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"Imagine if the good guys were bad and the bad guys good." But they aren't. And you know why? Because you can't have creativity and innovations without freedom

by nickpp 5y ago

"Imagine if the good guys were bad and the bad guys good." But they aren't. And you know why? Because you can't have creativity and innovations without freedom. You can't have money and success without a population where the best and most successful are allowed to create and keep a large part of the value they build. This is why dictatorships never build Silicon Valleys while their best and brightest quietly emigrate to work and create in freedom.

gggggh 5y ago
- nickpp 5y ago
  Yeah, I know it's trendy and useful to muddy the waters convince people we're all the same but we aren't really: some of us invade and kill their neighbors when they show signs of becoming "too independent".
  - gggggh 5y ago
    The US have done much worse over the years.
    - nickpp 5y ago
      Everybody has done much worse over the years. But today, right now, it's Russia invading and killing their neighbors.
Aeolun 5y ago
To some extend this is true, but I think China tells is that there is a balance somewhere, even if we haven’t quite found it yet.