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Re:The World’s Emptiest Airport Is a Red Flag by JumpCrisscross on Monday April 09, 2018 @04:07PM (#16796507)
> Exceptionalism only really works when you’re exceptional

We’re contrasting a democracy and a dictatorship. Each can be cruel. But one is more stable than the other.

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Re:The World’s Emptiest Airport Is a Red Flag by taurath on Monday April 09, 2018 @04:19PM (#16796615)
I'm honestly not so sure thats what is being constrasted. Its more of a hard-capitalism (as little state power as possible with exceptions) vs soft-socialism (a lot of state power and planning, with some affordances to private industry) thing in my mind.
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