> ...that locale would have succeeded, because of the national economic policy it operated inside of.

The US policy is about to become a lot more robust and a lot less laissez-faire. Over the decades, the public image of tech CEOs has switched from benign, awkward but genius dorks, to out-of-control bond villains.

There's a tech backlash happening in the US, if you've been paying attention, and legislators follow the voter zeitgeist.