Switzerland Refuses to Take Sides in Ever More Divided World. No shit Sherlock. The Swiss are neutral to a fault. They are the world's bankers and take everybody's money in secret.

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[–]wotbrefugee 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Except the part where they clearly took sides in the already-forgotten Ukraine-Russia conflict. Both financially and in regards to weaponry. Some really dubious articles on here recently...

[–]William_World 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

it's interesting it says :

"More than 90% of the population still supports neutrality. For the Swiss, an impartial stance is a “national myth of almost religious consecration,” according to Edgar Bonjour, who wrote several volumes on the history of neutrality. "

I see it as kind of like they are surrounded on all sides by countries that are against neutrality and believe in an anti-russian religion. Somewhat similar to israel. Because yeah they weren't neutral when they put sanctions on Russia but they probably felt pressure from other countries in europe that they do business with, who would put sanctions on them if they stayed neutral! I do think it's hard to stay neutral in this connected world, you have to take sides.