Comment by glimshe

4 days ago

The EU can certainly do a lot, with the exception of producing their own major tech companies.

The end goal shouldn't be "monopolies, but European", the end goal should be no monopolies.

  • It's funny how people complain that the EU has no Google, when Google should never have been allowed to exist in the first place. The current tech dystopia is a direct result of the US failing to enforce its antitrust laws.

    Major tech companies are a bug, not a feature.

  • Is ASML "European" or a "monopoly" under your definition as one can't be both?

    • Why can't it be both? After all GP did not give any definitions. He simply and clearly stated:

      > The end goal shouldn't be "monopolies, but European", the end goal should be no monopolies.