> I guess, once they've alienated all of their economic partners to the point sales only happen forced at gunpoint, we'll find out that this "culture of tech le

> I guess, once they've alienated all of their economic partners to the point sales only happen forced at gunpoint, we'll find out that this "culture of tech leadership and investment" was always an abundance of cash derived from a global market. Cash definitely helps, because people don't like working for nothing. But there's also a culture of entrepreneurship, not related to wealth, that the US (and other places, e.g. South Africa) has, that lots of European places don't. But now that the US has shown Europe what cloud is, and done all the investment and learning, maybe Europe can copy one a bit.