Please don't take HN threads further into generic ideological arguments - it just leads to generic ideological flamewars, which we're trying to avoid here.
since 1979, it’s been slowly lowering them back in again
Exactly! Just look at those mad fools in China -- they'll never have it as good as they had it in 1979.
Ah I see your mistake. You assumed my comment referred to a system different to capitalism operating in a country that less than 1% of the people on Hacker News live in.
An easy mistake to make. Happens to me all the time. I see people talking about troop landings in WW2, and I instantly assume they’re referring to the Japanese invading China. Whoops. I’m so silly
Please don't take HN threads further into flamewar, and please don't be snarky in HN comments.