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Re:China using big data to detain people before crime is com... by Slansitartop on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @05:36PM (#16487837)
Didn't a lot of that military production capacity come from repurposing civilian infrastructure, like auto plants and the like?

Also, it would probably be harder to bootstrap 2020s-era manufacturing infrastructure than it would be to bootstrap 1940s-era infrastructure.

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Re:China using big data to detain people before crime is com... by sushid on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @07:13PM (#16488558)
It was also the first time we had idle housewives become a prominent place in the workforce. We don't really have that luxury in this day and age.
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Re:China using big data to detain people before crime is com... by rubidium on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @08:01PM (#16488804)
"Idle"?

They weren't idle (look into what clothes washing alone used to take), but the war effort certainly shifted priorities and also increased the number of women without domestic responsibilities.

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