ILaughBecauseFunny

There's literally nothing funny to laugh about here... No wonder you're depressed ;)

In finding it difficult to figure out what I can do as a European... Staying away from American products and saying that I'm never going to the states seems kinda lackluster... I've considered learning French or German though :D

Har du nogen documentation for fyringer ved Cola? Mit indtryk er at de bare laver flere Squash, som jeg troede var lavet i Fredericia...

I honestly snickered at that... To be fair, chances are that she did have some document issue a decade ago which they could hold her on: D

I'm not sure I understand the question. As an European buying from small startups in the US hardly ever occur... I buy from local stores, and would expect Americans to do the same.

When it comes to software, indeed I could potentially choose to buy services from American startups, but the US government has vastly different rules on privacy which results in me preferring to keep it in EU.

And then there's the whole tariff question. The point in tariffs is to minimize import from the countries affected. Which means there will be European companies which lacks sales. Buying more stuff from Europe will (hopefully) cushion that blow.

Which is also why it's buy European and not necessarily boycott USA... Though there's also some movement in that direction.

And finally there's also the part of dependency, many Europeans have found themselves dependant on American products(Microsoft, Google, apple, Facebook etc.) and with the current administration we've realised that we probably need to sever those dependencies asap.

So why do we not buy from small US startups? Because in the current political landscape, it simply doesn't make sense to send money to the USA and make ourselves more dependant and exposed to US surveillance.

Tyskland har nogle historier som siger at man i hvert fald skal have 110% styr på sit engelsk og papirer hvis man skal tage afsted som helt normal europæer...

Nu havde jeg i forvejen ingen planer om at tage til usa, men de har da sikret at jeg heller ikke får det...

Jeg så nogle posts på Reddit, og tænkte at jeg det virkede fornuftigt at prøve i det nuværende politiske klima :)