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This is also just a consequence of globalization. A small company cannot compete globally, which means less power for the US government abroad. So it's not in the interest of the US government to break up Apple or Google or Microsoft. Look at how both the US and China can just bully Europe.

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Agreed, and that is why big countries should also be broken up. No more countries over 50m citizens. Many people in Europe don’t want the EU, but there’s really no alternative when competing with large countries like China and US.

> Many people in Europe don't want the EU

Those things Americans say about the rest of the world...

Nothing of what you quoted is incorrect.

You are the best kind of correct since "many" can refer to some large number that is also insignificant. The pro-European sentiment is vastly dominant, though, and that's what matters.

Who is the American here? I’m from the Netherlands, very much pro-eu, but also see lots of people complaining.

> Look at how both the US and China can just bully Europe.

In what way is china "bullying" europe. It's more like the EU trying to bully china on the US's behalf and failing miserably.

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