AI would be beneficial with more accuracy. Today's AI can't solve basic coding problems or even accurately summarize text. I just had Gemini scare the shit out of me when I googled a side effect for an extremely common and used medication. It got it exactly wrong. It treats the symptom...the AI said it causes it. I simply googled the medication name and side effects...in the past, I would have been directed to a manufacturer's webpage...now AI is hallucinating that it does the opposite of what it does....which is fine if I go to ChatGPT...but I just tried googling and the first result was WRONG...and really fucking scary.

I used AI 5x today before noon and it only got 2 of the requests correct, without hallucinations. The rest were wildly wrong and I had to spend more time debugging their code than it would have taken me to write the code.

AI is interesting and fun to play with, but you can't trust it. It simply is not accurate. The profile is it generates text/code that LOOKs correct, but frequently isn't...often wrong, always certain.

You know who benefits from persuasive, but no necessarily accurate text?...scammers!...phishers!...people doing elaborate cons. Everyone else needs a lot more accuracy than today's products provide

The incels may be saying it's a support group, but no one is insulting them for being supportive. Most of us feel bad for good men who can't find an equally good woman with earnest effort. We insult those who blame women, feminism, or put low-effort, broad generalizations on the entire gender. Basically, if every woman you meet acts like a cunt...well...maybe you're the issue? If you're lonely, we honestly don't know it...when you blame feminism and women for your shortfalls...then you're likely to get the incel insult hurled at you.

Why is that "interesting?" I have more empathy for my friends than strangers, yes. These women put themselves out there and are treated to horrors you can't imagine. If you're a low-performing man?...you get silence and maybe some scams....if you're ANY woman...you get constant sexual harassment, constant low-effort posts, EXTREME hostility, misogyny...and a ton of fucking noise...as well as some decent men. So how many times can you stomach being called a stuck-up cunt in your inbox?...to look through to see if any of the responses actually have merit?

Then there's the "dater's paradox." The best people to date often have the least experience dating. So the guy with good communication skills?...is that because he's a generally good communicator?...or because he's either a player or really toxic and thus has messaged 1000 women that month and gotten really good at the process...and either is only looking for quick sex or every woman dumps him when she sees what he really is?

The good men?...well...their dating skills are probably rusty. I am sure if I was on the market today, my messages would suuuck....because I've been married for 22 years, same with every other man who some woman decided was a keeper. So now that woman has to filter through all the low-effort "hi" messages...not knowing if the guy sucks...or he's actually a gem because he's so bad at this.

You're correct there...male loneliness is a huge issue and getting worse. It is bad for society. Men are falling behind in the modern world. However, most of us expect men to improve...not whine. That's not my idea of masculine. In my mind, a real man sees a challenge and takes action...a boy...whines helplessly. Women want to date men, not boys.

For most of us, we expect a real man to hear about the tea app and say "well, that's just fucked up...good thing no one will have anything legitimately bad to say about me...now let me focus on becoming the man a woman wants to build her life around"...not blaming women or blaming society or whatever. Real men solve problems. They don't helplessly whine. And if you blame women for your failings?...well...very few are going to respond nicely.

It's well documented, you're at a disadvantage on tinder and other apps if you're short....you said very short, I'll assume you're in normal global range and not born a "little person" (used to be called dwarf). Having to work 5x as hard doesn't mean it's impossible. I live in the city and see a fuckton of short men in relationships with taller women. Without a doubt, I see more where the man is taller....I sympathize. In a better world, you'd not have to work harder than I do....but if you're wealthy enough to travel to Asia regularly and "well educated, fun and a good time" to quote you...I am really skeptical that if you can stomach rejection or look a little harder, you can't find a good woman who wants to settle down with you. You may have to settle for someone who is not as pretty as you like...but given how many odd couples I see on the street happily holding hands while I walk my dog every night, I don't believe it's as dire as people like to say.

If your goal is to fuck as many strangers as possible?...OK...sorry, I have no sympathy for your plight.

