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> authoritarian governments that have been oppressing their population to some extent keeping their labor cheap to think labor being cheap is the work of the c
by nsonha 4y ago
> authoritarian governments that have been oppressing their population to some extent keeping their labor cheap
to think labor being cheap is the work of the communist party is pretty ridiculous. Authoritarian or not, no government benefits from their citizens being poor (capitalism does). The problem with authoritarian governments is that they are incapable of raising income, not that they do that by intent.
- gennot 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_leap_forward https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_leap_forward https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_korean_famine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_korean_famine > no government benefits from their citizens being poor (capitalism does) Why do you make this incredibly stupid claim?
- nsonha 4y agoI suggest you learn a little bit of basic logic before calling people stupid. "Poverty happened under oppressive regimes", is pretty far from "oppressive regimes want poverty". I never said they didn't cause poverty, I said it's not what they want. I'm not sure what more insulting: you calling me "incredibly stupid", or your incredibly poor understanding of basic logic. The former is kind of personal, but the latter is insulting to humans' intellect as a whole so it's a big deal.