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> National pride and competing banking interests repeatedly sabotaged attempts at unification.

That's exactly the problem. Several actors have won the market of their country, but only of their country.

Will Trump be enough to make the europeans realize that they need to work together, and that an italian win is just as good as a german win?

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But more importantly, that walled gardens should be abolished and portability and compatibility of user accounts should be enshrined into law and protected at all costs.

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That's a great point. With more open systems there can be multiple winners, instead of a single winner that takes all.

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> and that an italian win is just as good as a german win?

For someone from france, sure.

For both italians and germans, it matters who wins (and i'm not making a pun here).

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>and that an italian win is just as good as a german win

I agree with you

However that specific example somehow feels off and déjà vu

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