I'd bet a ton of EU programmers would have preferred staying in EU to work because there's actually jobs there. Or jobs that don't just pay $75k. It's not just

I'd bet a ton of EU programmers would have preferred staying in EU to work because there's actually jobs there. Or jobs that don't just pay $75k. It's not just privacy regulations hurting EU, those are easier to defend, it's the general deep rooted nature which makes that the automatic solution to every single problem without regard for the bigger picture. And those policies are always a one way street whether it benefited every one or not in retrospect. What's the end goal? A perfectly regulated, moral economy that never grows and relies on immigrants to stabilize GDP numbers? If these new regs also came at the same pace as reforms for previous ones that actively hurt these countries it'd be way easier to agree with as a general rule. Instead it's just another one thrown on the pile and the only new jobs are for administrators to enforce them.