> Coal is neither cheap nor abundant in Ireland.

But it is abundant in Russia, Ukraine, Germany, and Poland. Also, there is nuclear power in France.

However, Russia and Ukraine are at war. Germany is willing to go green and destroy itself. EU hates Poland and other east European countries. And EU and the rest of the world can't disassociate nuclear power with weapons.

So I guess EU can enjoy their limited and expensive green energy.

> but from an outsider America has become one mouthpiece

Really? As a naturalized American I see diversity in the USA's media. Do you have an example?

From what I see, there are two big voices in the media politically.

> rarely do I see dissenting voices in the media

Again, we need an example. I see the official line from the current party in power, and the counter arguements from the mainstream media as a whole. The current party only has a media output from very few mainstream sources.

> create a fair international market and let winners win.

Why? It's selfish, but since the US and EU sent jobs out to India and China. India and China, have created protections that make getting those jobs back nearly impossible short of stopping payments. At the same time, these countries have huge trading imbalances (see FR complaining that their CN trade imbalance is untenable) and have become the defacto for cheap labor.

In the cobol world, lots of highly paid senior consultants, who come in and out of retirement to support systems.

Other than that, I am guessing junior roles will move offshore to supply the body shops where the corporate IT work has been going.

Does the public have claim on all of these artists' art?

They all are now involuntary patreons.