Maybe it being used rarely actually made this fine possible?
I could see how with larger market share a company like Amazon would assert more influence on politicians and institutions to not persecute such behavior.
Like for example Ireland trying their hardest not to collect taxes from the likes of apple.
I’m European so I might be biased, but I haven’t really heared anyone “complaining about the Americas having no distinct culture or ancient structures”.
On the other hand I feel like this shows just how vulnerable they are, if someone like the EU is actually there to regulate them.
If they’d think that they had a significantly superior product they wouldn’t act this brazenly malicious at every turn.
Agreed and I think this is something most of us are acutely aware of, but I think the interview added some interesting points beyond the usual “we need to fix wealth distribution instead of having philanthropy”
This seems like a great change that actually incentivizes companies to properly address problems rather than provide band-aid solutions.
I think the point might be that SUVs due to their height have worse blind spots e.g. in front of the hood, which would probably impact children more.
So this particular characteristic would endanger children more than adults and seniors who are taller.
To be fair there are also plenty of tax havens within the EU. But I do agree that the EU has leverage that it should use more often.
Thanks for the link. I am reasonably well aware of the conflict and no questions that china wants Taiwan. I was just surprised to hear that the sentiment shifted towards such a short timeframe.
For me this was more of a decade thing. Maybe once everyone has diversified away a bit from the reliance ok chips from Taiwan and thus less skin in the game
Which experts predict that china invades taiwan in the next two years?
I think the issue is solvable for continental flights, but it becomes really difficult for international flights. At least not unless you get others to also support it, for which many sadly wont have any incentive.
Want to tax the whole distance rather than just the portion flown within the airspace you control (which will be minimized as much as possible)? Airlines will split up long distance flights by utilizing airport hubs just outside your jurisdiction. Giving those a major advantage and moving a substantial business away.
Combat this by taxing on an airline level? Airlines will just split into two entities, one serving europe and the other the rest of the world. Again leading to a loss for your economy. And at least for long international distances there is no alternative to flying.
Not sure if i’d say that Sponsorblock upads videos, or at least it only does so partially. It does remove in-video advertisement and selfpromotion, but it doesn’t (and can’t really) change anything if a video e.g. has content to fill like 3min, which gets drawn out to 10min.