JUST IN: 🇩🇪 German defense giant Rheinmetall says it could take over idle Volkswagen plants and use them to produce tanks
WHAT YEAR IS THIS????
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What is 1934, Alex?
At least we're not the aggressor for once 😂
What a time to be alive!
1939 .. obviously
That’s like building horse carriages in the early 1900s. Drones are going to be the only relevant weapons of war in the future. Maybe APC’s for transport.
Remotely controlled tanks is where it's at.
1984
Aircooled beetles and buses NOT TANKS!!!
…the aircooled types 3’s are cool. Must include the round/square/notchbacks too.
Really …such an idiotic species. Clearly deserve to be eliminated. We have so much other shit to do than finding ways to kill each other . Pathetic civilization.
It's 2025 unfortunately
wow, that's kind of a complete circle, isn't it.
With what source of energy? Russian?
The year when US stopped paying for Europe's defenses
Time for Europe to claim all the gold back from FtKnox.
😆 there is no gold.
Where do you think it's at then?
Nobody knows. All I know for a fact is that the last time Germany sent auditors to Fort Knox to audit the German reserves they were denied access. As a response Germany then demanded "some" of the gold being returned to the Bundesbank. Months later Germany received a fraction of what they demanded but here's the cool thing, the gold bars came from France, not the US and they didn't bear the Bundesbank stamps.
So yeah, show us the gold.
Next up-
Molotov-Ribbentrop pact V2.0 will be signed.
The 3rd R??
War season
2025
Like China, most modern industries are making their products dual use
The year of decentralization. Europe have outsourced it’s defense for way too long.
Really? Source? That’s crazy
Rheinmetall has always done this - in times of peace and / or restrictions on German military expansion, they focus on other industries. And they switch back to tanks when needed.
A nice side-effect of Trumps tariffs on EU steel is that we can use it to catch up on tank production after decades of neglect.
It would be nice if we don't need them - can always recycle the steel later :-)
As for the timing, here's a fun yet depressing read. There was probably never a downward trend in war. Long periods of peace or normal. Unfortunately they've always been followed by another war. As much as I hope that this time is different.
https://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/violencenobelsymposium.pdf
* are normal
I would just say that if the amount of money that's going to be used for war by the EU, was instead used to create interviews, podcasts, conversations, translations, information, between Russians and Europeans, learning experiences for all sides, where history, economy, philosophy is taught to both sides to inform the population, we would have a golden age.
Millions spent for diplomacy in the EU and they didn't even have a live recorded conversation with Putin.
Wars are a thing of elites. And people continually fall for it.
I highly recommend the documentary JFK to 9/11 | Everything is a Rich Man's Trick on Youtube, to learn more about who/what was behind WW1, WW2, among other things. There's some speculation in the documentary but there's information that is factual and provides plenty of food for thought.
Wars are a thing of elites since the beginning of time. The people don't want wars. The elites convince/force the people to go to war.
This is also one of the reasons Switzerland is neutral, because the people control the country with referendums and war mongers never really have power. This has allowed stability and soft power that has basically made it something useful for everyone, discouraging invasion. It is/was basically Bitcoin in the form of nation state.
unfortunately, the majority of the people do not recognize the importance of direct democracy...
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1933
Japan is next
Trump's intense pressure has led to putting the cart before the horse. It’s just the beginning.