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Re:Alibaba founder Jack Ma steps out from shadows with long ... by cm2187 on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @03:42AM (#39988042)
In other words the Homo Sovieticus.
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Re:Alibaba founder Jack Ma steps out from shadows with long ... by tsimionescu on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @05:41AM (#39988775)
The Soviet work ethic was "they pretend to pay us, we pretend to work". It wasn't about doing the bare minimum for your job, it was about finding creative ways to do much less than the bare minimum.
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