It's not just that but also the mindset of entrepreneurship and growth versus stagnation and la dolce vita, which, while nice in the short term, is untenable in the long term.
Pieter Levels of NomadList fame talks about this often [0][1][2], he is Dutch, not American, so it's not like he's biased for America but he notes that it is disheartening for him to see Europe slip into mediocrity over time.
Pieter Levels of NomadList fame talks about this often [0][1][2], he is Dutch, not American, so it's not like he's biased for America but he notes that it is disheartening for him to see Europe slip into mediocrity over time.
[0] https://x.com/search?lang=en&q=Europe%20(from%3Alevelsio)&sr...
[1] https://x.com/levelsio/status/1784943280171467260
[2] https://x.com/BolognaFishMD/status/1771695080862085211