Germany just told us we'd have fire one of our founders to qualify for funding

Those with the money make the rules, that's never been different.

Play within the rules of those whose money you want to have. If the governments rules are not compatible with you, there is always VC money in the free market.

It's called socialism. You have to give money to a parasite who has no part in it, do nothing and gives nothing in return, but acts as if he's owed everything and pretends to have the moral upper hand, despite trying to live by exploiting others, and calling everybody else "greedy" while wanting your money, meanwhile dismissing "consumerism" despite the only thing he wants to do is to consume more.