If you can make good friends, I am skeptical you can't meet a mate. That's my main metric. If no woman wants to be your friend, what woman in her right mind would want to date you? Honestly any man who is having a hard time getting a girlfriend, I'd ask him to first question his friendships with other women, his relationships with his family members, and then his friendships with other men. If your own sister and every female cousin you have hates you...then yeah...time to look inward and ask the hard questions why. Even if your male friends love you and you have long-lasting healthy relationships with them, I'm skeptical you can't find a woman.

The passport bro thing is gross and my friends have commented that it's a huge red flag. One is Colombian (descent) and has passport bros message her on the apps bragging about the "good time" they had there. If you're into overseas prostitutes, I'd suggest you keep that to yourself. Even if you're not paying them, if you're banging women casually...keep that to yourself. I honestly don't judge...you do what makes you happy...but most women rightfully do. If a woman is looking for a husband, she doesn't want a player.

I know MANY ugly engineers....who are short, fat, smokers, gross, misogynistic, terrible social skills...I don't know any who are lonely. I think every one I know who isn't completely toxic as a human being is married...maybe not happily, but the wife is staying. The few who are confirmed bachelors...fuck...they are some wretched people who NO ONE can stand to be in the same room as...like severe untreated personality disorders.

I completely get what you're saying that apps make things worse. But...

Eventually they have to either be less petty or suffer being alone. I have about 10 female friends how are on the same apps, all over 35. Yeah, they're filtering you out if you're shorter than them, at first...until they realize that 90% of the women are going after those top 10%....so...they have to make the same choice you do...do I keep looking and endure this frustrating process?...or do I widen the search?

After a year or 2, they all compromise quite a bit. I think most of them are beautiful & successful and they're messaging with losers and trolls. The main reason they tell me they filter out men is because they think the candidates will be bad stepdads. It's honestly heartbreaking to hear your beautiful sexy successful single mom friend you have a small crush text you and say "can I ask you a dating question?...should I go on a second date with this 40yo guy who has hasn't held a full time job for 2 years and lives at home with his parents?"

And it is fair to say that my experiences may not apply everywhere...but the Tea app, of which half these women were on, existed because a lot of men were quite abusive to the system. They withheld that they were married...they lied to women and juggled many at a time...and these women just wanted to find a good man to build a life with.

I am uncomfortable with women doxxing men and doing revenge posts...but I do sympathize as to why they felt the need. That Colombian friend I mentioned earlier was the first to tell me about the app...she used it to figure out why her bf ghosted her after sleeping with her...he did it to many other women. He even lied to every single woman he dated and told them he loved them...fucked them...then left...he's a POS. I will wager you're not...but yeah, that's some context.

In a better world, women wouldn't feel the need such an app to sleuth dates as to why things didn't work out...in a better world, no one would buy mace and be able to walk down the street in any neighborhood at any time of night and feel safe doing so...but this is reality and reality is shitty and gets quite complex.

No matter how bad things are for men, little is less appealing than the victim mentality and men blaming women for their failures, especially when they blame feminism or societal trends that have have a tenuous link to your situation. Similarly, if you go for a job interview and rant about how the world sucks...yeah...it probably won't be looked upon favorably.

Whining is gross

Self-pity is gross

If you had 2 dates and one ranted about men the whole date and did that shitty "men are pigs" misandrist rant and the other didn't...who are you going to call for a second date?

You got me...I'm married. I'm not short or ugly...but never the tallest or best looking in any room. However, I am a decent conversationalist and take a genuine interest in everyone in my life and who I have a conversation with. I have lots of female friends. Most women like me. I am a fucking dad....everything about me says unsexy tech dad....down to the dad clothes, dad bod, and bad dad jokes. If well over half of the women who I interact with like me, it's safe to say I could find a woman to date me with some effort.

I am a weirdo who gets along better with women than men...probably having something to do with 2 older sisters. So my perspective is from the women more than men. I have about a dozen female friends...ranging from late 30s to early 40s.... in the last decade that got divorced and tell me the dating horror stories.

I also see the men they date...and yeah...HOT women who I think are stunningly beautiful and wonderful and if I got divorced I'd call them up first thing...OK, let's be real....I kinda have crushes on them. They're my friends...they're beautiful...I have a bias....happily married...but yeah, I find them appealing and want them to find good men who see in them what I see.

