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I have the exact opposite opinion.

Mandatory trade relationsips and closely interconnected supply chains are an important factor in preventing larger wars.



That's Cold War thinking: "if goods cross borders, soldiers won't".

The reality slowly dawning on us is that if goods cross borders, soliders don't have to.


Considering Russia is in the process of invading Ukraine, I for one as a Finn maintain my cold war thinking, thank you very much. The winter war of 1940 was 82 years ago. How many generations of humans is that, three? My dad's dad's dad literally lied in the snow, hungry and high on german combat drugs so as to not fall asleep nor care of the freezing cold, waiting for a hundred russians to march in on his position, and he survived with grenade shrapnel in his leg.

The cold war maybe felt cold on the other side of the globe. Was very much hot here. My country is barely older than peace is.




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