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g8ozyesterday at 8:22 PM2 repliesview on HN

Extensive domestic economic control by security forces is also a feature of Egypt and Pakistan. America does not complain about those examples of course, because those countries bend the knee.


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AnimalMuppetyesterday at 8:52 PM

If by "bend the knee" you mean that they don't regularly chant "death to America", sure.

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logicchainsyesterday at 8:52 PM

Those countries, like Iran, are also quite poor because the army siphons off so much of their resources.

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