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		harpratap on May 18, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TSMC halts new Huawei orders after US tightens res... People said the same thing about free markets in Soviet Union. Yet here we are with entrepreneurs and stock markets in Communist China.

throwaway2048 on May 18, 2020 | [–]

Entrepreneurs and stock markets have nothing to do with democracy, its a conceit anyone ever thought they did.

bilbo0s on May 18, 2020 | [–]

throwaway is right though, free markets are much easier than political systems. It could be argued that china is already free market, and even still, that political system has not budged.

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