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A comment on Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial. Parent comment

Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by bluebarbet on Monday December 15, 2025 @02:06PM (#46278853)
Above all it's great example of why we'd do well to drop our quasi-religious fetishization of GDP as an indicator.
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Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by nradov on Monday December 15, 2025 @09:29PM (#46284018)
Who is fetishizing GDP? I've never seen public policy be set based on the goal of maximizing GDP to the exclusion of all else. You're arguing against a strawman.
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