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since 1979, it’s been slowly lowering them back in again
Re:What Oxford taught me about posh people
by stablenode on Monday May 31, 2021 @11:15AM
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Exactly! Just look at those mad fools in China -- they'll never have it as good as they had it in 1979.
Ah I see your mistake. You assumed my comment referred to a system different to capitalism operating in a country that less than 1% of the people on Hacker News live in.
An easy mistake to make. Happens to me all the time. I see people talking about troop landings in WW2, and I instantly assume they’re referring to the Japanese invading China. Whoops. I’m so silly
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Re:What Oxford taught me about posh people
by stablenode on Monday May 31, 2021 @12:16PM
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Whoa. Calm down. a) I'm not in China, and yes it would be reasonable to mention Chinese economic progress lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty by shifting towards a capitalist economic model under Deng Xiaoping, starting around 1979.
b) I said nothing of the sort about the current system in mainland China being 'good', or the CCP being a 'good thing' (I would be the last person to say something like that about a communist party anywhere), so stop putting words in my mouth and don't make it personal. Capitalism has objectively propelled China's economy to where it is now and made it overwhelmingly more prosperous than it was before they tried it.
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