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27 points mathverse | 4 comments | | HN request time: 1.299s | source

EU is in a perpetual state of decline and it seems there are no solutions in sight that would change its path in the next decade.

Everything seems so stagnant and the costs of living are rising while the salaries do not increase whatsoever.

What's worse is that due to its economic decline politicians and leaders try to persuade the populace that a lot of things that we enjoy and contribute to our quality of life are now considered luxury or outright sinful. The same kind of rhetoric that is used to sin tax tobacco, alcohol, gambling is now used on things like:

- car ownership - Air Conditioning - Travel - meat and dairy

1. dotcoma ◴[] No.42197798[source]
If you want a place where they pour $1B in a short messages app and $30B in an app to hail a cab, the US is indeed the only place you should call home. Good luck!
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2. muzani ◴[] No.42199016[source]
If we're ranking by ride hailing app funding: Didi - China ($20B), Grab - Singapore ($10B), Gojek - Indonesia ($6B), Ola - India ($3.8B), Careem - UAE ($0.7B).

WeChat - China (nearly $3B) is probably the world's most dominant messaging company.

Plus China funds games and social media very well too.

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3. BjoernKW ◴[] No.42204952[source]
> $30B in an app to hail a cab

Whereas, in some places in the EU (Germany for example being particularly notorious) you can't reliably hail or pay for a cab by digital means - because "the rules"™.

4. Malidir ◴[] No.42206595[source]
Sssssshhhhhh

The Americans don't like to hear that their dominance is at risk.