Thanks for sharing this Dave, we see these power dynamics all the time at @taxjustice.net. Intimidation like this has always existed but can only increase with the current US administration. If we can move global tax rule making to the UN at least it's one country, one vote bsky.app/profile/naom...

6) "you are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system...all payment systems are American: American Express, Visa, Mastercard. Overnight, you find yourself without a bank card & these companies have an almost complete monopoly, at least in Europe."
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5) One of the six International Criminal Court judges sanctioned by the US is quoted by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social as saying "Being under sanctions is like being sent back to the 1990s" broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat...

4) Rules matter! Otherwise 'reality' and even our simplest daily transactions come under the control and profit-focus of those who've been allowed to trample all over rules and laws that are designed to protect us from their worst excesses. This is what the US intimidation of the EU is all about.

3) Add to this the cashless society, dependence on Visa, PayPal, etc. Think about Trump's recent sanctions on EU campaigners & an EU Commissioner working for fair, hate-free non-monopolistic comms & digital markets. Europeans REALLY need to use European payment systems & develop European AI systems

2) "They control the AI you're asking for answers, the algorithms feeding you content, your personal data you've given up for access, and the devices you rely on. The news and your privacy are now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is. This is all by design."

2) You can follow the (very under-reported) negotiations on progress on the biggest shakeup in history to global tax rules at the UN on the @taxjustice.net's UN Tax Convention hub: taxjustice.net/topics/un-ta...