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inigyouyesterday at 9:18 PM2 repliesview on HN

Why doesn't America do that too? It seems to work really really well.


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lokaryesterday at 9:22 PM

Two main reasons. It requires taking a lot of freedom / agency away from individuals, and redirecting much of the profits of successful enterprises to subsidies (and suppressing individual consumption and standard of living).

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Robotbeattoday at 1:36 AM

America does that for aerospace & some defense stuff. But the reason not to is that the industrial policy needed to do it like China does has the effect of reduced wages, longer work hours, and lower quality of life.

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