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Re:European alternatives for digital products by s_dev on Monday December 20, 2021 @02:20PM (#29628889)
>So why does Europe have such hard time popping new software ventures like the US?

The US has a very mature and developed tech VC scene. Where's Europes isn't as mature. Also clustering is a thing -- why didn't Silicon Valley happen in New York either -- many of the conditions were there just like California but it didn't materialize and Europe was simply a mess in the aftermath of WWII there weren't going to be many tech revolutions taking place there.

In fact ironically enough there was such a congregation of talent in Berlin in the 1930s that some have predicted a second "Renaissance" was inevitable were it not for WWII.

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Re:European alternatives for digital products by MomoXenosaga on Monday December 20, 2021 @04:28PM (#29630530)
You can look at the two world wars as an elaborate suicide attempt of Europe which resulted in handing over the world to the US. It's quite depressing really.
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