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Comment Re: Vain hopes (Score 1) 27

Everyone dies one day. And the main thing about a personalist dictatorship is that when the dictator croaks the whole system usually follows unless the dictator manages to install their child as the successor.
Besides, these three stooges don't want to be a part of any multinational union since that would seriously limit their power.

Comment Re:Creators of technology (Score 1) 111

I think many of them do understand what they are. Calling a surveillance software company Palantir is very self-aware. The rest is spot-on, though. The sociopathic kids grew up on dystopian science fiction of the 1980s, but unlike average people they read it and thought "what a great idea". And now they are adults and try to implement the dystopia they liked so much. And they basically admit it themselves:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Comment Re:Translation (Score 1) 180

Well, the European market for cars is absolutely cutthroat - there is huge competition between many manufacturers and unlike in the US the consumers don't want to drive the same car as their neighbours, hence even the top three cars have only a miniscule piece of the market.

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