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abtinf 7 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: France's homegrown open source online office suite

It’s called mercantilism. It was thoroughly refuted hundreds of years ago.

braiamp 7 months ago [–]

Yes, but apparently the biggest players now abuse their comparative advantage positions. So, we are back to mercantilism to the detriment of all humanity.

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