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Re:Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew a... by WalterBright on Friday February 13, 2026 @08:06PM (#47010169)
> Even when a country is dealt a really crappy hand at the outset, it's not irreversible

Hong Kong was poor until 1965, when they got tired of poverty and switched to free markets. The result was amazing prosperity.

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Re:Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew a... by unmole on Friday February 13, 2026 @10:20PM (#47011202)
> switched to free markets

Hong Kong has been all about free markets since the end of the Opium Wars.

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