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I feel like I read titles like >Europeans will be able to avoid X where X is some internet/tech/privacy related mess way too often. where are US lawmakers/b

I feel like I read titles like >Europeans will be able to avoid X where X is some internet/tech/privacy related mess way too often. where are US lawmakers/bureaucracy? why things like seems to be forced mostly by EU lawmakers/bureaucracy?

dsign 4y ago
It is easier in Europe to have people-friendly politicians because companies can’t get away so often with buying them. It is both the laws and the culture. Case in point, Stefan Löfven, who was Sweden’s prime minister until a few months ago, traveled today in the same coach class airplane I used. I don’t know if he could have afforded/used something better, but politicians in private airplanes gift the press a field day. So democracy in some parts of Europe is a little bit more the business of the people than the business of the businesses.
pvaldes 4y ago
You have two parties, and they are the same in each state. Each country in Europe has three to five main parties plus a lot of minor parties. They are mostly independent and the ideological range is much wider. When is their own lifestyle what is in risk, politicians do care.
jokethrowaway 4y ago
The EU needs to prove they're doing something so people don't think about how much they're diluting the euro and stealing from the masses. If the resulting regulations makes it even harder for small businesses to keep up with all the red tape, entrenching big American businesses in their position - that's even better. The US government sucks as well in different ways, but nobody is seriously threatening to leave (especially because of all that money spent every year on the army).
renewiltord 4y ago
Mostly because you're uninformed https://twitter.com/arjie/status/1538011050636783616?s=20&t=vtC5UPANhBHzTsTuAHLlyw https://twitter.com/arjie/status/1538011050636783616?s=20&t=...
- DangitBobby 4y ago
  They're uninformed because California has protections? I had to call to cancel a newspaper subscription (last time a try to support local news) and send an email to cancel a gym membership recently, both of which were signed up for online. Or am I also merely uninformed about the mandatory cancellation processes I've gone through?

dsign 4y ago

It is easier in Europe to have people-friendly politicians because companies can’t get away so often with buying them. It is both the laws and the culture. Case in point, Stefan Löfven, who was Sweden’s prime minister until a few months ago, traveled today in the same coach class airplane I used. I don’t know if he could have afforded/used something better, but politicians in private airplanes gift the press a field day. So democracy in some parts of Europe is a little bit more the business of the people than the business of the businesses.

pvaldes 4y ago

You have two parties, and they are the same in each state. Each country in Europe has three to five main parties plus a lot of minor parties. They are mostly independent and the ideological range is much wider. When is their own lifestyle what is in risk, politicians do care.

jokethrowaway 4y ago

The EU needs to prove they're doing something so people don't think about how much they're diluting the euro and stealing from the masses. If the resulting regulations makes it even harder for small businesses to keep up with all the red tape, entrenching big American businesses in their position - that's even better. The US government sucks as well in different ways, but nobody is seriously threatening to leave (especially because of all that money spent every year on the army).

renewiltord 4y ago

Mostly because you're uninformed https://twitter.com/arjie/status/1538011050636783616?s=20&t=vtC5UPANhBHzTsTuAHLlyw https://twitter.com/arjie/status/1538011050636783616?s=20&t=...

DangitBobby 4y ago
They're uninformed because California has protections? I had to call to cancel a newspaper subscription (last time a try to support local news) and send an email to cancel a gym membership recently, both of which were signed up for online. Or am I also merely uninformed about the mandatory cancellation processes I've gone through?