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Comment by markus_zhang | Hacker News Reader

Sadly none of this is doable in the current version of capitalism (and in pretty much every country that is drinking from it). Corporation interests, especially those of large corporations, override pretty much everything else.

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Except, interestingly, in the bad guy of this story, China, where overcritical capitalists are regularly submitted to the state.

Will be interesting to see which loadout is more functional long term, China’s or the USA’s.

Please elaborate on what other "version of capitalism" is necessary.

Hope we are not advocating that everything be owned by the state, as if that would allow more competition.

Please be more creative than your assumption that trying to do better than capitalism means everything becomes state-owned. Markets have value, capitalism is materially different from a market economy.

This is a low-value comment that doesn't add any value to the conversation. GP explicitly asked "Please elaborate on what other "version of capitalism" is necessary." which this comment does not attempt to answer, the language used here is unnecessarily abrasive, and the "assumption" this comment claims was made by GP doesn't actually exist.

What exactly do you mean by "capitalism" here?

I think they're indicating that both Google and Apple will have sufficient motivation to weaken the security of their devices as long as there's money involved with it. With the combination of corporate interest and a lack of accountable oversight, it can be plainly assumed that all of FAANG is an equally dangerous domestic security risk.

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