I think you're resorting to quite a few strawmen here. Americans are not queuing up to the blood bank en masse, and I live in Europe and appreciate its standard

I think you're resorting to quite a few strawmen here. Americans are not queuing up to the blood bank en masse, and I live in Europe and appreciate its standard of living. However I believe to have any chance of maintaining it, Europe will have to make tradeoffs that it's economic rivals are very willing to make. I am very skeptical that the issue is about Europe's linguistic, cultural or economic diversity. We are debating whether the regulations can have an economic impact and it's clear they do. Some modern AI tools are getting a late release in Europe because of regulation, some major apps like Threads are not even released here. And for what? Some of our governments are still part of mass surveillance initiatives. Spying apps like TikTok and Facebook are able to hoover up data because people simply want to give it to them. I just don't see this future where Europeans have data privacy, I see a future where regulatory efforts are sparse, selective and harmful.