My comment was meant as a statement of opinion and a discussion-starting-off point, certainly not a statement of fact. Social "science" is incredibly hard, certainly nothing I'm saying is incontrovertible - it's very loosely held if held at all.

The Economist article was meant for associated reading of this strand of thought, not proof of what I am saying.

> What I will say is that, as an erstwhile European it brings me great joy to see the EU causing so many headaches for international tech companies in the name of consumer protection. Just my opinion.

I think [strides in average peoples' well-being] is worth celebrating more so than [schadenfreude and the righteous downfall of the evil]. Nietzsche wrote extensively on the flaws of the latter moral tradition in Europe (again, only offering an opinion).