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		sooheon on July 14, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Alibaba Cloud This is exactly the playbook my country S. Korea used, enabling the "miracle on the Han". The "free trade" mantra is bullshit, it is literally kicking away the ladder that every developed nation climbed to get to the top.

joexner on July 14, 2017 [–]

figuratively

shirian on July 17, 2017 | | [–]

As languages change over time, so has the meaning of "literally" to actually also mean "virtually"[0]

[0]: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/literally

sooheon on July 16, 2017 | | | [–]

Thanks for the correction, I hate getting into a habit of misusing words!

euyyn on July 14, 2017 | | [–]

Or "essentially".

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