larry_ralph_

I understand. You literally don't know what else to say, so you have to at least attempt to say something that you think might sound witty. A real pity.

And yes, compared to Imperial Russia that was a Near-Absolute Monarchy with an Hereditary Emperor whose imperial style/form of address was "Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias" the Soviet Union was a beacon of progressiveness.

Every single of the innovations the OP listed was attained under "the bolshevist/communistic terror system". Prior to the 1917 Revolution, Imperial Russia was an Agricultural backwater that was widely derided as the least industrialized part of Europe.

Honest question: Don't they teach history in school these days? The level of ignorance displayed in some of the comments in this thread is staggering.

I too would like to know. Which "accomplishments of the residents" did the USSR steal? There should honestly be a way to ban idiots like you from HN.

What are you apologizing for? Your reply is quite insightful and makes far more sense than quite a number of theories being bandied around by 'some' who call themselves scientists.

I did a word search of the linked article you posted, and I didn't see a single incidence of the words 'bribe' or 'bribery' in it.

Or are you claiming that the word "lobby" in the phrase "attempts to lobby Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz and George Osborne" actually meant 'bribe'?

And despite you frantically scouring Google for something to backup your 'bribery' claims with, the above article ended up being the only thing you could find.

So basically, you essentially spent your own time to prove my point. Thanks.

I'll repeat again what I told you earlier: grow up and stop gorging yourself on conspiracy theories.

Signing off!

>bribe politicians to legalize your former law breaking and to lock out any of your competitors

Could you name a single startup in the US that has been caught 'bribing' politicians?

And stop drinking the Uber/WeWork/Airbnb/ kool-aid. The vast majority of startups are founded by honest people, and don't rely on breaking laws in order to establish a dominant market position or 'raise a ton of money', I should know, I'm an early employee at a startup with a 'dominant market position'.

Yes you should demonise people for any criminal actions they've actually committed, but please don't demonise them simply for being successful.

All of your comments on this thread sound as though they're made by a college undergrad still in the anti-capitalist/hippy-communist stage.

Grow up! Most things in life are not conspiracies and believing they are will significantly harm your emotional health.

Rubbish. Make a reasonable argument instead of playing at being a communist.

'Capital owners' bankrolled the company that manufactures the device you used to type your asinine comment, as well as bankrolling/funding the companies that manufacture every single item you own, from your toothbrush to your clothes.

If you despise capitalism so much, put your money where your mouth is and relocate to Cuba.

Champagne pseudo-socialists like you give the rest of us liberals a bad name.

It is amazing. Although I am not surprised it's able to give such result, with the amount of information it is trained with, it will only keep getting better and better.

The Volkswagen beetle futuristic concept car really looked like something a company could incorporate and make into a real 'futuristic concept car'. It's amazing amazing what AIs can do. As months go by, they keep on getting better and better