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So much this. This morning I was thinking about the supposed CIA handbook to ruin companies, at this stage I wonder if it wasn't done for states. My wife asked

• varispeed 4y ago
  Because the idea behind it is that commoners like me and you shouldn't be able to start a business without backing of an investor blessed by the EU officials. That's how they are introducing neo-communism by the backdoor. Technically private initiative is still legal and possible, but it is not in practice. So if you have an idea, your only option, eventually will be to get hired at one of big corporations and try to sell your idea at one of their start-up incubators. Difference is that you'll always be a salaried worker (and remain in working class) and shareholders will profit from your idea not yourself.
  • swores 4y ago
    > That's how they are introducing neo-communism by the backdoor. Even by HN's typical standards of political discussions, this sentence is quite something. You can't actually be serious? This bill looks pretty shit, but you're jumping from that to a conspiracy theory that just doesn't seem to match reality at all?
    • bjornsing 4y ago
      It’s not just this law though. They keep coming at a steady pace.
  • AnimalMuppet 4y ago
    That's not neo-communism. That's neo-serfdom or something, but not neo-communism. (Of course, Communism as actually implemented wasn't what Communism was supposed to be, either. It was in fact just another neo-serfdom.)
    • varispeed 4y ago
      Under Communism you are a serf, unless you are higher up in the party.
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