> just their top 10 publicly traded companies earn more than all but 2 countries

Are not European countries trying to reduce dependency on American tech giants? China was very successful in this regard. Russia is also independent but in the most incompetent way possible. The EU could do it quite well.

The USA is not a reliable partner. To send data to the USA from the EU is a fatal mistake that needs to be corrected. The risk was acceptable in the past, but not anymore.

The USA comes from a very privileged position thanks to many factors. The government is making sure that non of the conditions hold anymore.

I'm sure you've seen many empires come and go in your thousands of years as an immortal elf mage.