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famously friendly business environments europe & canada lol

mschuster91 3mo ago
Well, as long as you stick to the rules you can do business in Europe and it can't be taken away from you. As long as you are in the US? No one protects you. Asset forfeiture, arbitrary sanctions, arbitrary tariffs, your employees can get arrested and deported right off the street if they happen to have non-white skin and live in a city under siege by ICE, and if you oppose the regime or just dare to not kiss the ring, say goodbye to planned mergers. Rule of law matters, and rule of law is gone in the US.
- 2838383838 3mo ago
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  - amarant 3mo ago
    Hi I'm from Europe and I'm about to start my second business. I don't have friends in high places, and the process is entirely online and takes about an hour to complete followed by 1-5 weeks of waiting for tax approval etc. Pro tip: most American anti-Europe propaganda is propaganda.
    - 2838383838 3mo ago
      I do work in a bureaucracy heavy activity in Europe, and without my friends in high places I'd be shut down. I've had wait times for bureaucracy cut from 2 years to 2 weeks, licenses given after a dinner when official processes were denied, etc. I've never had these problems when trying to start the American branch. Competition yes, having to wine and dine local politicians nephews no
      - ascorbic 3mo ago
        Almost like Europe isn't one entity with a single set of regulations. Germany is not Estonia
      - amarant 3mo ago
        Dinner with politicians? Where do you live? Where I'm at(Sweden) someone getting a permit after dining with a politician would be front page news, along with judicial consequences for both the politician and the business owner in question. Europe is quite diverse, even us Europeans tend to underestimate just how diverse it is.
        2838383838 3mo ago
        Right next to Sweden.
  - basisword 3mo ago
    Depends on the country but in most you can do it online in 5 minutes at almost no cost.
  - msm_ 3mo ago
    What? I, and several of my friends, have absolutely started a business. Maybe things are different in some countries (for example, parts of Eastern Europe), but that's not true in general. Europe is big.
djeastm 3mo ago
I think Anthropic could manage

Well, as long as you stick to the rules you can do business in Europe and it can't be taken away from you. As long as you are in the US? No one protects you. Asset forfeiture, arbitrary sanctions, arbitrary tariffs, your employees can get arrested and deported right off the street if they happen to have non-white skin and live in a city under siege by ICE, and if you oppose the regime or just dare to not kiss the ring, say goodbye to planned mergers. Rule of law matters, and rule of law is gone in the US.

2838383838 3mo ago
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- amarant 3mo ago
  Hi I'm from Europe and I'm about to start my second business. I don't have friends in high places, and the process is entirely online and takes about an hour to complete followed by 1-5 weeks of waiting for tax approval etc. Pro tip: most American anti-Europe propaganda is propaganda.
  - 2838383838 3mo ago
    I do work in a bureaucracy heavy activity in Europe, and without my friends in high places I'd be shut down. I've had wait times for bureaucracy cut from 2 years to 2 weeks, licenses given after a dinner when official processes were denied, etc. I've never had these problems when trying to start the American branch. Competition yes, having to wine and dine local politicians nephews no
    - ascorbic 3mo ago
      Almost like Europe isn't one entity with a single set of regulations. Germany is not Estonia
    - amarant 3mo ago
      Dinner with politicians? Where do you live? Where I'm at(Sweden) someone getting a permit after dining with a politician would be front page news, along with judicial consequences for both the politician and the business owner in question. Europe is quite diverse, even us Europeans tend to underestimate just how diverse it is.
      - 2838383838 3mo ago
        Right next to Sweden.
- basisword 3mo ago
  Depends on the country but in most you can do it online in 5 minutes at almost no cost.
- msm_ 3mo ago
  What? I, and several of my friends, have absolutely started a business. Maybe things are different in some countries (for example, parts of Eastern Europe), but that's not true in general. Europe is big.

djeastm 3mo ago

I think Anthropic could manage