why don't you spam the companies who want your data instead? The sites can simply stop gathering your data, then they will not require to ask for consent ...
I work as a senior engineer in Europe and make barely $4k net per month... and that's considered a "good" salary!
And you have (almost) free and universal healthcare in Europa, good food available everywhere, drinking water that doesn't poison you, walkable cities, good public transport, somewhat decent police and a functioning legal system. The list goes on. Does this not impact your quality of life? Do you not care about these things?
How can you have a higher quality of life as a society with higher murders, much lower life-expectancy, so many people in jail, in debt, etc.
Europe on the other hand can't even manage to defend itself and relies on the US for their sheer existence.
Cookie notices just gave them another weapon in the end.