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Re:Under military rule, Venezuela oil workers quit in a stam... by bmelton on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @06:42AM (#16866190)
> Many countries have "tried to stave off decline by decreeing how the economy would work." Including the US.

> Truman placed the railroad under US military control in 1950

These seem like non-sequiturs to me. The economy in the 50s was booming. Truman took control of the trains to mitigate the effects of a worker strike during wartime, when it was important that the trains be running efficiently.

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Re:Under military rule, Venezuela oil workers quit in a stam... by eesmith on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @06:48AM (#16866217)
I found the original comment to be a non-sequitur. I gave examples of other historical cases which fit that description to suggest that there wasn't enough detail for it to be useful or insightful.
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