this is what the salesforces of the world do to startups every day. it is so painful to watch. billions upon billions wasted for just the stupidest possible reasons.

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forlorn_mammoth 25 days ago | parent | next [-]

at least they aren't inefficient, like governments are. Because as you can clearly see market forces always lead to optimal resource allocations.

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msie 25 days ago | parent | next [-]

Like the billions invested in AI???

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hungryhobbit 25 days ago | parent [-]

Pretty sure forlorn_mammoth had an implied /s in their post.

	▲	bayindirh 25 days ago \| parent [-]
		Hope so.

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Danox 24 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Some governments are inefficient…

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not_kurt_godel 25 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Let's also take a moment to begrudge how government's guiding mission isn't to reap profit off its citizens. Are you even really American if you don't want your leaders to milk you for every cent you're worth?

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ajsnigrutin 25 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

On the other hand, many startups don't do anything usable enough that people would pay money for, and their only 'exit strategy' is to be bought by one of those large companies and then dissolved after a year or two.

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herpdyderp 25 days ago | parent | prev [-]

On the other hand, it's nice for the people receiving those paychecks (at least while they're still receiving them).