Comments by "Fox" (@tomlxyz) on "TLDR News EU" channel.

  1. Imagine if Putin spent all that money on improving Russia for the average person instead of waging a war
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  2. I can't believe the way Russia has acted so far towards Ukraine that some people still think that just giving in would bring peace to Ukraine
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  3. Reminder that increased productivity (and thus profitability) has far outpaced increases in wages. If that was passed on to workers instead of companies we'd easily cover the problem of people getting older
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  4. My assumption on why South America has so little wars is that all the violence is instead channeled into drug cartels fighting which isn't classified as war. As far as I know south America, despite having few wars, is one of the most dangerous continent to be
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  5. I think it was more about the horror of WW2 on the continent that made people dislike the idea of a strong military. Besides, the US usually fought on our behalf after WW2 so there was not really a need. But now with the war in Ukraine that all might just have been an illusion
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  6. Negative prices aren't exactly a good sign. If suppliers can't sell with profit they will scale down production, causing rising prices, just how it happened with oil.
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  7. ​ @grimaffiliations3671  he said that high turn out can be a sign for good health in a democracy BUT that it also can mean change, here the but implies that it's not like the part before the but
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  8. It's strange how often economic numbers often point to the US performing better than the EU but given that most of that growth ends up at the rich, living standards still tend to be better than in the US (healthcare etc)
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  9. Now I'm wondering why the world miscalculated so much
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  10. ​ @Dotalol123  if they do join it'll take many years before it actually happens
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  11. They've been quite unlucky. Exactly when they gained power they've had to do what goes against their ideals
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  12.  @Pflunze  Russia has cheaper production and labor cost so their billions gets them way more. Russia has ten times the amount of active soldiers and tanks compared to Germany
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  13. But what's the general story for the "special military operation" then? "We had to invade in defense but failed to do so?"
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  14. It's pretty good at enforcing many rules but you don't hear about it because things working isn't newsworthy
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  15. The prices the farmers receive have been steadily declining and many have to be forced to either give up or scale up to stay profitable
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  16. For me 2015 does feel like that long ago
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  17. ​ @metalsnake869  thing is, with the current age demographics just increasing birthrates now is too late, it'll take over two decades until a decision to have a baby turn into a fully productive member of society
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  18. This still makes it more expensive for Russia to import these parts
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  19.  @hammer3721  Then explain who the treachery is against? Being pro EU does that how exactly?
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  20. He was involved in many shady things
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  21.  @jimbraatz4514  they beat napoleon by keep running away
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  22. ​ @tomorrowneverdies567  Italy greatly benefits from the EU monetarily by having interest rates on government debt much lower than they would outside the EU
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  23. I'd call it clickbait
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  24. ​ @Hardcore_Remixer  that was in context of everything being held by private corporations
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  25. If you start making new alliances every time one member doesn't agree with something you won't end up with any strong alliances
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  26.  @gekzify  but when it doesn't start at zero and you don't have time to read the chart you have no idea how big the change is
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  27. What about the access to the black sea?
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  28. ​ @Theorimlig if Russia wouldn't be that hostile and became increasingly friendly to the west as it was hoped after the Soviet union fell, then there would been a chance that Russia did join the EU eventually. More eastern European countries would probably also join without the threat of Russia
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  29. One major problem with shipping western equipment is that Ukrainians aren't trained to operate a lot of what the west could offer, so it's essentially useless for them, despite being more advanced
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  30. The totally independent Hungary courts judged that there's no corruption
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  31. ​ @arrore they're trying to be a serious news channel. If they do that on purpose that's pretty dumb
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  32. True, but it still strengths the grip of Russia on these countries which are just another former territory of the Russian empire/Soviet union, the very thing Putin wants to restore
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  33. If someone shows up you can't tell if they're legal or not in most cases. Asylum is a legal thing in the EU
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  34. Berlusconi used to be prime Minister for 9 years, so it's kinda weird in this context
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  35. Hitler also had two sides and used it to his advantage. Just having one strong army as a dictator risks you being replaced by them
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  36. She could have realized no rules have been breached after she found out
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  37. Shutting down nuclear power plants (which produce no co2) in favor of natural gas (which creates co2 and makes Germany heavily dependent on a country which isn't an ally) was one of the most stupid moves
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  38. They even made own laws without the EU and when people didn't like them claimed it wasn't in their control but rather had to do it because of the EU
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  39. China and India will demand even lower prices if the cap is at 60
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  40. Austria is concerned about immigration from outside the EU but it'll end up in Austria by coming from neighboring EU countries, so if those other countries let them pass, then they can get to Austria. Austria isn't at the border of the EU and also landlocked so only a flight could come directly from outside the EU but that's expensive and with far more checks so barely a thing for that type of migration
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  41. The swift banking system isn't the only way to pay, it's just the most widespread one. And only the forex reserves they had in other countries were frozen but it's not the only reserves they have
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  42. ​ @DerDoMeN not really a good reason, ever since Croatia joined it has become much more expensive. I'm Austrian and before they joined the EU there has not been a problem with taking a vacation there that got improved by that, except not needing to use a foreign currency but that's not really a selling point if you have to pay more in euro now than paid Euro before when converting
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  43. Why should they do that even if it's all true
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  44. Ukraine could lose territory and keep fighting but I wouldn't call that not losing
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  45.  @todortodorov940  the parties in power now are against war and big spending, but then covid and war. Merkel didn't have to go against what she stood for to deal with those. She didn't misjudge, she wanted more cheap labor in Germany, which is one of the main forces why Germany has a better performing economy than most other European countries
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  46. Yeah, historically speaking a good chunk of pregnancies weren't planned beforehand
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  47.  @XMysticHerox  I think it's still significant because unless with the US and the EU, China has a much different ideology and communist China has only then been recognized when not doing so would hurt economically. Point is, China is no friend and that has shown a couple of times now
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  48. I've heard them mention that often although months ago looking forward
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  49. ​ @nilashj516  far away? They're sharing a border
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  50. Being closed isn't as problematic as being highly dependent on exports of certain goods, which Russia is
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