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merpnderp on March 26, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Make elites compete: Why the 1% earn so much and w...

I'd say that is wrong and the benefits of the industrialized world come from people being freer to exchange goods and services without direct interference of the government and with fair protections from the law.

S. Korea didn't outperform N. Korea, Taiwan didn't outperform China, and W. Germany didn't outperform E. Germany because their people demanded a fairer distribution of resources.

Klinky on March 26, 2016 [–]

A marketplace is a tool, and it alone does not automatically bring freedom to people or ensure fair resource allocation.

There are complicated factors for the differences in the countries you mentioned.

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