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Originally Posted by ToothSayer
I live in Europe. And yes, much of Europe has entrenched socialism and third world thinking. Bureaucracy and old power and cronyism and entrenched habits before innovation. I mean, look at Brussels and the rules it makes - the definition of innovation-stifling socialism. I'll grant you that Holland isn't as bad as elsewhere.
There's a reason a Silicon Valley company - and not a Dutch or French or German company - is disrupting transportation in Europe in entirely new ways. You think it's because Europeans are less socialist, or more?
Anyway, my point being that Europe is a much tougher nut to crack. They're a lot more inclined to enforce the laws on taxi monopolies and protect the existing way of doing things, than the more forward thinking US.
I think you exaggerated with your 2 statements, off-course there is third-world thinking going on in europe, just as it is in the USA, China, india, brazil, but saying in the whole of europe there is is simply wrong and to easy.
Google "entrenched socialism" and see that in the USA all kinds of people saying that it is going on there too[an example
http://www.politicalpolygon.com/the-...e-reversed/2/] the same as you saying it is in europe, so lets agree to disagree, and i guess it is a century's ongoing discussion between democrats and republicans to say it simple, because for instance in the USA it are almost all republicans that are acusing the democratic governments of entrenched socialism.[same in the UK for instance].
And for disrupting transportation in Europe i think it is way to early, and frankly i don't see it happening by one company, way to much different country's and different rules, but time will tell i guess.
And since i am one of the people that rather[and expect] see the eu and that legitimate political mafia in brussel disappear, i agree that brussel makes way to much rules that only should be made by country's them self if they wish to do so.