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Re:Tell HN: Anthropic no longer allowing Claude Code subscri... by teiferer on Saturday April 04, 2026 @03:23PM (#47642390)
It was less the low wages and more the general unavailability of things (shortages). Lots of things you couldn't just buy but you had to know somebody who knew somebody.

I wouldn't call it "funny" though. It ws quite sad and I'm glad it's over.

Re:Tell HN: Anthropic no longer allowing Claude Code subscri... by motbus3 on Saturday April 04, 2026 @04:01PM (#47642785)
As I mentioned in another commebt, I don't even consider anything related to that to be a viable government system.

That said, the general unavailability of everything was caused by an incompetent government rather the the system itself but the system itself caused the government. My point is that it was a succession of demagogueries hiding personal interests that caused the recurring and unrecoverable tragedies of that state. Being controlled and misguided is not exclusive to any particular government or political system.

Re:Tell HN: Anthropic no longer allowing Claude Code subscri... by prepend on Saturday April 04, 2026 @07:45PM (#47644707)
System consistently produced an incompetent government that had lots of power.
Re:Tell HN: Anthropic no longer allowing Claude Code subscri... by Nowaker on Friday April 10, 2026 @01:35PM (#47721291)
The general unavailability of everything was caused by the system.