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Re:Why is China smashing its tech industry? by Apocryphon on Monday August 02, 2021 @01:53PM (#28040170)
And at least back then you could point to statistical trends indicating that American poverty, income inequality, and standard of living were all trending in a desirable trajectory.

Also, the moon landing.

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Re:Why is China smashing its tech industry? by dash2 on Monday August 02, 2021 @02:07PM (#28040406)
Yes, but it was also a time when Paul Samuelson and other economists predicted that the USSR would overtake US GDP by 1984: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2010/01/so...
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