Japan tried to build an operating system for the world, the US intervened

Re:Japan tried to build an operating system for the world, t... by SiempreViernes on Friday August 21, 2026 @03:55AM (#49385123)

The actual reality of how China works is much more complicated than this "select from a dropdown menu" system you are implying.

For one thing it's made up of fairly autonomous provinces that all compete between each others, for another the actual strategy has been heavily relying on extensive local experimentation to find growth models that can be applied nationally.

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Re:Japan tried to build an operating system for the world, t... by corimaith on Friday August 21, 2026 @04:11AM (#49385235)

Nah he's correct, local government compete on implementation details, not overall strategy that is monopolize by the central government. Which has the same pitfalls (-see zero-covid or the debt crisis owing to gdp targets)

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Re:Japan tried to build an operating system for the world, t... by whatever1 on Friday August 21, 2026 @05:02AM (#49385577)

Also if any of the local governors / entrepreneurs cross a line they just disappear to focus on reading. Some of them might reappear after a decade having thoroughly understood the textbooks.

For example Jack Ma reappeared after his successful re-education.

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Re:Japan tried to build an operating system for the world, t... by tonyhart7 on Friday August 21, 2026 @06:03PM (#49394270)

China is the only country that can control their billionaire while US is the other way around

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Re:Japan tried to build an operating system for the world, t... by mono442 on Friday August 21, 2026 @05:11AM (#49385642)

China doesn't have a debt crisis.

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