[stablenode]

Exactly! Just look at those mad fools in China -- they'll never have it as good as they had it in 1979.

[permo-w]

Ah I see your mistake. You assumed my comment referred to a system different to capitalism operating in a country that less than 1% of the people on Hacker News live in.

An easy mistake to make. Happens to me all the time. I see people talking about troop landings in WW2, and I instantly assume they’re referring to the Japanese invading China. Whoops. I’m so silly

[dang]

Please don't take HN threads further into flamewar, and please don't be snarky in HN comments.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[stablenode]

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[dang]

Please don't take HN threads further into flamewar, and please don't be snarky in HN comments.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html