Yeah, they're experiencing total dogshit men...constant sexual harassment....the shittiest of men "shooting their shot" and ignoring everything they're looking for....not income/height, but like actual religion. If someone is a devout Hindu, she doesn't want to be some white Atheist's exotic fucktoy. If a woman is an executive and hard-working and career focused, she doesn't want someone "between jobs." When a woman posts a serious profile on a dating app, maybe she wants more than a quick fuck?...and not to be called a bitch because she doesn't want to invite you over to her house for a blowjob after 5 sentences of conversation? If a woman is a fitness enthusiast who is a tech executive for her dayjob and teaches aerobics on the weekends....maybe she wants a man who shares her love of fitness and not a 300lb smoker who likes her "tight ass."

I met my wife online in the early days of those apps, but seeing my single male friends, the ones who took the process seriously had many choices of women (late 30s to early 50s). The women on the apps?...they showed me the horrifying texts...so yeah, please keep that in perspective when you write a low effort intro like "hi, ur cute"...10 other men wrote her the same and showed her a dick pic in 5 minutes...and even if she liked the dick...they followed up with "hey, can you host?" (implication being they're married)

I don't hang out with a lot of men or women in their 20s...I know it's shittier for men that age...certainly was for me. But for people in their 30s and 40s?...the women seem at a disadvantage and most I know had to settle for men that I thought were beneath them...in overall appeal, not superficial stuff. When a funny, charming woman who you think is beautiful is dating some troll who earns 1/3 what she does, ignores her, and is dull as shit to be around....yeah...that's kinda the norm for women in their late 30s in my area.

You are correct, you won't convince me to disregard all I've seen...and I know I won't for you. Men have well documented disadvantages exacerbated by dating apps. You can tell me whatever stats you like....but I will always put more faith in what I see with my own eyes. Men are definitely disadvantaged, but there are more women on the planet than men...and if you're white, you're at a huge advantage if you're open to other races....I am confident that if you have realistic expectations and have basic skills enough to be a good friend as well as reasonable effort into your appearance (like comb your hair, shower, and keep a healthy-ish weight), you'll find "a" woman with reasonable effort and probably find a good woman if you do things right.

So yeah, you may have disadvantages, but if you never ever find a woman?...well...most of us are ready to put the blame on you, not feminism, not dating apps, not women being cunts....maybe the men who can never snag a woman after years of trying are doing something wrong.

Fuck off with the pity party. No one calls good men incels. The insult is hurled when men blame feminism for their bad dating experiences or the entire female gender instead of improving themselves or putting more effort into dating...and no one is called an incel because they're poor, ugly, or disabled. Awkward?...not as sure, but again...if you're a nice guy, you're probably not being called an incel. No man who gets friend-zoned gets called an incel...and if you're getting friend-zoned, it means you're appealing enough to be in a woman's life, she just doesn't like you enough to build a life with you.

Poor men seem to have NO PROBLEM getting laid. How many single moms have an impoverished baby daddy?...it's a fucking cliche....same with ugly guys...everywhere I go, I see REALLY FUCKING UGLY guys having no problem getting a woman...often a great woman if he's actually a good guy. Women don't care much about looks, stereotypically.

You get called an incel when you blame the female gender for your failings...kind of like blaming the job market you don't have a job....hiding behind lame excuses instead of just accepting the fact that factors may work against you, but if you actually put the work into it, you'd get a mate.

Nearly all men face struggles dating...most of us stop complaining and adapt and eventually find someone. Yeah, you have to work harder, especially when you're a young man...that 19yo woman who is a 4 has 6s and 7s of all ages trying to get into her pants. That's not feminists' fault, that's simple market economic.It reversed in your 30s when you're a 45yo 5 and have 37yo 6's and 7's eager to date you...again...no one's fault, just the market.

Incels blame feminists or women or come up with lame Stacey/Chad stories....a billion excuses...blaming others and adopting a shitty victim mentality. No one respects someone who whines about how much of a victim they are instead of fixing themselves. I've met many incels. They're all horrible to be around even if you're not a woman.

