Post #4135508
2026-07-27 10:56 UTC
If a bank defies Trump, he can threaten to yank its charter. Or he could just run the same swindle he pulled on Tiktok: stealing the whole company and selling it to one of his buddies, who will run it the way Trump wants.
The reality is that without America's assistance, the EU has precious little hope of forcing American companies to do things they don't want to do. In terms of the Serenity Prayer, this is "a thing they cannot change."
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr 2026-07-27 10:57
The Serenity Prayer doesn't stop with "things you can't change." Next is "courage to change the things I can." The EU has no control over Google's conduct, but it has *total* control over its *own* conduct. Specifically, the EU could get rid of the laws that ban European companies from modifying US tech exports. The EU adopted the Copyright Directive in 2001. Article 6 of the EUCD makes it a crime to reverse-engineer and modify a device without the manufacturer's permission. 15/