The Boeing 707 flew lower and at a higher Mach number than modern jets, both of which increased its absolute speed. That we lived through the S-curve of aviation technology and still made silly predictions based on extending Moore's Law many decades into the future is on us
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Maybe, but again, communism is not socialism. Communism, especially Marxism, is silly, whereas socialism is useful toolset for building functioning societies. The public sector does important things. The tendency of blinkered pro-capitalists to pretend otherwise is a failing.
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"Maybe" Nah, don't fall for his red herring like this. He's not making a valid argument that you have to consider the way you're doing.
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"This is the No True Scotsman defense for the failures of communism." Answer me this, clearly: was the Soviet Union a stateless society with workplace democracy in which all industries were controlled by the workers who participated in it?
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Of course not. It was a nightmare dictatorship, as were all other attempts to reach that goal.
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