Why The US Can Beat China: The Facts About SpaceX Costs

Re:Why The US Can Beat China: The Facts About SpaceX Costs by ekianjo on Thursday April 19, 2012 @02:03AM (#3861643)

> Even the most ineffectual government employee is more valuable than another mother or father on the dole when unemployment is already high.

Yeah, it worked very well in Russia and East Germany. So well people were risking their lives to go somewhere else for better opportunities. And if North-Koreans could get out of their country, I'm sure they would be happy witnesses of a full-employment state policy.

You obviously have NO idea what you are talking about.

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Re:Why The US Can Beat China: The Facts About SpaceX Costs by poloniculmov on Thursday April 19, 2012 @07:24AM (#3862399)

Could it be that they risked their lives because they lived under a totalitarian regime? People didn't leave because they didn't make enough money.

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Re:Why The US Can Beat China: The Facts About SpaceX Costs by Daishiman on Thursday April 19, 2012 @11:14AM (#3863373)

If you think matters of economics were the only, or primary, reason why people attempted to escape from those countries, you are seriously delusional.

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Re:Why The US Can Beat China: The Facts About SpaceX Costs by ekianjo on Thursday April 19, 2012 @09:27PM (#3866087)

It all goes together, my friend. WHen you destroy the economy, you have to replace it by a state-fueled economy and therefore the totalitarian package goes with it. We have yet to see totalitarian states with free economy. It does not exist because it goes against its own logic. That's not hard to understand.

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Re:Why The US Can Beat China: The Facts About SpaceX Costs by Klinky on Friday April 20, 2012 @01:31PM (#3868902)

The most successful economies are not free and feature heavy governmental influence. One of the most successful, China, could be considered a totalitarian regime.

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