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What does "upset" mean here? How does this human emotion "upset" apply to the European Union? Is Uber "upset"?
by rendall 2y ago
What does "upset" mean here? How does this human emotion "upset" apply to the European Union? Is Uber "upset"?
- silent_cal 2y ago[flagged]
- gman83 2y agoAll governments are funded by "taking it from someone else", usually in the form of taxes. Member state contributions, VAT income, and customs duties provide over 90% of EU funding. These fines of companies are a drop in the bucket, not the main way the EU finances itself.
- cccbbbaaa 2y agoFines were less than 1% of the revenue of the EU in 2023, to be more precise. I don't know how people here got the idea that the EU can fund itself only with such fines, to be honest.
- silent_cal 2y agoI don't dispute any of this
- rendall 2y agoAs a US citizen residing in the EU, I can maybe play the role of an interpretor or anthropological informant. Your idea that the GDPR is just a kind of gotcha, as if the high fines were a kind of disingenuous speed trap, is a reflection of American distrust of our own government but is not a good model for understanding what is going on here. The GDPR and high fines are an earnest reflection of the will of the European people not to have their private, personal information used in potentially harmful ways. If I can be allowed to similarly anthropomorphize, the EU would honestly rather that US companies respect EU citizens' data rather than receive high fines. I know I would.