How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs

Re:How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs by Conan_Kudo on Monday August 24, 2026 @10:08AM (#49420028)

It's not the first. It's not even the first in Europe: the first was the UK, Belgium and Switzerland came after. There are and have been others around the world throughout history too: the CSA, the first USA, the USSR, the UAE, and the Arab League (just to name a few).

Most systems like the EU don't work well after a certain size. I don't know if we can say whether the EU has reached the point where it's unworkable yet.

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Re:How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs by lucasRW on Monday August 24, 2026 @10:25AM (#49420277)

The thing with the EU is that, worryingly, the less it works, the bigger it becomes (new memberstates, soon, Albania...) and the more power it takes on. This continent is heading for a catastrophic outcome and one must be blind to not see it.

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Re:How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs by cientifico on Monday August 24, 2026 @11:14AM (#49420953)

That is not what the numbers suggest. Europe still leads in median quality of life and more healthy markets.

If you focus only on economic exploitation: Of course, with customer protection, companies can't do whatever they want. Of course business will develop less in comparison to countries where companies are free to do whatever.

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