@RnaudBertrand@gave_vincent Europe doesn't exist... there's no single capital market, no consolidated market to build scale. Banking is fragmented. Savings are locked up. Capital is not deployed. This is a paramount priority. Start there.
@RnaudBertrand@gave_vincent However, Europe currently lacks a dominant tech sector to absorb these displaced industrial workers and capital. Unlike the US, which can fall back on Silicon Valley, Europe’s wealth is still deeply anchored in traditional advanced manufacturing.
@RnaudBertrand@gave_vincent Policymakers have realized that while funding debt is expensive, permanently losing your industrial base is fatal.
The only way Europe avoids getting poorer in this scenario is if it successfully executes a "Ricardian pivot."
@mahkus Tesla can not compete with the Chinese. The European and Chinese markets are gone. Left with the protected US market, the business is not worth it anymore.
You are better off lobbying for Chinese cars, the future, to come to the US than to mourn a dead man walking co.
@Zachly No need to regret water under the bridge. Move on. On the practical side, put a sticker on it now that says: EM screwed me, stuck with this monstrosity, i don't carry insurance beware, etc folks will stop the finger flipping.
@amelia_tweetz His profile is what scares the haters: he's smart, educated, articulate, eloquent, multilingual, and for a brown person: in your face. These are traits hard to accept by thankfully now a minority.