> EU can’t out innovate US tech

why not?

Okay not today but China was known as the cheap copier and is now the innovator.

EU labor laws, and fractured internal market.

Do you really believe that?

If so, I think the onus would be on you to prove it, not me.

Or, more importantly, if you really think the EU will be a tech powerhouse, shouldn’t you be writing checks to their startups left and right?

Because I think that would be the revealed preference here. I’m guessing you’re not heavily invested in EU tech companies, right? Because that would say a lot about your true beliefs.