If they put some effort into basic conversation skills and being pleasant and maybe asking about the women and taking an interest in the other person and adapting to the other person's needs...they'd have no problem getting someone...whether they're poor, ugly, or disabled...maybe not a supermodel...but some woman would take them if they actually had something to offer...incels never offer much on any front.

You don't understand the USA very well. Starting from the mid 20th century, the majority of immigration came from North America and eventually Latin America. The only European immigrants we got in large numbers are from former Soviet states...and even then, they were never large enough to form externally noticeable communities. We have LOTS of Canadians living here. Canada is basically the USA, culturally...just don't tell them that. However, Mexico has long been our dominant source of immigrants and it works out well. Many thrive and integrate, the rest return home once they have enough money and do little impact to our services spending. All the anti-immigrant assholes forget how much better of a deal we get than they do.

Also, telling people in the USA about Islamic immigrants will largely fall on deaf ears because we get mostly educated ones. The non-educated ones are in small enough numbers that we don't really experience an impact.

However, many Americans bemoan that large Latino communities assimilate very slowly, if at all. Everyone speaks Spanish at their job and at home and the USA is largely bilingual in areas with huge Latino communities. Aprendí español tambien! It's only half as similar. They're culturally VERY similar, it's just so few uneducated workers, especially in industries like construction and meat packing, learn the language.

In fairness, how many bilingual working class people do you know? I don't personally know of any construction workers who picked up a second language from school...just those who learned it from their families. So it's not like Latinos blue collar workers are any dumber than white American ones. I honestly love our Latino communities.

Also, yeah, stating an entire region as "low IQ" is oversimplification and kind of asshole-ish of you. It's not just "un-PC"...it's just lazy...and nowhere near accurate. A valid criticism is that people from these regions haven't assimilated or adopted local culture. A valid criticism would be to point out crime or labor participation statistics. A borderline valid criticism is to question if their culture is fundamentally compatible with yours...and thus question if a strict Muslim can ever really fully fit in to European cultures. However, saying they're low IQ?...dumb and short sighted. Every culture produces people of high IQ and low IQ. I know MANY muslim doctors who are great at their job in the USA. The ones with a high IQ can afford a plane ticket to the USA or Canada and get higher wages...often for the details discussed in this /. post. They can move to nice suburbs and speak perfect English and assimilate well. You don't notice them because they blend in and thrive.

You can look at Latino immigrants as an example, though. The first wave is typically not educated and famously hard working. They speak Spanish exclusively and assimilate poorly. Their kids, however, assimilate VERY well. They go from Spanish-only & hardcore Catholic to something more open minded often with as many non-Latino friends as Latino.

Many 2nd generation marry outside their race and their parents soften their stance and learn more English so they can communicate with their grandkids. So the 1st generation assimilates more as the second generation does. By the 3rd generation...you can only tell they're Latino by their last name and facial features. Many can only speak English and are as American as myself or anyone else.

In the USA, the Mexican community used to be downtrodden and poor. Now they're well integrated. In fact, many voted for Trump because they got annoyed at all the desperate immigrants from Central America assimilating poorly and bringing crime...with little sympathy for the fact these people are doing what their grandparents did 30 years ago.

I think the same will happen with Europe's Islamic immigrants. They'll get better at blending in or eventually find a better place to live, like the USA or Canada, maybe Australia....maybe somewhere more prosperous and muslim, like Indonesia or another country in the Middle East.

Yeah, but a lot of your peace and prosperity is because the USA defends your country and especially your neighbors. We have long patrolled the ocean and ensured your exports and imports arrived safely ...and reminded your Soviet neighbors to back the fuck off. ...now that our current president wants to end all that, you may see what life is like without having a superpower friend.

America has many flaws, but as superpowers go, we are surprisingly benevolent. I'd rather be living in Guam or Puerto Rico under US occupation than Gaza under Israeli or Ukraine under Russian or India under British, Haiti under French, etc.

