And USA wonders why it has the world's highest incarceration rate, least cost-effective healthcare system, daily mass shootings, massive homeless population and declining life expectancy.
Why do you assume he's American? From his history he's Canadian fyi.
Maybe because so many comments in this thread are pre-emptive “let me explain this in terms that Americans can understand”.
I shouldn't have to tell you this but the world doesn't revolve around the United States :)
I wonder what it feels like in general to read all of that from Australia or NZ or other western places that are not mentioned first. It's always US, US vs Europe or North America vs Europe and so on
You would have to tell HN. But then you would probably get some startup stump speech about how The Rest of The World should build technology better if they want a more worldly HN (probably not wrong).
America pays more but has less of a safety net. I moved from Palo Alto to Stockholm and while I’m paid far less, everything else is cheaper or free. And I get twice the holiday. And I get a years paternity leave. And I don’t have to live in the Bay Area. So many perks, I’m happy to pay ~$80k for them!
How much do you make in Stockholm that you pay $80k in taxes though? I've paid that much in the bay area!
Sorry I meant a reduction of salary, my take home is $80k lower
No I don't think a lot of Europeans wonder that. On the contrary I think most of us know pretty well which priorities we have made and the effect they have on our economy.
In this case its not about the EU in itself, but unions acting as gatekeepers for their membres as to avoid mistreatments and low wages.
Cars (EVs nonwithstanding), energy, medical and pharma, aerospace, weapons... Europe does well. Ad tech and social media isn't really tech, is it?