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After reading this, it occurs to me that a side effect might be the EU getting its act together and provide some real competition to US tech dominance. I would

• Nasrudith 7y ago
  I would love to see that but I doubt it would happen - there seem to be major cultural problems holding the EU back - which is something that isn't unique to them - every nation has their own frankly stupid cultural dysfunctions which if addressed could make things so much better for everyone at no real cost except selfish and irrelevant vested interests. The EU nations are generally far too protectionist and unwilling to allow disruption or breaking of fiefdoms - just changing where ancient province lines for agriculture regions fills them with rage - let alone absurd. Then there are the issues with German publishers and Spanish newspapers. Until that changes they will unfortunately fail to have more than a relatively minor presence - they really should have a larger tech industry for their size and educated population base.