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Finland uses “Russia-gauge” rails. They are going to move to European compatible rail gauge for their own resilience. This is what we should be thinking about for moving to open social away from American platforms: it should come with significant spending commitments & is absolutely necessary.

The story is unfortunately an exaggeration: rail gauge change is not happening any time soon. But the idea behind your post is entirely correct. We really have to become independent from tinpot dictators and prevent them having leverage over us.