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Re:Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks by ByThyGrace on Monday November 15, 2021 @11:17AM (#29229100)
Voltaire's "Candide or the Optimist" is a classic literary novella with this subject as backdrop. Short and wonderful, a must read.
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Re:Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks by BizarroLand on Monday November 15, 2021 @06:17PM (#29234255)
Just keep in mind that the story is weapons-grade satire for a world that doesn't really exist any more, and even though it is still extremely relevant and eye-opening it was written for a different time.

Without that reading Candide is akin to reading a serial killers' torturous fan fiction.

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