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Re:All my servers have an 8 GB empty file on disk by jokethrowaway on Friday March 26, 2021 @10:28PM (#26599342)
The USA got rich because of unbridled capitalism. Then richness trickled down through generations of companies while regulations caught up and their government became a behemoth not dissimilar to the ones living in EU and that the USA was running from.

Nowadays the USA jurisdiction is comparable to the EU one, but they still have more $$$.

If you like freedom rankings I recommend these ones: https://www.heritage.org/index/ranking

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Re:All my servers have an 8 GB empty file on disk by kaba0 on Saturday March 27, 2021 @03:41AM (#26600691)
Did that richness really trickle down? Just look at the distribution of that money.
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Re:All my servers have an 8 GB empty file on disk by vinay427 on Sunday March 28, 2021 @05:44AM (#26609089)
Of course. I agree with what I think you're getting at, specifically that not nearly enough richness trickled down. However, the poorest Americans today are still significantly better off than they were in most any previous decade or century because a bit of that wealth did trickle down.
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Re:All my servers have an 8 GB empty file on disk by scaramanga on Saturday March 27, 2021 @03:41AM (#26600692)
In what time period did this "unbridled capitalism" happen?
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