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thunky
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Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun
> How can any small company or startup survive if they have to contend with those kinds of requirements?
That's why Twitter didn't start there.
PeterStuer
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If Twitter had started there the US would have just scooped it up with their free monopoly money.
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The free monopoly money that is somehow worth more than the european monopoly money.
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Only the designated world reserve currency is truly free monopoly money.
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Because weapons.
thunky
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That's beside the point if Europe's regulatory structure (among other reasons) made starting a business there less attractive anyway.
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That's why Twitter didn't start there.