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It's less true in the modern world, but traditionally, "The US" doesn't run any kind of business. It's like the anecdote where Gorbachev saw a supermarket and
by mbg721 4y ago
It's less true in the modern world, but traditionally, "The US" doesn't run any kind of business. It's like the anecdote where Gorbachev saw a supermarket and asked which government official was in charge of making sure it was stocked.
- duxup 4y agoThe US runs hardly any businesses… and yet it clearly matters to China if the business is Chinese regarding if you get to run a social media company locally… It still matters.
- mbg721 4y agoChina and the US are converging to a disturbing (to me at least) degree, in the sense that the big-player companies are intertwined with the national government; the US is kind of in denial about that.