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Greg Dimiczky's avatar

Thank you for this article! You express thoughts and ideas that I rarely see. Remember when Western European companies were caught selling subpar quality articles in Eastern Europe:

https://www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/dual-quality-food-europe

Also, do you (or anyone) remember when Eastern Europeans died in "unconstitutional circumstances" during COVID?:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/22/exploitative-conditions-germany-to-reform-meat-industry-after-spate-of-covid-19-cases

Nobody talks about the contempt of the West and the exploitation. Once again, thank you for the article.

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garret seinen's avatar

You say, “the promise of milk and honey” as the reason Eastern Europeans sought to join the west. You forget the west is no longer the bountiful promise it was in the past. It too has decayed from the original promise.

The thing that built the West was freedom, stated in one sentence. It is not about who will let you do a thing but who has the power to stop you. Nation economic success hangs on a fragile threat; that central authority be restricted to keeping the peace.

When central control drapes a smoother blanket over all consensual actions between peaceful adults, milk and honey have been exchanged for the jackboot.

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