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[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 116 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Never played a conquest game where you stop researchers from giving your empire a tech advantage over others.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (6 children)

It's a popular strategy for Fascists.

the Nazis and the OG Fascists did it, and so did the communist Chinese.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

China currently churns out more college graduates than any other country, and the rate is increasing.

And they had a hell of a way to go given that it was less than 1% when they took over.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

China currently is not communist either.

They stopped killing academics at around the same time they stopped being communist.

[–] m532@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Incredible, more than 100% wrongness

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