abominable that you feel bad for the people living there.

That sounds so much better and so much more humane (sarcasm).

Start with military intervention / invasion. Then run the country, but not as a colony of exploitation, but instead of general good intentions with fairness, justice, etc. Then obviously you can set laws that limit birth, like one child per family or something.

No way should we even allow this to happen. Countries shouldn't continue to boom in population when their societies can't even function.

Confirmed. In fact, it started mostly in Europe, then came to the other English countries, hitting US last of all.

Of course they're not the same, but before people can developer higher spiritual or social purposes they have to develop their material life. For most people, on top of what I just side in the previous sentence, developing their material life itself is a journey that leads them to developing and furthering their social and family life which then leads to a higher spiritual life.

Point being Vincent van Gogh who was "Born into an upper-middle-class family" according to Wiki.

> Also I’d suggest that it’s unfair to paint the poor broadly as not seeking purpose and instead searching for temporary pleasures.

Of course, but I was talking about those poor people who live their lives by becoming dependent on the social states without trying to further their lives. I'm not talking about poor people in general.

The states of Germany and Austria take away a persons purpose because these states are very authoritative and oppressive. Governments shouldn't try to give people a purpose, but they should develop a country via laws that enable or encourage its people to find purpose. Socialism does the opposite, as it's based on the logic of taking away from people who have, and giving to those who don't, which means taking away from those people who found purpose, and giving to those who don't and usually don't seek purpose but instead search for temporarily pleasures like alcohol.

unless you live closer to the Suez canal...

Interesting, thanks.

What about using terraform instead of Pulumi? Why did you pick Pulumi for this?

What do you mean? I don't understand.

Exactly. Though, I definitely don't think economic decline is ok at this moment in our society especially while we burn through as much resources as we do.

It's disgraceful to me how somebody could downvote your comment. Like you said, it's an objectionable comment, not even a subjective one. The HN crowd has become brainwashed by Woke media. Anything that disagrees with their opinions are "oppressed" or rejected. Like how Woke media immediately labels people "misogynist" or "racist" and don't even listen to what's being said. Similarly how they just downvote and don't even comment why.

Ok, I'm wrong, sorry. But my point original still holds. See @3cats-in-a-coat for more details.

Read the post up above by @3cats-in-a-coat

This is a really fantastic summary. Thank you.

Ok, perhaps it's true. But in Germany, almost all social programs or union-type programs are funded somehow through taxes. Perhaps though Unions are different.

And where do these unions get their money from?

Can you show me a link to this? I don't believe that.

> A month into its strike, IF Metall is firmly dug in for the long haul. Striking workers are being fully compensated for lost pay.

This idea of striking for ever and getting paid for striking is insanity.

Europe is brutal to businesses.

It's no wonder the economies here stagnate and there is no growth anymore.

This isn't sustainable nor is it good.

We can't treat businesses like they're expendable.

As if one fails, it's ok, the next will grow in its place. These are not sustainable ideas - it causes huge waste and destruction and then oversea's companies (from China, India, etc) grow in their place.

People don't want to start companies in Europe (the numbers are seriously decreasing) because they're hardly profitable anymore (because of taxes) and then its just endless fighting with employees and from above through bureaucracy.

Employees want to get paid without having to contribute in a meaningful way. Governments get elected on the promises of protecting employees.

Governments in Europe treats businesses like they're filthy rich snobs who desired to be punished. Laws are brutal tough. Business auditors and tax auditors are extremely tough and unfair.

This isn't sustainable, nor is it good.