> the Dubai-headquartered firm
huh, I thought Telegram was still stationed in Germany. I wonder what made them move.
huh, I thought Telegram was still stationed in Germany. I wonder what made them move.
Germany is not an attractive place for smaller companies, especially for those formed outside of the country and not perfectly familiar with the German language.
It wouldn’t be on my list of reasons to leave a country.
Most of what governments do is harmful to society. The more inefficient and inept they are at it, the better.
Sure, it may be an inconvenience sometimes. But it's nothing compared to the dystopian horror of what a truly efficient government would look like. The "ideal" government that works purely electronically through automatically-applied rules is the worst world I can imagine living in. Every additional day we can manage to hold off that future is a victory.
Hard disagree. Some of what they do is harmful, and needs a vigilant and active population to keep at bay; but the vast vast majority is massively useful, or even critical. Decentralised (as in, not government managed/controlled/planned/regulated, where government could be anything from a single centralised one to a highly local one) infrastructure, education, consumer protections, healthcare, safety/security sound like a nightmare. Reminds me of thet libertarian utopia town with the bears (A Libertarian Walks into a Bear is a fun book).
> (On libertrarians) House cats. They are convinced of their fierce independence while utterly dependent on a system they don't appeciate or understand.
~ John Spaulding
Governments, and their rules are one of the quintessential parts of our modern lives. Noone sane wants to live in the aforementioned utopia.