Mach's principle for electric fields

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This discussion explores the concept of Mach's principle as it relates to electric fields, questioning whether the global influence of all charged particles affects individual particles in a manner similar to gravitational interactions. The conversation references a previous post by the user, which delves into the parallels between gravity and electromagnetism. The inquiry also touches upon the potential connection to Quantum Field Theory (QFT), indicating a need for further exploration of these fundamental interactions.

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"Mach's principle" for electric fields

I know it's terrible to draw conclusions from similarities, and gravity and electromagnetism have a particularly bad wrap for this. I made this post recently:

https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=2841591&postcount=29

And it got me wondering if there's a sort of Mach's principle for electric fields... Of course, not necissarily based on inertia of the particle.

But that the global effect of all the charged particles in the universe have an effect on each individual particle that appears intrinsic to the particle.

Or is this a subject of QFT?
 
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