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Republic of Moldova - the information free zone

22 points by humanfromearth 15y ago

paulofisch 15y ago
The links going to http://i-wish-it-was-true.com/ http://i-wish-it-was-true.com/ are not encouraging for the veracity of the story :-) What gives? Hoax? Thought piece?
- mariusmg 15y ago
  It's a (bad) hoax. Moldova is runned by ex communists. Enough said.
  - mapleoin 15y ago
    Make that current communists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_of_Communists_of_the_Republic_of_Moldova http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_of_Communists_of_the_Repu...
    - _delirium 15y ago
      That party is the opposition currently; the ruling coalition is a coalition of liberal parties: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_European_Integration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_European_Integrati... Even the "Party of Communists" is pretty questionable on the communist credentials, though. As far as I can tell from English-language sources, they're more of a right-leaning populist party, with the main communist connection being that they're Soviet nostalgists. But their Soviet nostalgia seems to have more to do with a vaguely nationalist nostalgia for the days of a once-great power, than much to do with workers-of-the-world-unite. Vaguely like Putin's views on the subject, or the way a handful of Britons are nostalgic for its once-great empire.
  - MatthewPhillips 15y ago
    I think it's just a pleasant "what if". One of these days some internet billionaire is going to be elected president of a country and what if they decide becoming technology business friendly a good for their economy?
    - mseebach 15y ago
      Iceland is moving in that direction. It's not enough to decide that's what you want, you need the institutions to support it. Even if Moldova decided to do it tomorrow, they're easily a decade or two away from being able to implement it.
mapleoin 15y ago
I detect missed irony here.
- zerostar07 15y ago
  Our measurements agree with yours.
mseebach 15y ago
Moldova is a dirt-poor country, sporting an extremely volatile political system that only just pretends to implement the rule of law. For Moldova to be some sort of information freedom haven, especially one that points its finger at the United States, is laughable.
- adrianp 15y ago
  Exactly. And how exactly did this post get on HN?
sheff 15y ago
Couldn't help but laugh at this bit from the linked article : "It even has a nice restful API so you can spawn companies and file for bankruptcy 100 companies/second. If you want more there is a premium plan."
- zerostar07 15y ago
  IMHO that request limit is very restrictive.
bratao 15y ago
Moldolva is also famous because of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkmncrAPILw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkmncrAPILw
- Zhenya 15y ago
  And of course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX0f07IT_EU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX0f07IT_EU All the jews are gone. Long live moldova. /s

The links going to http://i-wish-it-was-true.com/ http://i-wish-it-was-true.com/ are not encouraging for the veracity of the story :-) What gives? Hoax? Thought piece?

mariusmg 15y ago
It's a (bad) hoax. Moldova is runned by ex communists. Enough said.
- mapleoin 15y ago
  Make that current communists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_of_Communists_of_the_Republic_of_Moldova http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_of_Communists_of_the_Repu...
  - _delirium 15y ago
    That party is the opposition currently; the ruling coalition is a coalition of liberal parties: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_European_Integration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_European_Integrati... Even the "Party of Communists" is pretty questionable on the communist credentials, though. As far as I can tell from English-language sources, they're more of a right-leaning populist party, with the main communist connection being that they're Soviet nostalgists. But their Soviet nostalgia seems to have more to do with a vaguely nationalist nostalgia for the days of a once-great power, than much to do with workers-of-the-world-unite. Vaguely like Putin's views on the subject, or the way a handful of Britons are nostalgic for its once-great empire.
- MatthewPhillips 15y ago
  I think it's just a pleasant "what if". One of these days some internet billionaire is going to be elected president of a country and what if they decide becoming technology business friendly a good for their economy?
  - mseebach 15y ago
    Iceland is moving in that direction. It's not enough to decide that's what you want, you need the institutions to support it. Even if Moldova decided to do it tomorrow, they're easily a decade or two away from being able to implement it.

mapleoin 15y ago

I detect missed irony here.

zerostar07 15y ago
Our measurements agree with yours.

mseebach 15y ago

Moldova is a dirt-poor country, sporting an extremely volatile political system that only just pretends to implement the rule of law. For Moldova to be some sort of information freedom haven, especially one that points its finger at the United States, is laughable.

adrianp 15y ago
Exactly. And how exactly did this post get on HN?

sheff 15y ago

Couldn't help but laugh at this bit from the linked article : "It even has a nice restful API so you can spawn companies and file for bankruptcy 100 companies/second. If you want more there is a premium plan."

zerostar07 15y ago
IMHO that request limit is very restrictive.

bratao 15y ago

Moldolva is also famous because of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkmncrAPILw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkmncrAPILw

Zhenya 15y ago
And of course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX0f07IT_EU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX0f07IT_EU All the jews are gone. Long live moldova. /s