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> But long before then you'll see the same in other countries, Italy, the UK, the USA, France, Germany and Spain all have areas that would be much harder and earlier hit than NL because they have no fortifications whatsoever as a starting point and it would take decades to plan and construct them.

No one here is arguing whether they can do anything about it. We are arguing about whether the Netherlands can do it. I'm pretty sure that anyone that believe that the Netherlands will disappear under water will agree that all theses coasts you mention will disappear too.

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The point is that they will disappear long before NL and yet here we are discussing the one country that has spent decades preparing for rising sea levels disappearing.

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> that has spent decades preparing

And that's a major part to argue about, whether it's a fight that's worth it or not.