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		snek_case 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Touching the Elephant – TPUs It's probably true that free enterprise helps a lot, but China has that in large part. Even though the CCP calls itself communist, China is very capitalist in a number of ways. But I guess China is showing us that capitalism can exist without democracy.

overfeed 3 days ago [–]

> capitalism can exist without democracy.

It's not exactly a new idea. This was the CIA's operating principle in the western hemisphere since before the cold war.

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