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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by j_wtf_all_taken on Saturday June 12, 2021 @04:05AM (#27482610)
> They couldn’t compete due to structural restrictions on scale.

Mhm. Cause a working marked with healthy competition never did anything good.

Just one question, how did European car makers then become what they are? Even though its impossible?

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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by JumpCrisscross on Saturday June 12, 2021 @04:09AM (#27482628)
> how did European car makers then become what they are?

Cars have for a long time been tightly linked to the military. Every major Western car maker up to the last decade at some point built tanks.

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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by j_wtf_all_taken on Saturday June 12, 2021 @04:30AM (#27482741)
So basically you're saying Europe should start another World War to make sure their companies stay competitive?
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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by JumpCrisscross on Saturday June 12, 2021 @04:38AM (#27482798)
> you're saying Europe should start another World War to make sure their companies stay competitive?

No. You asked how Europe got certain economies of scale. I answered. Through the engines of past wars. Future wars don't guarantee similar results.

If Europe wants globally-relevant big businesses, it will likely require social upheaval on the scale of war. (I’m not betting on it.)

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