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Re:Harvard gutted team examining Facebook Files following $5... by lovecg on Monday December 04, 2023 @12:25PM (#38520122)
I’m going to guess that not many of those social structures achieved things like low infant mortality, not dying from randomly stubbing your toe, the internet, space travel, and the like. If I was presented with a choice, I’d pick a modern Western state any time, flawed as they may be.
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Re:Harvard gutted team examining Facebook Files following $5... by lapinot on Monday December 04, 2023 @01:23PM (#38520933)
Your argument is a straw-man. You're conflating taking inspiration from something and adopting it verbatim (your first two examples are particularly hilarious in this regard). Also i've yet to find a compelling argument defending that western capitalism is a necessity for high-tech (you second two examples). In particular schools, academia and software are fields where not commercial-centric relationships are thriving and deemed superior by a fair share of practitioners.
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