»Die Welt wird nicht bedroht von den Menschen, die böse sind, sondern von denen, die das Böse zulassen.« Albert Einstein, gestorben am 18. April 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey

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In part Visa Europe was sold to Visa in 2016 because it was so low margin (EU regulates how much Visa, Mastercard etc can charge merchants). European banks were in poor shape after euro-zone crisis and were offered a quick buck for their stakes. And nobody thought the US would use it as leverage

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There's a lot of concern of Europeans being dependent on US payment firms, notably Visa/Mastercard. We forget that until 2016 Europe DID have its own payments champion. Visa Europe was owned by European banks (it merely licensed the Visa name) Sold for ~$20bn. Basically zero regulatory scrutiny.

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"The most extraordinary and worrying thing of what is going on in the United States is the scale of normalization that is happening, in which the press is absolutely a structural part of this," says @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, award-winning investigative journalist (Democracy Now, 2/10/26)

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US Rep. Balint after reviewing unredacted Epstein files: "They are a bunch of sick fucks. So many people knew." She confirmed Trump lied about kicking Epstein from Mar-a-Lago. Other files show the relationship continued for years. #OpDeathEaters #EpsteinCoverup #EpsteinFiles

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