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Re:Japanese textile factory still uses tape cassette and pun... by bugglebeetle on Monday July 10, 2023 @02:13AM (#36662722)
…as compared to what? American corporate culture’s primary outputs appear to be poisoning the world’s water supply, inflating asset bubbles, creating mental health crises, and arms dealing. It would seem a net benefit to humanity if we were more useless.
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Re:Japanese textile factory still uses tape cassette and pun... by justrealist on Monday July 10, 2023 @02:49AM (#36662907)
OK bud.
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Re:Japanese textile factory still uses tape cassette and pun... by yard2010 on Monday July 10, 2023 @04:50AM (#36663659)
You don't have to be snarky it is what it is
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Re:Japanese textile factory still uses tape cassette and pun... by bdhcuidbebe on Monday July 10, 2023 @03:23AM (#36663082)
What you described could be summarized as ”useless”.
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Re:Japanese textile factory still uses tape cassette and pun... by yard2010 on Monday July 10, 2023 @04:50AM (#36663652)
Forget about humanity, there are like 100-200 more people that can buy a small country that have to have more money there
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Re:Japanese textile factory still uses tape cassette and pun... by kalleboo on Monday July 10, 2023 @08:25AM (#36665330)
To be fair, aside from the arms dealing (which I'm probably just unaware of), Japanese corporate culture has done all of those things as well
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Re:Japanese textile factory still uses tape cassette and pun... by Eisenstein on Monday July 10, 2023 @08:48AM (#36665571)
You forgot 'cultural hegemony'.
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