Re:Under military rule, Venezuela oil workers quit in a stam...
by coldtea on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @07:29AM
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>and being a police state sort of works (if there are free-market economies whose products you can copy)
That's an ideological statement. One can be a "police state" and has advanced technology and products -- free market not required.
In fact most of the technical and product developments in 18th and 19th century took place in markets quite far from "free", and of course Nazi Germany (the de fact "police state") was quite competent technologically.
That's an ideological statement. One can be a "police state" and has advanced technology and products -- free market not required.
In fact most of the technical and product developments in 18th and 19th century took place in markets quite far from "free", and of course Nazi Germany (the de fact "police state") was quite competent technologically.