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Re:Touching the Elephant – TPUs by snek_case on Sunday December 07, 2025 @06:38AM (#46181024)
It's probably true that free enterprise helps a lot, but China has that in large part. Even though the CCP calls itself communist, China is very capitalist in a number of ways. But I guess China is showing us that capitalism can exist without democracy.
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Re:Touching the Elephant – TPUs by overfeed on Monday December 08, 2025 @11:10AM (#46194008)
> capitalism can exist without democracy.

It's not exactly a new idea. This was the CIA's operating principle in the western hemisphere since before the cold war.

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