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Re:Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant un... by rjzzleep on Friday October 01, 2021 @12:30AM (#28714563)
Such an idiotic statement. When every other country was suffering under scalpers buying up mask supplies at the beginning of the pandemic Taiwan, South Korea and some other countries actively took a hand in mask distribution. The result:

- cheaper access to masks for the general population

- no mask shortages in critical infrastructure such as hospitals or other health care institutions

- general better handling and health outcomes during the pandemic

Leave it to the Americans that would consider sound policy and good health outcomes stalinist or communist recipes.

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Re:Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant un... by blowski on Friday October 01, 2021 @04:57AM (#28716132)
Exactly there’s a “guilty by association” fallacy here.

1. You want the government to control production of some resources.

2. Stalin controlled production of some resources

3. Stalin killed millions of people

4. Therefore, you want to kill millions of people

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Re:Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant un... by ckuehne on Friday October 01, 2021 @08:22AM (#28717519)
No, there is only "knowing that communist central planning always ends up in shortages".

See here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19970544 for an example that illustrates the point nicely.

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Re:Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant un... by blowski on Friday October 01, 2021 @09:25AM (#28718141)
"Some central planning" does not mean "communism".
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Re:Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant un... by rjzzleep on Friday October 01, 2021 @11:33AM (#28719784)
On top of that the US and Germany had the same ability, it just that they were extremely slow in their decision making.

When they finally made that step it did help. Incompetence caused scalpers to rise and profit while the rest suffered until the Government finally got their heads out of their asses.

Nothing about stalinism or communism in here. Just general incompetence.

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