The more I learn about the USA, especially with lessons illustrated by the Trump era and his threats to dismantle the country, the more I realize we're a lot better than we like to give ourselves credit for. For us Americans, self-loathing is an extremely popular pastime...we typically fall into 2 categories....dumb as shit patriots that chant USA USA USA from our trailer park and have no clue why....or intellectuals who shit on America and think we're the diet 4th Reich....the more I read, the more I realize we fuck up...but our track record is better than any other super power. More often than not, we're the good guys...and now that we're fading from our superpower role, many are going to see what a post-America-superpower world is like...and I don't think they'll like defending themselves and relying on us to do all we can to ensure cheap and efficient global trade...and how we did it all with asking so little in return.

Our landmass is huge and BEAUTIFUL and we have every type of climate and scenery out there. Very few of us live close enough to another country to cheaply travel there like you do in Europe, so most wealthy and upper middle class Americans have been the Europe...but for the middle class, we can go to Switzerland or we can go to Utah for far cheaper...and deal with the shittier UT beer. Also, consider how beautiful the USA is. Europe can't compete with our natural beauty...from AZ to UT to HI to CA to even the woods in WI. You like European culture? We were founded by Europeans....you can get plenty of it in most major cities.

Complaining about Americans not visiting Europe is like complaining about Europeans not visiting New Zealand. NZ is nice...but just not the compelling for most for a routine vacation. For most, NZ is on the list of places they'd like to see, but probably not the top 10.

I feel that way about Europe. I'd rather visit Hawaii, Alaska, Utah, Arizona, Texas again before going back to Italy, France, or England. Nice places...but I like all the stuff we have here more.

If regulation was that strong of a factor, California would be poor AF...same with NY and MA. Also, EVERYONE competes with China, especially Japan and Korea. Regulation is a factor, but I'd not put it in the top 2. Maybe you shouldn't be asking "what are we doing wrong?" as much as "what aren't we doing?" California really supports new businesses. I'd look deeper into them for lessons moreso than thinking of grievances with European status quo.

Maybe it's not less about what you did wrong, but more about positive steps you failed to take?

Your mentality proves my point. If the Swedes want to exclude non-Swedes, they're only going to progress as far as Swedish nationals will take them. Japan did really well for a long time due to their fundamental greatness, but have really failed to adapt to the modern era...perhaps some fresh thinking would have helped them lead the information age instead of getting clobbered by the Americans?

Korea and China are going through something similar. America has the benefit of our homegrown talent as well as anyone wanting to move here and start a company...or even just work here. America has been a pioneer of immigration and assimilation for many reasons, many accidental...but we got lucky and it worked out great for us.

I'd wager half of the top tech companies were cofounded by an immigrant. Most of our biggest companies were founded by immigrants or children of recent immigrants. Our top companies are filled with immigrants at all levels of seniority and pay grade. That's just normal here. It's pretty normal in Britain and Canada.

Romania?....Russia?..definitely not...nor has it been the case until possibly recently for the wealthy nations like Denmark and Sweden.

Microsoft is run by an immigrant...as is Google...or shitty companies, like Oracle.

How many Nordic companies are run by immigrants? French? Even as you go down the ranks, lots of immigrants in technology, HR, finance, etc. America has really been strengthened by the contributions of immigrants and Europe's hostility towards them has strongly contributed to their peril. It's my understanding that is reversing now...but...yeah, if I was an ambitious Indian national, I'd choose the USA or Canada over any place in Europe...the cheese may be better there, but I'd rather import cheese and eat with friendly neighbors than feel like a perpetual outsider.

Most countries welcome tourist dollars. :). What happens if the tourists want to assimilate? To me, the greatest measure of racial acceptance is the willingness to join families. Your cousins in India? If their daughter falls in love with my non-Indian son, will they support the marriage? If your daughter meets an awesome black guy...will you let her marry him?...now think carefully, not the answer you're supposed to give...but what you really feel. Your daughter is torn between dating a good son of Indian parents or an equally awesome black guy...which do you choose?...OK, so maybe you've evolved, what about your peers?

