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		davewritescode on Nov 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK food price inflation hit 16.2% in October – cos... If you're strictly rooting for the United States to keep it's lead on the rest of the world (which I unapologetically am) then you do your best to to attract the best and brightest wherever they are.

rayiner on Nov 21, 2022 [–]

How is that better for the median person than America being merely competent in various industries? Life seems quite nice for ordinary folks in Sweden or France or Germany. Yeah they don’t have Facebook or Apple, but are they really worse off for it?

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