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tick_tock_ticktoday at 6:21 AM1 replyview on HN

I mean we don't really have any counter examples even China didn't really start advancing in any meaningful way until they started moving towards capitalism.


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hackyhackytoday at 12:19 PM

We didn't have any examples of states without a divinely appointed absolute monarch until we did. Things can change.

And as a matter of fact, there are many examples of non capitalist societies.