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Re:California bill would let parents sue social media compan... by zpeti on Thursday March 17, 2022 @04:55AM (#30708992)
Ok, if you make that point please point me towards data on how the EU is actually better as a society or way to run countries.

How much innovation comes out of the eu? How many unicorns have they produced vs the rest of the world? How are the economies of European countries looking in terms of growth vs the rest of the world? How is the percent of global gdp for the eu looking over the last few years?

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Re:California bill would let parents sue social media compan... by Bud on Thursday March 17, 2022 @07:52AM (#30710095)
You could start by looking at average life expectancy, income inequality, education, literacy rate (the US is shockingly bad here), and health care access.

As for "innovation" and "unicorns", the US has done well, but a lot of the best examples have been European immigrants to the US.

When the chips were really down, in the Manhattan Project, who did the US rely on? Overwhelmingly it was Europeans who emigrated to the US: Albert Einstein, Hans Bethe, John von Neumann, Leo Szilard, James Franck, Edward Teller, Rudolf Peierls, and Klaus Fuchs. The US would not exist if they hadn't. So let's not get too cocky.

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Re:California bill would let parents sue social media compan... by fxtentacle on Thursday March 17, 2022 @06:22AM (#30709515)
Much less homelessness, for starters.

Also, not every useful innovation can be measured in unicorn dollars ;) Facebook has a massive market cap, yet it arguably just makes everyone less happy.

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Re:California bill would let parents sue social media compan... by zpeti on Thursday March 17, 2022 @06:57AM (#30709702)
Try again: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_homeless_...

The US is no outlier, in fact it has a lower homeless rate than Germany and Sweden.

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Re:California bill would let parents sue social media compan... by fxtentacle on Saturday March 19, 2022 @04:59AM (#30732271)
Because Germany counts people with a government-provided home as homeless, too, while the US does not.
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