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Re:Pakistan cuts off phone and internet services on election... by dctoedt on Saturday February 10, 2024 @11:33AM (#39327505)
> how much as South Korean society managed to advance in the 50 years compared to “happy America?”

It's apples and oranges. Compared to the U.S., how much did western Europe and Japan advance in the half-century preceding 2000, relative to where they started in 1945?

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Re:Pakistan cuts off phone and internet services on election... by rayiner on Saturday February 10, 2024 @02:56PM (#39329628)
It’s not apples and oranges. America was far more prosperous than South Korea or Japan in 1945. But it didn’t get that way by being happy.
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Re:Pakistan cuts off phone and internet services on election... by dctoedt on Saturday February 10, 2024 @03:41PM (#39330002)
I think you missed my point: In 1945, western Europe and Japan were largely in ruins, so they could rebuild with then-modern technology and not be held back by the curse of the installed base.

(What have you got against being happy?)

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