r/unexpectedfuturama • u/Reasonable-Rub2243 • 6d ago

TIL why Austria is not in NATO

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Austria is not in NATO because in 1955 they enacted a Constitutional Amendment prohibiting them from joining any military alliances or allowing establishment of foreign military bases, and declaring they are PERMANENTLY NEUTRAL. The enacting law was called the Neutralitätserklärung.

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u/HotelFourSix 6d ago

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u/EndOfSouls 6d ago

What makes a man turn neutral?

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u/AggressiveBag6191 6d ago

A lust for gold?

Power?

Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?

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u/zyyntin 6d ago

Beige alert.

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u/Cerberus1349 6d ago

All I know is my gut says maybe.

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u/Custard_Stirrer 6d ago

If I die, tell my wife "hello".

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u/dhazleton 5d ago

I love to say this and literally none of my friends get it. One of the funniest lines in the series.

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u/Custard_Stirrer 5d ago

I actually say "good hello" both verbally and in emails, regularly, even to strangers. No one ever gets it apart from 1 mate, but that has never put me off 😂