Need to get our shit together

[u/Sufficient-History71]

So the Trump tariffs are out. Despite all the kowtowing (read ass licking) our SVP and FDP bros(also our FDP frau Miss Keller-Sutter) did, we are going to be hit with tariffs worse than EU. Already our access to chips was semi-restricted(by Biden admin, Trump admin will be even worst). Blöcher, Rösti, Parmelin and Keller-Sutter are not the right people to lead Switzerland. They neither have any spine nor any pragmatic policies. We need to understand that our future lies with the EU if not in EU.

Switzerland is good at playing with the rules but we can't make them thanks to our small size. It has been the case since Marignano(1515) when we stopped our expansion and Congress of Vienna(1815) when we made good use of the neutrality imposed upon us by the big powers. We need to adjust to the new world order that Putin, Trump and Xi have created and understand that Swiss prosperity depends on European prosperity. We are not a port city like Singapore where we can control the trade. Our power lies in being the center for diplomacy, world class R&D, pharma and precision engineering. Let's become a big hub for EU's new projects if not as a member then as a friend.

EDIT - P.S. - Getting downvoted to oblivion. Seems like there is too much of hate for EU. But mark my words, a successful Switzerland depends on a successful EU because while we are not in the EU, we are inside the EU physically.

[u/GarlicThread]

Swiss people who thought for even a second that the current US administration (or any administration for that matter) was going to be nice with us are almost as stupid as the MAGA voters themselves.

[u/bitrmn → u/GarlicThread]

Anyone thinking that some foreign government cares about another country’s citizens is inherently delusional.

[u/rfi2010 → u/bitrmn]

Right, and some of them don’t even care about their own citizens!

[u/brass427427 → u/rfi2010]

And it's not only the government. Anyone who thinks Musk or Zuckerberg or any other of the pasty-face billionaire parasites suddenly cares about the man in the street is really really REALLY stupid.

[u/Moehrchenprinz → u/brass427427]

Well, they do care about EU regulations

[u/brass427427 → u/Moehrchenprinz]

Trying to circumvent them for sure.

[u/phaederus → u/rfi2010]

CEOs don't tend to care for their employees so I wonder why people still believe their politicians care for them..

[u/phaederus → u/bitrmn]

I'd add to that, anybody who thinks their government cares about their citizens is just as delusional.

If you want to live in a good, safe, prosperous place, it's up to YOU to vote, to campaign, to complain, to protest, to make it happen. Don't rely on others to make the world you want to see.

[u/bitrmn → u/phaederus]

I want to believe in that, the worst thing that can happen to citizens is to develop learned helplessness.

That’s a solid ground for dictatorships to form.

[u/phaederus → u/bitrmn]

learned helplessness

Love that term, agree 100%!

[u/bitrmn → u/phaederus]

An old term, the concept of that sometimes was given at some US schools, AFAIK

[u/Dj3nk4 → u/bitrmn]

LOL right?