AI draws on centuries of global knowledge, yet American firms and politicians treat its wealth as a national asset, leaving most of humanity outside the settlement they invoke for themselves.

The EU’s proposed sanctions list brings asset freezes and travel bans into migration control, extending state power across banks and borders before courts have tested the evidence against named suspects.

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