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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Oct 12

    One thing that makes me skeptical about the EU long term is the way they seem to view regulation not as an unfortunate necessity, but as an exciting project.

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      2. Radek Zaleski‏ @radekzaleski Oct 12
        Replying to @paulg

        What makes me sceptical about the US long term is the way their elites seem to view public healthcare, gun control and social stability as unfortunate necessity, not as an exiciting project

        9 replies 17 retweets 297 likes
      3. Arad‏ @aradtski Oct 12
        Replying to @radekzaleski @paulg

        Social stabilty? Is that the new catch-phrase in support of government intervention?

        1 reply 0 retweets 23 likes
      4. Vladislav Nabatov‏ @nabatov_v Oct 16
        Replying to @aradtski @radekzaleski @paulg

        “stability” is a mantra that excuses any government crime here in authoritarian Russia

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Arad‏ @aradtski Oct 16
        Replying to @nabatov_v @radekzaleski @paulg

        "Community, identity, stabilty", as the world state in Brave New World repeats.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Nick Schrock‏ @schrockn Oct 12
        Replying to @paulg

        Also as a useful way to expropriate capital from successful American companies.

        5 replies 1 retweet 16 likes
      3. Oliver‏ @oliverturner Oct 12
        Replying to @schrockn @paulg

        Simple fix: American companies stop infringing local laws on monopoly behaviour & consumer protections. Companies need to adhere to the law if they want to trade here: “expropriation” has nothing to do with it, and neither does being American.

        5 replies 0 retweets 29 likes
      4. HANNIBAL VECTOR‏ @ken_wheeler Oct 12
        Replying to @oliverturner @schrockn @paulg

        Oi lad, you got a loicense for that reply?

        1 reply 1 retweet 10 likes
      5. Oliver‏ @oliverturner Oct 12
        Replying to @ken_wheeler @schrockn @paulg

        Sure do pardner! 😘

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      2. Michelle Greer‏ @michellegreer Oct 12
        Replying to @paulg

        Europeans are inherently skeptical of American tech firms. They do not trust them with private data. Personally, I thought GDPR was a good use of regulation. So while some regulation may seem excessive, the U.S. could do a better job of protecting consumer rights.

        1 reply 1 retweet 47 likes
      3. Douglas Mamilor‏ @DouglasMamilor Oct 12
        Replying to @michellegreer @paulg

        In the current climate of wanton consumer rights abuse I honestly don’t see how anyone could see regulation as an ‘unfortunate’ necessity.

        2 replies 0 retweets 23 likes
      4. nf  💘‏ @nick_farina Oct 12
        Replying to @DouglasMamilor @michellegreer @paulg

        ^ yes. obviously. the arrogance and frankly selfishness in the “regulation is always bad” camp is nothing short of breathtaking. greedy, myopic, but hopefully going out of style.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      5. Michelle Greer‏ @michellegreer Oct 13
        Replying to @nick_farina @DouglasMamilor @paulg

        "What has the government ever done for us?" ➡️https://youtu.be/Y7tvauOJMHo 

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      2. Steven Sinofsky‏Verified account @stevesi Oct 12
        Replying to @paulg

        People don't get into regulation to not regulate. Regulators gonna regulate.

        2 replies 3 retweets 53 likes
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      2. Sean  🍕‏ @voidqk Oct 12
        Replying to @paulg

        I'd rather have a govt that's excited about regulation than one that outlaws the term "climate change"

        3 replies 2 retweets 45 likes
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      1. Emmanuel Straschnov‏ @estraschnov Oct 12
        Replying to @paulg

        Well creating a unified system in a continent that has many countries (and had many wars) is exciting. It’s not the regulation that’s exciting, it’s the union.

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      2. Maciej Fijałkowski‏ @fijall Oct 12
        Replying to @paulg

        why do you think they are excited to regulate stuff?

        1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes
      3. Seanie B.‏ @seanieb Oct 12
        Replying to @fijall @paulg

        Confirmation bias mostly...

        0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      2. Hazem A. M. Awad,PhD‏ @hazem_awad Oct 12
        Replying to @paulg

        Europe is different than the US. They somehow manage to survive with excess regulations. Such regulations are often very bad for business so you've got a solid point on that but saying that EU is doomed because of regulation is mixing how countries work with how companies work

        2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      3. ssgslack‏ @ssgslack Oct 12
        Replying to @hazem_awad @paulg

        Look at health, longevity, education in some Eurpean countries vs US.

        3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. Hazem A. M. Awad,PhD‏ @hazem_awad Oct 12
        Replying to @ssgslack @paulg

        Point is we need different metrics for different dimensions of measurement and you CAN have it all with sensible governance. It doesn't have to be better education and health but lower economic success. It should be both

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      5. ssgslack‏ @ssgslack Oct 12
        Replying to @hazem_awad @paulg

        Eh. Policy can be exciting if people and government worked together for optimal outcomes. As someone else pointed out, US is suffering from gun violence but we outlawed straws. 🙄

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      6. Hazem A. M. Awad,PhD‏ @hazem_awad Oct 12
        Replying to @ssgslack @paulg

        We are getting into a different discussion here. Simple fact remains that EU has overly restrictive regulations that slow down economic progress whereas US does not. US has limited social services compared to EU. It should NOT be a this OR that, we can have best of all worlds

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      7. ssgslack‏ @ssgslack Oct 12
        Replying to @hazem_awad @paulg

        True. I have spoken with entrepreneurs from Europe who complained of same.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Andy Randall‏ @andrew_randall Oct 16
        Replying to @ssgslack @hazem_awad @paulg

        They are likely confusing laws in specific European states with EU regulation. The original post was about the latter. The UK adheres to EU regulations (for now) but is generally seen as a quite entrepreneur friendly environment.

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      9. Hazem A. M. Awad,PhD‏ @hazem_awad Oct 16
        Replying to @andrew_randall @ssgslack @paulg

        I am not sure most UK entrepreneurs will agree with the assessment that the UK is a friendly environment for them, especially if they have had exposure to silicon Valley

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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