I'll assume you're great and care only about the person. I know my coworkers in India would not tolerate marriage to an outsider...even of a different caste. Yeah Britain fucked up India and I don't hold it against India for blaming the British...but they've been gone for a long time...at some point they're India's problems. :)

I'd not prefer my own race to yours for my daughter or my son. I don't think most Americans would feel much different...at least until you get to the really rural areas. If some American said...eh, I don't know if I want my daughter marrying an Indian guy, he'd be called an asshole almost immediately in most contexts, especially middle class ones.

Drug use? Yeah, the USA has a LOT of problems. We're not for everyone. But we have historically been really good on racism and immigration....when compared to our peers. I will wager you had a much better experience than if I tried to do the reverse and make a life in India and fully assimilate.

Regulation needs to "be regulated" It's not simple and needs to be right-sized. Europe isn't held behind because of regulation...if that were the case, California would be the poorest state in the nation, not the wealthiest. Europe is held behind primarily because they don't support entrepreneurs as well as the USA, especially Silicon Valley does...and they're racist. Yeah...they got a lot better recently because they noticed how they were left behind in the information age....we imported every frustrated European, Indian, Israeli, Asian, Latino, etc and let them start companies here. Not only did we make money with them, but then they were welcomed in their local communities...not just the elite geniuses, but also every mediocre engineer and tech support specialist.

In Silicon Valley, would a white 4th generation American marry someone of a different race with a thick accent who was an awesome person?...absolutely, with no hesitation...it's been that way for 30 years or more. I KNOW for a fact it hasn't been that way in Europe 20 years ago...I assume it got better recently, but...that makes a difference. Would Americans let their kids play with an immigrant family's...absolutely...no hesitation for over 40 years...and I only cut it off there because I am not old enough to know what was going on before then. I know in Japan...foreigners, especially non white or Japanese are very much outsiders. Sure...some families are liberal and progressive and treat foreigners like humans...but TMK Japan is still that way...being welcoming of an outsider, like a Filipino would make you a bleeding heart.

So yeah, we took the world's best brains...gave them opportunities and white glove treatment...and the mediocre supporting brains?...we were nicer to them than our rivals...we made them want to stay. So instead of being in severe demographic decline like Italy and Germany and Japan and Korea...we're aging more slowly, almost entirely due to immigration....something most of Europe has been extremely unwelcoming to until very recently.

You're proving my point. We were happy to absorb your talent and fund them. We don't limit ourselves to things invented by "good ol' Americans" We didn't see Linus as a foreigner...we saw him as a source of talent. IBM poured a ton of money into Linux as did Red Hat and various others. We're happy to let foreigners lead and thrive.

And relative to the USA...sorry guys, your software is like our cheese...we got some good cheese in the USA...but nothing compared to the whole of Europe. Not every US cheese product sucks....but Europe dominates that sector by a long shot.

Your logic is flawed. Abused housewives are happier and healthier than PhDs. They don't know any better and don't want for things they don't think are possible. I know many Europeans and work with them daily. It's a wash. Is the American lifestyle better?...I am not prepared to say that, but I also don't put theirs on a pedestal. They're just as miserable.

Yeah, the average Dutch person sees more smiles walking through the streets...then they go home to an ancient house without air conditioning and feels held back by their income and society. Americans have more stress, but more optimism and hope for the future...especially American Achievers. Their European counterparts feel very held back. If I were a failure in life, I'd rather be a European, preferably in the Nordic regions. However, I am not, so being an American suits me better...I know, I am in the top 10% as a software engineer, but people like me are much happier here than there.

If I were a kindergarten teacher, I'd probably be much happier in the Netherlands or Norway.

I don't think it's safe to say one way is better than the other. Some thrive in close-knit communities. There's a lot to be said for that, but they also hold you back and you tend to adopt the shittier aspects of those communities....like bigotry. I, and many like me, thrive more with a much smaller group of friends and more toys. I'd rather be around my small family and be able to pursue any passion that arises...I have a lot of weird hobbies, like many Americans, including and especially immigrants....my international Indian/Spanish/Dutch/Israeli/Polish coworkers don't.

