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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 @06:17AM (#27483315)
> Well the topic of this thread was corporate and tech related so what do you expect?

I expected exactly this - that people that benefit from those giant companies fail to see the downsides.

> You can't always bring the lifestyle of minimum wage employees into every single discussion just as an joker card to argue that Europe is better than the US.

Why not, if it works? Are you not just confirming that the US works for a few lucky ones whereas Europe works for most?

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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by ChuckNorris89 on Saturday June 12, 2021 @06:30AM (#27483392)
> those giant companies fail to see the downsides

So in your book big companies have only downsides? What about VW, Mercedes, BMW, SAP, Bayer, Siemens, etc?

Why are big US companies evil for you and not the rest?

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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 @06:45AM (#27483482)
> big companies have only downsides

> Why are big US companies evil for you and not the rest?

Never said any of that, so I guess you're not really reading my comments?

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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by CRConrad on Monday June 21, 2021 @08:20AM (#27578441)
What an egregiously edited quote. Cutting it down that much totally changed the meaning, leaving you a strawman that said nothing like what the original poster said.

Shame on you.

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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by oytis on Saturday June 12, 2021 @03:05PM (#27486726)
> Why not, if it works?

Because it might be irrelevant? Yes, US and EU have historically different social policies, but it might not necessarily be the reason for difference in economic performance.

For me it's not "high tech companies vs working class", rather "high tech companies vs inefficient and intrusive government and old money". The obvious difference between FAANG on one side and BMW Daimler, etc. on the other side is the time when these companies have been founded.

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