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Re:UK food price inflation hit 16.2% in October – cost of fo... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday November 20, 2022 @11:48AM (#33682563)
> only countries that flourished and had tremendous economic growth, are those who had a period of more personal freedom and an almost non-existent government

I forgot about the famously non-existent ancient Egyptian and modern Chinese governments.

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Re:UK food price inflation hit 16.2% in October – cost of fo... by kesor on Sunday November 20, 2022 @02:31PM (#33684359)
How much do you know about personal freedoms in ancient Egypt that you can argue this quote is false?

We do know about the free economic zones in modern China, which had very very limited government. So these only reinforce my point.

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Re:UK food price inflation hit 16.2% in October – cost of fo... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday November 20, 2022 @04:26PM (#33685520)
> much do you know about personal freedoms in ancient Egypt that you can argue this quote is false?

It has been called the first command economy [1][2].

[1] https://resources.saylor.org/wwwresources/archived/site/wp-c...

[2] https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=318&v=DiG0LomEptE&...

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