• x00z@lemmy.world
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    1 年前

    Landlocked does not mean dependent.

    They also are not completely dependent which 100% means.

    Last time I looked into imports and exports of countries Switserland was around 50-60%.

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      1 年前

      Of course it does mean that.

      If the EU wants, they can fuck up Switzerland quite badly.

      All they have to do is to close the borders and airspace.

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        1 年前

        The claim was “100% dependent” which is extremely incorrect.

        Not a single country in the world is 100% dependent.

        Furthermore, the threat of an attack does not imply dependence.

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          1 年前

          That phrasing was obviously hyperbole, since 100% dependence isn’t even a well-defined statement (you can not assign a simple percentage to degree of dependence). Using it as a point to argue against is misguided at best, disingenuous at worst. You should read it as “it is definitely dependent [to a high degree]” rather than “it is entirely dependent”.