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Re:AWS raises GPU prices 15% on a Saturday, hopes you weren'... by 9rx on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @10:05AM (#46513161)
> neither did communism (I know since I grew up in it

Impossible. Communism is a work of science fiction, much like Star Trek which is a more modern adaptation of the same idea. Like Star Trek, the concept is dependent on post-scarcity, which we've never seen, and isn't likely to ever happen. Perhaps you mean you grew up under rule of the Communist Party?

> it had to be bought for non-trivial money with good old mortgages, and only regime-aligned people could

The defining features of communism are no class, no state, and no money. It imagines these will no longer be relevant in a post-scarcity world.

Re:AWS raises GPU prices 15% on a Saturday, hopes you weren'... by platevoltage on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @02:41PM (#46517496)
I don't know why the this being downvoted. This is literally what Communism is.