Please don't take HN threads on generic tangents and please don't perpetuate flamewars. These things are in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41341607.

p.s. No, this is not a comment on the EU or any of your views—just about unsubstantive/flamey forum posts.