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Re:Bank Run at Silicon Valley Bank by skulk on Thursday March 09, 2023 @05:58PM (#35088040)
> that machinery being so expensive is part of a long tradition of 'developed countries' (powerful peoples) wielding power over other weaker countries by means of technological availability restrictions.

I'm having real trouble unpacking what you mean here. Machinery is expensive because... there's a worldwide cartel keeping prices up to keep out new players? Could it also be that making machines is hard and requires a lot of research/labor/material?

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Re:Bank Run at Silicon Valley Bank by originalcopying on Thursday March 09, 2023 @06:38PM (#35088455)
> there's a worldwide cartel keeping prices up to keep out new players?

yes that's what i'm saying, have you ever heard about the real (as in royal) spanish mafia? or the english one? what about any famous german cartels? no? me neither, because those are all part of 'legitimate' government i.e.. they're the 'mafia' that won last.

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