Mr Levelsio wrote on the bird app:

"Americans yday asked:

"Why don't you Europeans do something about this?"

And we talked in the group chat about this

Realizing most Europeans don't really care/know about European elections and a lot of us don't even vote for it

EU electon turnout in 2019 was only 50%, to compare: national elections in Netherlands get nearly 80% voter turnouts

In addition we have no idea WHAT happens in the EU parliament, most EU countries media is laser focused on national issues

But that lack of focus lets the EU government pass consistently crazier laws that turn EU into a second class market to do business in

Imagine a US where ppl only care about your state's elections/government while the real power lies with the federal government passing crazy laws, that's the EU right now!"

My reply:

For many people it's easier and actually more rational to simply move our business outside of EU.

This is a common mistake by politicians. They believe they write the rules and everyone complies. But in reality, we are in the world supermarket and we shop for the best target market. Why waste our time with politics when we can simply build the business out of the EU and thrive?

Sadly, EU residents don't understand that this hurts them and their quality of life first and foremost.

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Voice vs. Exit. But it's not only about business. It's also about families and bounds and a sense of belonging. Most people will stay like they did in Venezuela. Things can get really bad and you might get a big diaspora at some point but EU is far from applying Venezuela-like pressure so don't expect much migration.

we literally started a business that help people migrate.

we not only expect, but we experience huge uptick in migration.

see liberation.travel

100000% true.

I hope more Europeans start to realize they have the power to opt out but sadly I think it’ll remain a vanishing minority.

What did you use to wire this reply? It has no hints

What do you mean? The event looks very mundane to me. The expected reply and root tags an a p-tag.

entrepreneurs are a minority anyway.

this is one of the areas where minorities matter a lot

Swedish media seems to cover the EU well. But also it’s getting less comfortable with it. No-one really wants a German energy policy and French industrial planning.