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Excellent work, Glenn. Also notable is the absence of media reporting on or political class concern about Merkel commentary. It appears leadership on this issue must come from outside the U.S.

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European countries prefer to have government regulations that apply to everyone. Americans are more comfortable with Twitter making up the rules as they go. It's just a difference of style, but we should keep in mind that everyone is ultimately trying to get to the same authoritarian destination.

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There's a huge difference between the decisions by a company that only represents its owners/shareholders and those by a government that represents all its citizens.

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Germany mostly runs the EU and they love to make up regulations that fuck over businesses in Greece, Italy, Spain, Ireland, etc. when doing so leads to more profits for German companies and banks.

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"It appears leadership on this issue must come from outside the U.S."

That's everything these days, isn't it?

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No, the USA is still leading in its production of idiots.

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Exactly. Funny how that works eh? Total silence on that. Not even a talking point. "We are of ONE MIND"

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AMLO, te amo!

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