▲ 826 ▼ Come on do something (feddit.org) submitted 1 year ago by genfood@feddit.org to c/yurop@lemm.ee 152 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] x00z@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (2 children) That's not true. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] albert180@piefed.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) They are completely landlocked by the EU and their Airspace. Also most of their imports/exports go there. They don't even farm enough to sustain themselves. So yes, obviously it's true permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Landlocked does not mean dependent. They also are not completely dependent which 100% means. Last time I looked into imports and exports of countries Switserland was around 50-60%. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] albert180@piefed.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Of course it does mean that. If the EU wants, they can fuck up Switzerland quite badly. All they have to do is to close the borders and airspace. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) The claim was "100% dependent" which is extremely incorrect. Not a single country in the world is 100% dependent. Furthermore, the threat of an attack does not imply dependence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sudoreboot@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago That phrasing was obviously hyperbole, since 100% dependence isn't even a well-defined statement (you can not assign a simple percentage to degree of dependence). Using it as a point to argue against is misguided at best, disingenuous at worst. You should read it as "it is definitely dependent [to a high degree]" rather than "it is entirely dependent". permalink fedilink source parent [–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago I mean they mostly are, they're approx. 50% dependent for agriculture, so if the EU were to block all borders and halt all exports to them the Swiss would become significantly skinnier than they were before. No shame in that by the way, the Swiss also provide the EU with lots of stuff and services that are valuable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] albert180@piefed.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 child) They are completely landlocked by the EU and their Airspace. Also most of their imports/exports go there. They don't even farm enough to sustain themselves. So yes, obviously it's true permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Landlocked does not mean dependent. They also are not completely dependent which 100% means. Last time I looked into imports and exports of countries Switserland was around 50-60%. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] albert180@piefed.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Of course it does mean that. If the EU wants, they can fuck up Switzerland quite badly. All they have to do is to close the borders and airspace. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) The claim was "100% dependent" which is extremely incorrect. Not a single country in the world is 100% dependent. Furthermore, the threat of an attack does not imply dependence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sudoreboot@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago That phrasing was obviously hyperbole, since 100% dependence isn't even a well-defined statement (you can not assign a simple percentage to degree of dependence). Using it as a point to argue against is misguided at best, disingenuous at worst. You should read it as "it is definitely dependent [to a high degree]" rather than "it is entirely dependent". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Landlocked does not mean dependent. They also are not completely dependent which 100% means. Last time I looked into imports and exports of countries Switserland was around 50-60%. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] albert180@piefed.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Of course it does mean that. If the EU wants, they can fuck up Switzerland quite badly. All they have to do is to close the borders and airspace. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) The claim was "100% dependent" which is extremely incorrect. Not a single country in the world is 100% dependent. Furthermore, the threat of an attack does not imply dependence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sudoreboot@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago That phrasing was obviously hyperbole, since 100% dependence isn't even a well-defined statement (you can not assign a simple percentage to degree of dependence). Using it as a point to argue against is misguided at best, disingenuous at worst. You should read it as "it is definitely dependent [to a high degree]" rather than "it is entirely dependent". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] albert180@piefed.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Of course it does mean that. If the EU wants, they can fuck up Switzerland quite badly. All they have to do is to close the borders and airspace. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) The claim was "100% dependent" which is extremely incorrect. Not a single country in the world is 100% dependent. Furthermore, the threat of an attack does not imply dependence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sudoreboot@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago That phrasing was obviously hyperbole, since 100% dependence isn't even a well-defined statement (you can not assign a simple percentage to degree of dependence). Using it as a point to argue against is misguided at best, disingenuous at worst. You should read it as "it is definitely dependent [to a high degree]" rather than "it is entirely dependent". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) The claim was "100% dependent" which is extremely incorrect. Not a single country in the world is 100% dependent. Furthermore, the threat of an attack does not imply dependence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sudoreboot@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago That phrasing was obviously hyperbole, since 100% dependence isn't even a well-defined statement (you can not assign a simple percentage to degree of dependence). Using it as a point to argue against is misguided at best, disingenuous at worst. You should read it as "it is definitely dependent [to a high degree]" rather than "it is entirely dependent". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sudoreboot@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago That phrasing was obviously hyperbole, since 100% dependence isn't even a well-defined statement (you can not assign a simple percentage to degree of dependence). Using it as a point to argue against is misguided at best, disingenuous at worst. You should read it as "it is definitely dependent [to a high degree]" rather than "it is entirely dependent". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago I mean they mostly are, they're approx. 50% dependent for agriculture, so if the EU were to block all borders and halt all exports to them the Swiss would become significantly skinnier than they were before. No shame in that by the way, the Swiss also provide the EU with lots of stuff and services that are valuable. permalink fedilink source parent
