[raverbashing]

> When you can start a company via Stripe Atlas in a few mins and get a bank account, that seems relatively streamlined

Correct, but that's a small part of it. In fact why would you even need Stripe Atlas if it's easy to open?

Not forgetting a lot of state/city bureaucracy and also what I call private bureaucracy and complications. (as in landlords, clients, service providers, etc)

Bureaucracy is a bit like "the air", people who are born onto it don't see it and don't understand too much how it can be different (of course, in the most egregious cases it wouldn't be hard to optimize/simplify) BUT there's a bit of blindness when it refers to your own country's bureaucracy. (and of course, there are always things that are done 'under the table')

[atlasunshrugged]

Yep, I partially withdraw my previous statement. You make an excellent point- I guess as someone who just grew up in the US and understands the legalese and ways of doing business and where to look it probably seems a lot easier than it would be to someone totally new to the country. Still probably better than much of the EU with a few exceptions like NL and Estonia but point well taken.