Comment by xvector
5 days ago
> The "EU over-regulation" argument is pathetic ... It's anti-American ... I do understand the "new" American perspective.
"American" means being able to make your own decisions without government overreach in every aspect of your life.
"American" means being able to decide if you want to engage with a business or not, without getting the government involved.
"American" means being able to reach the highest highs or risk the lowest lows on the power of your tenacity and skill alone, without having the government shoot you down when you succeed, or put meaningless performative roadblocks in your way.
"American" means understanding that the government is not your friend and it doesn't need to replace your own decision making capability or ability to make choices.
From your dismissive sneering tone you do not understand the American perspective. Honestly, I am not sure the typical European even could. You have not grown up in our culture, so ideas like personal responsibility, self-reliance, and the American spirit are foreign to you - or at least heavily deprioritized.
You simply sneer and scoff at these concepts. You do you - this is why the EU is three decades behind and totally, utterly dependent on foreign tech - yet still somehow convinced it could catch up "if it really wanted to."
> You do not understand the American perspective.
Honestly, understanding the USA is a pretty high bar in this day and age.
The context is is Big Tech regulation. Of which there is barely any, allowing these monopolies to exist in the first place.
Everything you claim to be American, responsibility and choice, is harmed by having monopolies. You're so anti-government that you miss that monopolies remove even more choice.
As for dependencies, the US is the biggest importer in the world.
You're not that special. While the American special snowflake syndrome has been useful in giving its citizens a sense of purpose, freeing them of apprehension and bringing it where it is, it's ultimately baseless. Things get dangerous when people start believing in their own bullshit. The same is true for Europeans as well. There's a lot of navel gazing going on and I'm very annoyed at European leaders sweeping increasing authoritarian behaviour under the rug or proclaiming with great confidence, as did von der Leyen, that we don't have oligarchs.