They're honestly quite boring in contrast. The few interests they have they don't take very seriously....for example I know a bunch who play guitar. The Americans own more gear and play a lot better...take their hobby a lot farther and spend more time and energy into mastering it...their European counterparts?....eh, it's just kinda sad. They give up sooner...not sure why... Maybe they're up all night drinking with friends instead of practicing?...IDK the reason, just noticed the pattern.

When you start looking at the top economies in Europe, it's clear, their fundamentals are mostly fine, especially around innovation. They need to tune their ways, but it's quite salvageable. Biotech?...Novo Nordisk is doing quite well, as are many other pharma giants.

Europe doesn't do much in the device/computer space, beyond maybe ASML & Europe sucks in software, but really everyone but the USA does. And honestly, they're probably #2. Japan is SHIIIIT on software. Seriously, WTF guys?...you do so much so well, but there's not a single Japanese software product I know of on the market and every UI in every Japanese device ranging from cameras to cars is dogshit...looks like it hasn't changed since the 80s and is unnecessarily complex and unintuitive. China?...same. Australia has a company or 2, but that's all I know of...beyond SAP...which is typically poorly regarded. No one "chooses" SAP...it's chosen for them by someone who will never use it...typically after being heavily bribed. They're regarded by most as a better version of IBM...which is far from a compliment.

America is awesome in most things, but the main reason is we've been so immigrant friendly for so long (not counting current administration). We're not only happy to take your best minds...we'll give them a fucking loan, great bankruptcy protection, and a huge talent pool as well as the best access to seasoned investors and mentors. Well over half of our recent best companies were founded or cofounded by immigrants. We're inherently great...but....out overall greatness is massively amplified by imported talent.

Once Europe can figure out how to support their entrepreneurs and immigrants and help them start businesses, they will have no problem competing, if not overtaking the USA in the innovation corner. IMO, that's why Japan never overtook us and China and India never will. All 3 of those societies are inherently racist and isolationist. They can only compete with their own minds.

Europe has recently changed their ways to welcome more immigrants recently. Just 10 years ago, if you moved to Sweden, spoke perfect Swedish, but had a foreign accent, you were not really accepted or integrated into society, especially if you weren't white...yeah, no one firebombed your house...but your kids had a stigma and would face resistance marrying locals, for example. You were never a "real Swede"...same with most of Europe beyond maybe Great Britain.

The reason Trump is so shitty to immigrants is that many in the USA never liked how welcoming we are of immigrants...and it can be shitty being an immigrant in the USA...until you compare it to the China, India, Norway, Romania, Greece, France, the Middle East, etc. You can not only live here, especially in urban areas...you can intermarry, be welcomed in communities, etc. If you learn the language and do minimal efforts to fit in (like follow the regional sports teams), you're 100% American to about 75% of the total population...probably 90% in urban/suburban areas. Here, in MA, immigrants with THICK accents do well in the suburbs simply with a Pats shirt (New England Patriots, our local football team) and basic friendliness. They and their kids are welcomed by the locals and integrated as much as they'd like to be...especially immigrants that make the effort to assimilate, like most Chinese and Filipino families.

I know about 10 years ago, that WAS NOT the case in most of Europe, especially the shitty parts, like Bulgaria, but even the wealthier nations as well. I've been told that's changing. But yeah...treat immigrants like shit and you're stuck with local talent.

So fix your cultural issues and then start giving everyone support in starting businesses, and then you'll catch up with the USA. Yeah, you got some dumb regulations, but that's a minor part of the story. The USA has plenty of stupid regulations and our most regulated states have historically had the most success. Our most unregulated states, like Texas and Florida are doing well now with great momentum, but have far to catch up with CA, MA, NY, and WA.

Complaining about regulations in Europe is like telling a morbidly obese person they need to eat more fiber. Yeah...true...but...you'll get a lot farther faster with diet changes...followed distantly by exercise. I don't think regulation is their top barrier to competing with the USA and China...well...I am not hopeful for their future, but time will tell. Europe? I think they're fine...they just got off track a bit. IMHO it's easy to correct.