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Pieter Levels

What Pieter Levels thinks about government

@pieter-levels · 69 positions · 2 changes of mind

Dutch bootstrapper who builds and runs his internet startups alone — Nomads.com, Remote OK, Hoodmaps, Photo AI and Interior AI — and has written about it at levels.io since 2013. Posts as @levelsio.

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4 dated positions, 2025 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Pieter Levels has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingMost of the world fails to solve problems because of pride, excessive regulation, and low standards for what counts as a problem worth fixing.

    Their wordsIn most of the world there is: no real willingness to solve problems nor an acceptance of people offering to solve their problems (out of pride) simply too much regulation so the problem cannot be solved without a license or long approval time very low standards of what is deemed acceptable so the problem isn't seen as a problem in the first place

    ↗You stop wondering why the US is so insanely rich when you travel the rest of the worldlevels.io

    Interesting
  2. 9 days earlier

  3. Our readingAfter a European exit tax, the EU will try to tax its citizens' worldwide income wherever in the world they live.

    Their wordsEuropean governments and thus the EU too is losing lots of tax income from Europeans fleeing Next on the agenda is the European Exit Tax and after that I think they will try to add Worldwide Income Tax (like the US already has) meaning it doesn't matter where you live in the world as a European citizen, the EU will tax you for your entire income!

    ↗I think the EU will try to add Worldwide Income Tax after the European Exit Taxlevels.io

    Europe

    Interesting

  5. Our readingMost high-skilled Europeans are happy to pay even high taxes, provided the government does a great job in return.

    Their wordsI think most high skilled Europeans are happy to pay (even high) taxes That is, if the government does a great job like Singapore or Dubai or Korea or Japan and most things work well You pay the government for a service and you get safe cities, great public services and great healthcare back

    ↗Most high-skilled Europeans are happy to pay high taxes if the government does a great job like Singapore or Japanlevels.io

    EuropeJapan

    Interesting
  6. 9 months earlier

  7. Our readingOnly the US and China have substantial startup activity left; the rest of the world cannot really do startups.

    Their wordsI just realized the only 2 countries left with actual substantial startup activity now are literally only the US and China The rest of the world can't really do startups, doesn't have the funding, can't grow them and it's more like performative hobby projects for their governments Which might tell us where the future wealth will be concentrated in the world

    ↗Only the US and China have actual substantial startup activity nowlevels.io

    startupsChina

    Interesting