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mitthrowaway2yesterday at 3:42 PM1 replyview on HN

If one took the view that communism was holding back roughly half of their their potential, then it would have been a reasonable prediction.


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Gagarin1917yesterday at 5:34 PM

No, it wouldn’t have. Only with cetera peribus would that make any sense. And losing half your population is not “all other things being equal.”

It’s a major difference that has a huge impact on output and relative standing globally.

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