Comment by JumpCrisscross
12 hours ago
> don't think the memory of America as a bully will go away
It won't. But going digitally sovereign will cost Europe tens of billions of euros. If there is a friendly race on the other side of the Atlantic, that will not mean the memories go away. But the urgency of the initiative is certainly sapped.
> But going digitally sovereign will cost Europe tens of billions of euros.
That will be spent in Europe, improving the economy of member states.
Certainly much better than just sending that money to the US.
> That will be spent in Europe, improving the economy of member states.
Given EU public spending and IT I'm not so optimistic.
It's tens of billions of euros spent domestically, much better than being siphoned away to the USA to fund this shitshow.
At least the money will keep flowing into our own economy, it will hurt but in the longer term it can only be beneficial.