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by DyslexicAtheist 850 days ago
Switzerland doesn't count being one of the main beneficiaries of Nazi ideologies and literally hording the gold that used to be part of the teeth of the jews getting killed in concentration camps. Nazi Gold is a synonym to Swiss banking. A visit to Auschwitz or Mauthausen might help to get some perspective.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_gold

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Plus I'm not convinced you can carve out any individual European country and call it a "society" in this context.
Don't forget the fights between the Protestants and Catholics, including the second war of Kappel