I feel most of the innovation comes from the US though, but this isn't a disadvantage for the Netherlands because technology developed in the US percolates to them as well. They get the benefits without the downsides. Heck I remember reading about how more people own Tesla's their then here.
https://nordicperspective.com/facts/netherlands-scandinavia-...
Thank you.
https://nordicperspective.com/facts/netherlands-scandinavia-...
Please Read this for education. Then you can stop pretending there's no relationship between the two as if it's completely ludicrous that I would even compare the Netherlands and Scandinavia.
https://seekscandinavia.com/netherlands-part-scandinavia/
Just read it.
I was raised in silicon valley. The heart of it all. Perhaps you should learn to respect others especially if that "other" person lives in the part of the world where you borrow all your technology and innovation from. You a software engineer? Thank silicon valley for your job.
just an example: you do not pay for education in europe, much less for childcare (in most countries), much less for health care and so on...
https://nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2022/6/pdf/22...
It doesn't show “NATO expenditures” it shows defense expenditures by NATO members, which is a very different thing, and the US share it shows is a hair under 69% in the most recent year shown, which is not “about 90%”.