The Netherlands’ digital sovereignty is a joke wrapped in a Microsoft license agreement. Complete dependence on American tech giants isn’t just negligence—it’s institutional Stockholm syndrome. Pretending GDPR-compliant data centers protect us while the CLOUD Act looms is like building a moat around a house that’s already on fire.

Trump and Musk’s DOGE circus turns data security into a geopolitical punchline. Young “efficiency” bros with admin privileges and zero oversight? That’s not innovation—it’s a script for a cyberpunk dystopia.

Open source isn’t a silver bullet, but clinging to Azure while preaching sovereignty is peak delusion. European “alternatives” remain vaporware because Brussels would rather debate ethics than fund infrastructure. Until we treat data like a national asset—not a SaaS subscription—we’re just paying rent on our own digital grave.