Re:AI is killing the cheap smartphone
by inglor_cz on Friday May 22, 2026 @07:03AM
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Staffing problems are absolutely everywhere, regardless of the particular healthcare system or even political system. Czechia, the UK, China, Japan. It seems to be a global trend, much like falling birthrates.
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I mean, yeah, that was the point of my original reply: health care, education and housing have been getting less accessible in general, not just that poster's country. (Or wherever they're from. I checked the comment history and it seems to be 90% talking back to people criticizing capitalism/markets. Wouldn't be my preferred hobby of choice, personally.)
Not a hobby, but a duty. I lived under both systems and I do not wish the horrors I’ve seen in my youth onto my children. Although at this point, it’s probably unavoidable. It seems that some lessons can only be learned by experiencing them, no warning is ever enough: Russia, communism.
Re:AI is killing the cheap smartphone
by wing-_-nuts on Friday May 22, 2026 @11:26AM
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Yes, now ask someone from a nordic country about how best to balance capitalism with regulation and social safety nets. I think you'd get a very different answer.
Re:AI is killing the cheap smartphone
by CamperBob2 on Friday May 22, 2026 @02:01PM
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Step 1: start with a vast reservoir of oil revenue and a culturally-homogeneous population
Re:AI is killing the cheap smartphone
by wing-_-nuts on Friday May 22, 2026 @02:37PM
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I must have missed the fact that sweden, denmark, and finland had vast oil reserves. Also Sweden's population is now ~ 20% immigrants.
Re:AI is killing the cheap smartphone
by selimthegrim on Friday May 22, 2026 @10:00PM
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You mean the country that immediately asked for help from a country with vast oil reserves and a famously heterogeneous population (Iraq)?