@jxzdmzw I guess on the side note, there are also various African nations who do not have free or fair elections, run by autocrats, who also remain poor.
Adding the obvious, but a lack of elections doesn’t magically generate wealth
@jxzdmzw I thought corruption, and forms of red packets, were normal for China terms of getting anything done? In this sense, doesn’t capital get tangled up in politics?
@TimeMaster131@DaBigChillSFW At least they got screenings in Aus. Though idk if my expectations should have been higher.
It is a very common thing to have to go overseas to make it big
@jdcmedlock thinking very much of Matt bruenig and peoples policy project family fun pack (it just takes Finlands system) https://t.co/eoojhysP22 and https://t.co/KRM1v251FW
@Zaphod2042 “I had this explained to me in detail and the best way I can summarise it is that a five minute delay in Dusseldorf could cancel trains in Carlisle”