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Re:A billion for every chip-maker who 'makes in India,' sour... by markdown on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @11:09PM (#26656219)
> Tear down an existing city and just rebuild it perfectly with infrastructure and city planning.

Can you imagine tearing down Detroit and rebuilding it from scratch? What about Seattle?

Impossible, isn't it?

India is even more democratic than USA, so it's never going to happen.

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Re:A billion for every chip-maker who 'makes in India,' sour... by erklik on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @11:19PM (#26656291)
> India is even more democratic than USA, so it's never going to happen.

Not according to these folks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index

USA is 25, India is 53.

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Re:A billion for every chip-maker who 'makes in India,' sour... by markdown on Thursday April 01, 2021 @03:35AM (#26657598)
Look at their methodology. They don't take into account the role of money in politics. Bribery of govt officials and politicians is legal in the US (they call it lobbying) so only the rich get to control politicians and their policies. Further, massive media conglomerates controlled by billionaires have an outsized influence on govt policy.

As such, while the US has the veneer of being democratic, it really isn't.

And I haven't even gotten into gerrymandering, which makes a complete mockery of democracy.

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Re:A billion for every chip-maker who 'makes in India,' sour... by triceratops on Thursday April 01, 2021 @01:01PM (#26663161)
What makes you think bribes don't exist in India? They have lobbying too, and illegal bribes are also all too common.[1]

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index

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