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  • That’s the thing, Software Engineers have choices.

    Yes, all big companies will do some dubious things.

    But then you have big tech that does all those dubious things and is also breaking democratic institutions everywhere with a sledgehammer.

    And then you have Palentir, which are literally Hollywood movie villains.

    At this point they are light years of their livelihood depending on it. There’s no way they don’t notice where the bombs are falling, they had plenty of time to look around and have decided they don’t care.



  • French Guiana is only part of the EU because it’s part of France, and even then it needs plenty of exceptions to make it work.

    Cyprus was already aligned with the rest of Europe in economic laws.

    Canada would need to redo half of its laws to join the EU, and Canadian companies would either need to produce two versions of everything or drop the US market altogether.

    It’s more realistic to aim for a close bilateral treaty than for membership, at least for next few decades.