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This seems pretty limited to tech. For example in domains like media and marketing - I mean startups in these fields, not "marketing team of a tech startup" which is tech - the amount of "drive" feels the same whether the US or the EU.

So it's purely tech. And there, that extra "drive" that leads to the US and modern VC culture seems to largely be based on a hunger for power and immense wealth, when it comes down to it. I know everyone pretends it doesn't, changing the world for the positive, blah blah. But when push comes to shove, that's the outcomes we're seeing.