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Re:Why the Soviet Union did not build a nationwide computer ... by adventured on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @03:40PM (#15604784)
> see China's rapidly developing communications infrastructure

You're referencing the greatest historical demonstration of the positive, rapid results of abandoning Communism. Courtesy of Deng Xiaoping very publicly opening China to embracing market economics instead. To the extent China abandons Communism, is the extent to which they'll continue to develop.

They've even had to come up with a special name for it, because of how embarrassingly Communism failed in all regards compared to the post Xiaoping era.

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Re:Why the Soviet Union did not build a nationwide computer ... by vikiomega9 on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @05:42PM (#15605735)
> is the extent to which they'll continue to develop

Is this necessarily true? The rapid development is a because they opened up to other economies from a position of underdevelopment, but there has to be a set point somewhere considering they have a massive population and more or less the means of production.

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