Comment by pjc50
8 hours ago
> condemning tens of millions to abject poverty
I think you're overstating your point a bit; I'm not convinced that the tens of millions are that much worse off than their counterparts in poorer parts of China. Was there ever a massive assembly plant for iPhones in the US?
(also, everyone in this subthread seems to be arguing that the US should be at least in part a planned economy with state-directed industry?)
Go visit something called "the rustbelt" (not a term of endearment) and get back to me.
One thing you can always count on about HN are extremely out of touched tech workers that ignore poverty in their country that they helped propagate because "fuck you, I've got mine."
Hopefully it doesn't come back to bite you in the next decade.