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		dgfitz on Dec 24, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GPT-5 is behind schedule What’s the quote, something like: “democracy and capitalism are horrendous, but they’re better than everything else we tried so far”

anothernewdude on Dec 26, 2024 [–]

People give communism a bad rap, but the soviets had maybe a quarter the resources, a much smaller population and logistical problems from geography and kept up with the US for decades, outpacing in several areas.

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