Frank wrote on Dec 7
th, 2021 at 2:26pm:
thegreatdivide wrote on Dec 7
th, 2021 at 1:00pm:
Frank wrote on Dec 7
th, 2021 at 12:11pm:
China is not common prosperity. China is repellent.
China has lifted more people out of poverty at a faster rate than any nation in history,
guided by the principle of common prosperity, which it is well on the way to achieving according to the next two 5-years plans. Whereas our slavish adherence to the market economy will ensure entrenched poverty persists, as in most Western countries.
After murdering more people than any nation in history.
A quick google shows the number of people murdered in the two world wars alone, doubled those killed in the cultural revolution. (Note: WW2 was really only a continuation of WW1). China was not an active participant, though 10 million or more died in the Japanese occupation of China.
So in the deadly business of sorting out the preferred method of governance, guilt for murder in the chaos of war is shared by all.
Note: 2.5% of the US population died in the US civil war alone, cf c.5% in the cultural revolution.
Yes: driven by
our irrational (unconscious) survival instincts, we are a deadly species. The question is: how to govern such an animal, to create ....common prosperity....
After the chaos of the cultural revolution, China might have stumbled on the correct formula, and "socialism with Chinese characteristics" might well prove to the the way forward for mankind. We will see. The democracies descending into hyperpartisan rabbles are obviously not viable as they stand at present.