100% accurate
Portugal could have been the Silicon Valley of Europe, they had all the tech founders from US visiting ~2020 as tourists, then as potential residents who could move their businesses to Portugal or open branch offices here and apply to the NHR program (which was a great idea)
The wealth that would flow into the country and the jobs created would be massive and their GDP could have more than tripled over 10 years
Portugal's GDP per capita would have been $100,000/year now, and Portuguese would be rich and high tech
But instead Portugal collectively decided they wanted to remain relatively poor and technologically and intellectually behind
Portugal's choice is cultural though and completely fits the general spirit in Europe which is fully anti-tech, anti-AI, anti-entrepreneurship, anti-business and anti-progress
The biggest fumble in Portugal's history after losing Brazil I think
This is extremely important to understand.
The birth rate you see in the West is the BLENDED number of ~90% who have a fertility rate half that of replacement and ~10% who have a birth rate double that of replacement.
Demographics is destiny.
🇪🇺 Chat Control has passed 😔
They can and will now legally scan any person's messages, emails and photos you send without a warrant
The way they passed this law when the majority of the European Parliament was against it will shock you:
They waited until most EP members were on holiday so only a few were present and then created an "urgent" vote for it to pass it through
There's nothing democratic about any of it and big powerful forces are behind this that can manipulate the EU for whatever they want
Democracy in Europe died a bit today 😔
Tweeter is becoming very strange. Or the algorithm is only show me propaganda for some reason, or is being used massively as a propaganda machine. Both maybe?
Is it truly a free speech tool for the people when an algorithm tends to be bias?
Volvo posted a 3 min and 46 second ad on Instagram, shot by Hoyte Van Hoytema, the cinematographer of Interstellar and Oppenheimer.
It goes against every single rule you can think about as a social lead. Length. Format. Over-produced.
Every comment under the ad said it immediately put Volvo in their consideration set. It's fucking fantastic.