{"id":1678,"date":"2025-07-13T22:28:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T21:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.data-pro.nu\/?p=1678"},"modified":"2025-07-15T12:45:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T11:45:49","slug":"temu-tanks-en-trouweloosheid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.data-pro.nu\/en\/temu-tanks-en-trouweloosheid\/","title":{"rendered":"Temu, tanks and disloyalty"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Quiet for a moment, but not away<\/h3>\n

It was quiet. Too quiet.
\nNot because there was nothing to say, but because I had nothing to give. Personal storms, loss, frustration, mourning, recovery.
\nSometimes you have to let go of the sinking ship to keep floating yourself. And so: Emails remained unanswered, posts remained unanswered, thoughts remained.<\/p>\n

For anyone who sent something and got nothing back: I'm sorry.
\nFor those who stayed: Thank you.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you have to lose yourself to get your anger back.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

An article that stuck<\/h3>\n

I read something this morning. I don't know where. The article is gone, but the sentences are still like a shrapnel in my head.
\nIt was about Ukraine.
\nIt's about a country that's been fighting for life and death for four years now. And slowly lose.
\nFrom a behemoth who wants to destroy everything that is free, open and democratic.<\/p>\n

Russia is slowly but relentlessly creeping into the heart of Europe. What about Europe?
\nEurope has promised. Meetings. Promises again. Doesn't do enough.
\nThe reconstruction plans are already being signed while the missiles are still striking.
\nWho will we build later? What if we don't show a backbone?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou cannot rebuild a city if you make the soul of its people disappear.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

America: the Protector Who Takes Pills<\/h3>\n

And then America.
\nThat in 1994 in the Budapest Memorandum Ukraine promised eternal protection in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons.
\nA historic choice of trust.
\nA choice that will kill them today.<\/p>\n

Because protection turns out to depend on mood swings, campaign polls, and the amount of drugs that Donald Trump and his warlike friend Hegseth work in the night before.
\nToday's help, tomorrow's isolation. The day after tomorrow... Temu deals?<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who trades security for promises will end up with neither peace nor trust.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

France wants to fight. Poland has the courage. Germany is doubtful.<\/h3>\n

France says it out loud: Maybe we should just send soldiers.
\nNot to die, but to free Ukrainians so they can fight.
\nPoland wants to, but can't. NATO is stopping them.
\nGermany... lingers in doubt, debate, and the political comfort of waiting.<\/p>\n

And in the meantime?
\nUkrainians are dying. Russia wins.
\nEurope is watching.
\nAnd the citizen? He orders. Online. In bulk.<\/p>\n

\u2018War in the distance is easier to ignore with a filled shopping cart.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

Our battle is called Temu<\/h3>\n

We're not going to war. We execute orders.
\nTo Temu. AliExpress.
\nWe buy one-euro phone cases. Fake sunglasses from Oakley. LED lights, sushi trays, car holders and TikTok trend call.<\/p>\n

China is laughing.
\nWith every order we bacon the Chinese economy.
\nAnd with every Yuan more we help Russia.
\nChina supports Russia. Iran as well. North Korea as well.
\nRussia is not alone.
\nUkraine is becoming more and more common.<\/p>\n

\u201cA cheap purchase is sometimes an expensive concession.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

Cars as a moral test<\/h3>\n

Do you drive a Geely Volvo? Or a BYD?
\nWell, congratulations. You're riding in the economic convoy of Putin's friends.
\nNot with guns. But with money, dependency and convenience.
\nWhat if tomorrow really skips the war? What if China invades Taiwan?
\nWhat if sanctions come? What if the deliveries stop?<\/p>\n

Will you wake up morally, or will you miss your cheap phone case?<\/p>\n

\u201cOur dependence is not an accident. It is a choice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

I'll tell my family. What about you?<\/h3>\n

I'm trying to explain. To my children.
\nThat the world in which they grow up is shaped by what we click, order, ignore today.
\nThat every euro to Temu not only buys a disposable product, but washes away a piece of conscience.
\nThat luxury, convenience and indifference are weapons if you use them incorrectly.<\/p>\n

You're telling your family? Or are you silent for peace at the table?<\/p>\n

\u201cThe war does not start with tanks. He starts with our silence.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Quiet for a moment, but not away It was quiet. Too quiet. Not because there was nothing to say, but because I had nothing to give. Personal storms, loss, frustration, mourning, recovery. Sometimes you have to let go of the sinking ship to keep floating yourself. And so: Emails remained unanswered, posts remained unanswered, thoughts remained. 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