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anon read somewhere that Switzerland did not have any people apart from those elites who moved there from German, Italy and France.
Wish anon could remember where anon read that,
Switzerland is landlocked which stayed neutral during two world wars but no longer.
something to ponder..
leo a.i answer below.
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Early Settlers
The earliest evidence of human presence in Switzerland dates back 150,000 to 300,000 years ago, with Neanderthal settlements found in caves like Grotte de Cotencher and Wildkirchli, and Homo erectus tools discovered in Pratteln. After the Ice Age, permanent settlements emerged around 11,000 years ago, characterized by pile dwellings built on lake shores during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. By the Iron Age, the region was inhabited by the Helvetii (Celts) in the west and the Raetians in the east.
Roman Era and Germanic Influx
In 58 BC, Julius Caesar defeated the Helvetii, leading to the region's integration into the Roman Empire as the province of Helvetia. Under Roman rule, the area experienced significant Romanization, with cities like Aventicum (Avenches) and Augusta Raurica (Augst) flourishing. Following the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, Germanic tribes such as the Burgundians (settling the west) and Alemanni (settling the north and east) moved in, establishing the linguistic and cultural divisions that persist today.
Formation of the Confederation
In the Middle Ages, the region was part of the Frankish Empire and later the Holy Roman Empire. The foundation of modern Switzerland is traditionally dated to August 1, 1291, when the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden signed a pact to resist Habsburg rule. This Old Swiss Confederacy expanded over subsequent centuries through military successes against Habsburg forces and the accession of additional cantons, eventually evolving into the federal state established in 1848.
wonder if anons noticed today.
Trump gave the head of Microsoft a Award
J.D Vance suspended Microsoft's Perm program.
which was basically the H-1B fraud.
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Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Donald Trump today.
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JD Vance and the Trump administration suspended Microsoft from the Permanent Labor Certification Program, commonly known as PERM (Program Electronic Review Management). This suspension, announced on October 8, 2026, bars the company from sponsoring foreign workers on H-1B visas for permanent residency (green cards) due to allegations of visa fraud and displacing American workers