Not interested in political debates, but you make political statements drawn from the extremes to support your arguments. Gotcha. "Europe is falling behind" v

Not interested in political debates, but you make political statements drawn from the extremes to support your arguments. Gotcha. "Europe is falling behind" very much depends on your metrics. I guess on HN it's technological innovation, but for most people the metric would be quality of life, happiness, liveability etc. and Europe's left-leaning approach is doing very nicely in that regard; better than the US.