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by rgbswan 580 days ago
Well, Draghi et al are not the only reason(s) why Europe refused IT independence. It's simply how the Germans and German immigrants raised their children in the past 20+ years, so it's all a lot of talk for TV and the radio and to elevate the US even more so that talent moves to work for and/or in the US.

German leaders deliberately slowed innovation to make more money in the short-term ( oh wow, whaaaat? ) and capitalise on the data-hungry US economy whose people and last remaining noble characters have much less respect for privacy and security than their European counterparts.

All that is a great opportunity for journalists and buffs to investigate these European leaders cooperative networks, which are all tied tight in the US.

There is no room for Doomerism or hopeless talks. The path is clear and almost entirely disconnected from anything Europeans "have not" done or "have done" to end up in their position, which is also totally fine because there is no European or even German thinking or economic identity, not in the cities, not in villages [ exceptions exist of course ] and that's all because even educated voters have not realised who blinded them and how [ von der Leyen is just one boring example ] ...

30 years of making lots of money and despite great opportunity, this entire area hasn't changed one bit and the cognitive decline or rather lack of 'evolution' is brutal, which can be said about many places, of course, but it's almost shocking that it happened to the Germans.

So all in all, foreign money, lower supply chain quality, an even lower product quality, less privacy and security, lower educational levels in all generations and a cultural demise accelerated by The Rights deliberately misdirected focus ( kindly supported by the liberals and conservatives ) will open the continent up for all the ways that made America what it is now.

We are already seeing an increase in heavy drug use, more and more teens end up in psychiatric institutions and are fed meds that slow down their brains and organs. Hospitals are closing because no German with money cares about anything "German" or their "Heimat".

Meanwhile the US Military is increasing presence and infrastructure and we are all quite happy that they do. Something happened to the German population ( including immigrants ) and there's no reason to believe that the German or European rich will ever want to compete with the US anywhere. They compare themselves only to the bottom, only to whats below or behind them, it's funny.

They are perfectly fine winning against those with less opportunity/resources, even if that puts them far behind their actual competitors in terms of competence, business sense, strategy, and grandeur and beauty of their orbit/ sphere of control ( German: "Machtbereich" ).

So just spare peoples minds with nonsensical talk about

> European hyperscaler for cloud computing or

> Europe needs to give up trying to create a new Apple or Google and just focus on using the innovations generated by the IT revolution such as LLM's to just leapfrog into future industries and Green technologies.