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Re:Jack Ma Agrees to Shrink His Business Empire, Bowing to C... by ardy42 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @01:02PM (#25945934)
> The art of dictatorship is strange, and requires much better understanding than just "evil takes over private ownership".

Also, dictators have no need to own anything (at least domestically). They already have the power, so what do they gain by "owning" something they already control? IMHO, private property/ownership is really only a useful concept when you have to allocate control among legally-equal(ish) peers.

I think a lot of people really only understand their own place in their own society, and a lot of time they end up just projecting that onto some other situation when it doesn't really apply.

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Re:Jack Ma Agrees to Shrink His Business Empire, Bowing to C... by wincy on Thursday January 28, 2021 @02:13PM (#25947345)
Right, Vladimir Putin is arguably one of the richest men in the world, but none of it is "on the books" as he just has dozens of "state-owned" palaces and mansions throughout Russia.
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