I split my time between Europe and the United States. Europe has its charm, but it’s bogged down by overregulation and excessive legislation. When it comes to drafting new rules or laws, entrenched interests are always the first to benefit, feeding at the trough while the very movements that demanded change are nowhere to be found once the details are finalized. The result? Stagnation.

Thirty years ago, the Internet was supposed to free us from these constraints, but instead, it has entrenched inequality even further. By codifying unfair economic arrangements into algorithms, it prevents genuine competition and strengthens digital monopolies.

You raise a valid point about open borders—there’s freedom of movement, but little enforcement. The same applies to the role of undocumented and even legal immigrants in the U.S. They may technically be “illegal,” but they perform the critical labor that keeps the system functioning, essentially becoming a modern-day peasant class.

Trump’s vision of removing them seems to hinge on the idea that the declining middle class will step in to fill that role. I’m not sure how that will play out, but it will be interesting to see.