L’impero britannico era di gran lunga il più potente attore globale al mondo. Ma quando la Germania e gli Stati Uniti producono cose migliori, i segni “comprano britannici” non hanno aiutato, né “acquistano europei”. Se vogliamo tenere il passo con la Cina e gli Stati Uniti, dobbiamo innovare
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Lol, what does the US produce aside from weapons? Shitty cars?
Frugal countries have something to say, I’m afraid.
[https://www.euro-stack.info/](https://www.euro-stack.info/) has a great summary on gaps in the IT/Software space we need to close.
Just start selling Sam Vimes Boot theory to everyone. Worked great for my shoes and coats: started saving a ton of money when I splurged on few expensive, locally made ones and no longer needed to keep replacing cheap s#it that just keeps breaking.
And of course guys need to say how nice ladies look even when they’re ”re-wearing” clothes to show that it ain’t us guys who say bad things about something that is normal AF.
So how’s Huaweis business in the USA going these days?
A united-statian inspiration for a british purpose….
Something is wrong from the the start !
Contrary to popular belief, *quality sells*
Britain became a superpower from colonization
That’s all true. But it doesn’t mean we have to buy American products. For example, don’t buy shit from Amazon for starters. Dont buy American cars or tools. Dont buy American wine or beer or spirits. If you ride motorcycles there is no need to buy a Harley Davison or an Indian. Machines of all kinds are produced in Europe. Contractors can buy stuff not made by Caterpillar.
Stuff like IT and online stuff is harder but start actively searching for options. Get off Facebook and Instagram. Just because it will take time doesn’t mean we can’t start now.
There is a long list of things people can find alternatives for right now. Preferably buy stuff sourced in Europe. The Americans have told you they don’t want your business. Let them have their wish. (And I am saying this as an American with dual citizenship. If Russia understands mainly violence and conquest, my home country worships and understands money and power. Take the money away and work to undermine their power. It’s the only thing we understand.)
Yet we would rather destroy our own production, import, and live on the redistribution of the leftover wealth.
You are not independent when you depend on foreign enemies for your food, your energy, and your medicine.
The signs themselves failed or people ignored them enough, though? Efficiency has worth only in some respects, people buy from China usually not because they offer better stuff, but cheap stuff. Yet the end result – lost Jobs here – is plain and clear.
Outside of data services and some natural resources (LNG mostly) USA does not produce anything EU wants or needs. Cars are rubbish… Planes are fucking flying coffins. And the good thing about data services, they don’t take too much time and efforts to replicate (just look what Russia and China did).
Great observation, but won’t be loved at this sub.
The loss of like 96% of their occupied countries could also be a big factor
The British empire survived by extorting luminous amount of money from its colonies.
When that flow stopped, they were no longer competitive.
Once the USA has eradicated it’s slave labor through deportation, it awaits a similar fate.
Look at what the USA actually exports: https://oec.world/en/profile/country/usa
Exports The top exports of United States are Crude Petroleum ($125B), Refined Petroleum ($107B), Petroleum Gas ($83.2B), Gas Turbines ($69.3B), and Cars ($65.3B)
Tbh I don’t think the EU can produce things anymore, yes you can produce high quality things but you are too rich to produce cheap and every day things that’s why you outsource it to less developed countries, it’s an inevitable fate of development and the reason why Europeans have better quality of life.
oh boy… reminds me of the origin “made in Germany” slogan
It’s not the same situation, the British Empire had colonies and was extracting value from there.
And yes, but European can’t work alone, innovation is needed. But on the other hand most of the grow in US is based on a few tech companies that are don’t even have the best products. Ex Tesla, there better, cheaper EVs, Meta, the platforms are horrible, bots and ads,
We could take another step back, and ask: when did it ever help to say “we need to innovate”. What can we actually _do_?
We can vote for, join and advocate parties that want to reduce the bureaucracy that makes it hard to start businesses in Europe. Like GDPR and accessibility laws. They are good intentions, but makes it really hard to start anything. The last episode of the ECIPE podcast talks about why US and China are currently better at innovation and commercialisation than EU.