Facing reality about the EU is a core requirement for good management

Post by shrimp_emoji » Tue, Mar 05, 2024, 2:43 PM UTC

mpol wrote: post #121

Lutger wrote: post #46

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For some definition of left. The interesting thing about the article is that all this EU regulatory control over corporations is in fact deeply capitalistic and the very reason for its existence, and in the corporations interest. Which is not what most EU citizens would consider being on the left of the political spectrum. The idea is: we need regulation to shape the market where businesses can compete freely to the…

Now you are twisting words :) Capitalism is like a cancer, it will grow endlessly and will become feudalism. Socialism is the government applying rules to capitalism, so it doesn't get out of control. US policy of neo-liberalism is growing in Europe too, which is giving problems.

Post by bengale » Tue, Mar 05, 2024, 2:44 PM UTC

smoldesu wrote: post #249

bengale wrote: post #102

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Great term. Sometimes, I think I must live on a different continent. It comes down to interest I think, for someone with a bunch of devices and online all the time it sounds great when the EU forces USBC through for example. Even though they don't generally have a good view of how ordinary people interpret it either. But at the far end something like the damage the common agricultural policy has for ordinary european…

> for someone with a bunch of devices and online all the time it sounds great when the EU forces USBC through for example Have you never met an Apple user that carried around both Lightning and USB-C cables? This sort of sentiment confounds me, everyone I knew that had seen a Macbook was waiting on a USB-C iPhone for years. The only people I saw defending Lightning were Apple devotees online. > There would never be a…

Post by ben_w » Tue, Mar 05, 2024, 2:47 PM UTC

hef19898 wrote: post #208

addicted wrote: post #128

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Now consider an alternative website which does not track you and therefore does not have to show a cookie warning each time. Even in its worst form, the cookie warning is giving a significant material advantage to the non tracking website over the tracking website, which without the cookie warning the 2 websites would have appeared exactly the same to all users.

But cookie banner seriously hurt the big tech sector in delivering better persobalized adds! It prevebts innovation! /s

Post by emptyfile » Tue, Mar 05, 2024, 2:48 PM UTC

carlosjobim wrote: post #281

bojan wrote: post #247

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> Honestly, if you talk to real people within the EU, you'll find that maybe half of them are mostly against the EU. The polling seems to be proving you wrong. Even in the UK the attitude towards the EU seems to be net positive.

I wrote "if you talk to people", which is different from what a poll might say. Yes, it's anecdotal.

Post by kerkeslager » Tue, Mar 05, 2024, 2:49 PM UTC

bengale wrote: post #78

mjburgess wrote: post #24

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It does seem they've mistaken the general sentiment towards government regulation in europe, which is typically, "more, better". Since we have so many consumer protections, much of how we end up engaging with the law around business practices is to our benefit . We're always aware we can raise bad business practices with an ombudsman (etc.). So our lived experience of government regulation is, in large part, positive…

> the general sentiment towards government regulation in europe, which is typically, "more, better". I'd need to be convinced that's true. More regulation was a huge part of the successful campaign to get the UK out of the EU. It seems to get effusive praise in places like this, but in daily business, I generally hear the term GDPR spat. Is anyone expecting the incoming car regulation around beeps and bongs every tim…