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Re:How America's universities became debt factories by anovikov on Saturday September 14, 2024 @01:27PM (#41541278)
No, i mean EU socialist countries. To the tune of Sweden, Netherlands, etc. That are little but sleepy retirement community with no ways to make money. Why would anyone with any ambition want to live there? So they don't. They go to America in spite of all it's horrors and sins. Live there once they made they money? Also no, because taxes, they go to the likes of Cyprus or Malta, or since recently, Spain [1]. These countries are good only if you are a taker, or a tourist.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beckham_law

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Re:How America's universities became debt factories by ben_w on Saturday September 14, 2024 @01:35PM (#41541360)
*points at my own profile*

I moved from the UK to Germany, I actively decided against the USA. Why? Consider what was going on politically in the US right after the UK voted for Brexit.

Σκεφτόμουν την Κύπρο, αλλά οι Άγγλοι λένε όταν κάτι είναι δύσκολο να διαβαστεί: "It's all greek to me"

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Re:How America's universities became debt factories by huuhee3 on Saturday September 14, 2024 @02:18PM (#41541703)
European social democracies may not be the best if you want to get rich, but for average Joe they offer superior quality of life compared to the US. IMO too much capitalism and socialism both suck, and certain EU countries have the best balance between them.
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Re:How America's universities became debt factories by sofixa on Saturday September 14, 2024 @02:26PM (#41541780)
Sweden? The country with one of the highest amounts of startups per capita? The Netherlands???

Are you sure you know what you're talking about?

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Re:How America's universities became debt factories by anovikov on Sunday September 15, 2024 @01:11AM (#41545357)
What is the total cap of those startups? How does it compare with what IPOs in the Valley in a single year? We are probably talking about same "startups" as in Spain that people only open to get startup visas. There are multiple business plans mills there who specialise in writing plausible "sitcom startup" BPs for that purpose.
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