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by edhelas 494 days ago
That's why we need Elon to come to Europe and get rid of all those regulations and restrictions! We need a European DOGE!
2 comments

Is this sarcasm?
no, we don't. regulations and restrictions are useful.
Some regulations are definitely good—like food quality standards—when applied correctly and without giving a free pass to other countries (e.g., Morocco, Ukraine).

But then you have bad regulations, such as NIS, salary "transparency," nuclear energy restrictions, the Digital Markets Act, the AI Act, and Farm to Fork, among others.

On top of that, there’s the massive cost to taxpayers just to keep those people in Brussels.

[Sarcasm]
This kind of blanket statements are never correct.