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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by Gibbon1 on Thursday October 26, 2023 @02:59PM (#38030223)
I worked with a Filipino friend. He mentioned in the town he grew up in someone tried to open a market that competed with the other two markets in town and they burned his store down and ran him out of town. He said that's the reality in a lot of the world. Some places the means to do that aren't as overt but they still exist and are effective.
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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by gosub100 on Thursday October 26, 2023 @04:13PM (#38031110)
this happened in mafia-controlled areas as recently as the '80s. I dont mean this as a rebuttal, but more in support of the US being great, because after decades (or more, I dont know or care about the history of criminals) of this bs, we tackled it through RICO and a focused campaign.
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