• geneva_convenienceOP
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    15 hours ago

    That is covert sabotage. Which gets largely unnoticed.

    Outright economic blackmail to get concessions was something reserved for the neo-colonies.

    • Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      All that (except daylight savings) and more happened before I was born and I knew about it before graduating highschool. “Covert” is different from “Most Americans don’t know.”