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Re:Apple to increase spend with Broadcom to produce billions... by parineum on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @11:26AM (#48833201)
You say that like economic growth hasn't led to cheaper food.

We used to actually have starving people in this country, now we talk about "food insecurity".

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Re:Apple to increase spend with Broadcom to produce billions... by smallmancontrov on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @11:36AM (#48833366)
Ah, so now the bar has fallen to "people aren't literally starving (yet)." Amazing.
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Re:Apple to increase spend with Broadcom to produce billions... by parineum on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @11:56AM (#48833591)
Yes, "People aren't literally starving" is incredible progress for humanity. Progress which has coincided with the incredible wealth creation (not transfer, those things are different) of modern times.

Would you prefer to go back to a time were people were literally starving?

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Re:Apple to increase spend with Broadcom to produce billions... by smallmancontrov on Thursday July 09, 2026 @10:17AM (#48846286)
This argument, better articulated by Thomas Hobbes, would be right at home in 1651 were it was busy justifying the economic mismanagement of that time as well.
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Re:Apple to increase spend with Broadcom to produce billions... by parineum on Thursday July 09, 2026 @12:10PM (#48848259)
And what argument are you making? That starving is good?
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Re:Apple to increase spend with Broadcom to produce billions... by smallmancontrov on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @02:24PM (#48911049)
No, that you should advance your thinking past the 17th century.
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Re:Apple to increase spend with Broadcom to produce billions... by ChadNauseam on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @02:17PM (#48835376)
No, the bar has risen to "people aren't literally starving (anymore)." Amazing.
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Re:Apple to increase spend with Broadcom to produce billions... by wat10000 on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @02:18PM (#48835395)
Pretty sure that's a rise of the bar, not a fall.
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