• @jorp
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    204 months ago

    A country that went from serfdom to industrial economy in 30 years then got absolutely wrecked in ww2 losing millions of its population might not be able to pull it off as well as we could today

    • @Zorque
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      294 months ago

      It also helps to not have a brutal dictatorship in charge.

      Thankfully we only have a plutocracy!

      • @Etterra
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        64 months ago

        Isn’t it more of a corporate geritocracy?

        • @Zorque
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          34 months ago

          Only in that those with money tend to be older, as they’ve had longer to accumulate wealth.

          Age is only a secondary consideration to money. Plenty of old people are getting just as squeezed as everyone else, just with less recourse.