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Re:The Telltale Chart (2002) by granshaw on Thursday June 21, 2018 @03:04PM (#17368297)
Yup. The "great" thing about the US is that it's a large developed country with a strong rule of law, but at the same time also perhaps the most corporatist country on earth, allowing companies to act with impunity and lobby when needed, all of which leads to big and sustained profits.

Compare this to, e.g. Europe.

Re:The Telltale Chart (2002) by Tehchops on Thursday June 21, 2018 @03:26PM (#17368476)
>with a strong rule of law

Not so certain these days.

Re:The Telltale Chart (2002) by whitepoplar on Thursday June 21, 2018 @03:32PM (#17368524)
Can you give an example of a better-functioning legal system?
Re:The Telltale Chart (2002) by AnimalMuppet on Thursday June 21, 2018 @05:21PM (#17369406)
Canada? Switzerland?

Better examples aren't as easy to come by as cynics think. I think the problem they see is that it's worse than it was ten years ago, rather than that it's worse than most other places.