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- anonymousmedic, on 11/11/2009, -2/+30China isn't even communist in the remote sense of the word, other than the Chinese Communist Party controls it. It's as much captalistic as the western cultures it villifies.
- Prometeus, on 11/11/2009, -2/+25The only thing communist about China is the fact that the ruling party has the word Communist in their name. China is probably the most hypercapitalist country in the civilized world.
- joejitsu, on 11/11/2009, -4/+19Buried for calling China communist.
- IFEice, on 11/11/2009, -0/+9As I understood it, the Chinese economy began its high growth after abandoning the communistic "centrally planned economy".
- dstz, on 11/11/2009, -0/+9Yeah China is communist oO
- burzikak, on 11/11/2009, -0/+7I wonder what goes on in 'Easy' Germany
- FI5HERMAN, on 11/10/2009, -0/+6I am sure the Berlin wall could tell so many stories, and not very many happy ones!!!
- quarando, on 11/11/2009, -2/+8Although I agree China isn't "communist", it isn't even remotely close to capitalist. Even though the west is far from capitalist, China is much further still. Something like 80% of the economy is still owned and controlled by the central government.
Quotes like yours just make me think that many Americans are so convinced that no economic model but capitalism can work, so they twist the world to fit their bias. - quarando, on 11/11/2009, -2/+8Sure, if by capitalist, you mean an economy owned by the government and centrally controlled and managed. Actually, there is still very little that could be called capitalist about China, despite its impressive growth.
- yan89, on 11/11/2009, -1/+7***** the PRC. Long live Taiwan ROC.
- navspecwarcom, on 11/11/2009, -0/+4The day China's economy becomes truly communistic is the day Wall Street will fail. Walmart will not allow that to happen.
- hDJgangsta, on 11/11/2009, -0/+4Which economy has ever been actually capitalist?
Answer: Not as many as people think.
The US economy for a lot of the early years, especially right after the civial war, was a very free market. Also, places like Hong Kong and Singapore are doing very well for themselves with little government intervention, especially considering their limited natural resources.
http://www.heritage.org/Index/ - yan89, on 11/11/2009, -0/+4" East/West Germany experiment" Umm...there was no experiment on the West. The split between these two parts of Germany was the fault of some guy names Stalin who killed more than 50 million people and did not want the East German people to live a life of freedom like the US-Americans allowed it in the West.
- Arkons24, on 11/11/2009, -0/+4China is communist in name only. Its complete market overhaul has wiped away the major tenants of true communism; leaving the oppressive and crushing despotism at the top as its legacy.
- BotchaMcCoola, on 11/11/2009, -0/+3China and the old Soviet countries are running away from central government control of their economies. They must be laughing harder than ever at the US. I don't like it but can we really blame them?
- Czechxican, on 11/11/2009, -0/+3This is a completely bogus article: here let me use a anecdote with only the slightest tangent to the point I will try to make in the last 2 sentences. Worthless article.
- AudioPhotograph, on 11/11/2009, -1/+4Whoever dugg this should be ASHAMED! Shun them! SHUN THEM. But really?! China, Communist? not in the least bit, sure they control a lot of social aspects of life, and still cohere to a faux version of socialism, but they've turned quite an economic leaf ever since the 70's. And, Hell, we're in this [depression] because the government spent too much money. Now I'll refrain from going off on a libertarian rant but a major reason why we're in this mess was because we made it mandatory for lenders to ease their credit standards in the late 90's, so give it some time and we've got the housing market crashing > entailing loss of jobs > less spending > overall downturn of the market. Granted, our situation is can be attributed to a number of things like poor business practice, corruption, inefficient spending, Iraq, the list goes on but in comparison to the rest of the world we're still sittin' pretty easy...Would you rather live in Pyongyang? Okay so I ranted a little, but still, all valid points.
- Dustin00, on 11/11/2009, -1/+4Just ask Palin: Alaska has the best socialist society.
- anonymousmedic, on 11/11/2009, -0/+3Um. The reason Germany had such a tough measure after the Berlin Wall fell was because it absorbed the reminants of East Germany, an area which was almost 20 years behind the West in terms of infastructure and social support. It was a massive socioeconomic burden that almost bankrupted their country in trying to bring the former Eastern parts up to line with a first world living economy.
The German economy was neither prepared, nor were its population aware of the massive cost that reunification would bring. It' the exact reason that 99% of all South Koreans will tell you "***** the North" when asked about a reunification. - Sabretou, on 11/11/2009, -0/+3Auto-aiming and no critical hits, that's what.
- sloppychris, on 11/11/2009, -0/+2The Government does serve a purpose in a free market, to protect property rights (including of course one's person), and to enforce contracts.
- MercenarySlick, on 11/11/2009, -1/+3Buried for beating a dead horse.
- anonymousmedic, on 11/11/2009, -1/+3Socialism (Or actually, socialist policies) does NOT equal communism
- Elranzer, on 11/11/2009, -0/+2You're right. It's a city IN China.
- drazen77, on 11/11/2009, -0/+2@KinGorilla
The problem isn't with capitalism, its an engine of progress and growth. The problem is that the govt. chooses to enforce bad policies. In a sense, the China has learned a great deal from the U.S.. No doubt they see the over regulation by the EPA as an obstacle to growth, and they choose that growth over their environment.
Why do you think that most people believe this U.S. Cap & Trade bill is bad for business and does little to nothing to actually dealing with real environmental issues? Its just going to create another class of robber barons... those who get in early will benefit from a situation and environment (i.e. bubble) that the govt. created... leaving a mess when its all said and done. - digitalArtform, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=w ...
- austroLogi, on 11/11/2009, -2/+3Are you ***** serious... damn the koolaid is mighty strong
- baileyntx, on 11/15/2009, -0/+1You're right. It's only partly communistic or partly marxist.
- Arkons24, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1China buying US debt like it's going out of style should be the first on the list of things causing "our situation".
- TheCollective00, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1I piss on the Berlin Wall all the time. True story.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Berlin_Wall_s ... - samsmartjr, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1This article would have been MUCH better if the author compared the West Germany/East German split to the China/Taiwan split and compared them.
- brwmstr, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1By the looks of the last two paragraphs, I don't think the author was quite sure what he had to say, but wrote the article anyway. It seems to me that blogs are simply an avenue for publishing what would otherwise be considered poor journalism.
- Laminarcissus, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1Reunit?
- bmson, on 11/11/2009, -1/+1Iceland had very free market (probably the most free market there was), it was basically the wild west and we know how that went.
I'm all for free market but there has to be some minimum rules. - jackirock, on 11/10/2009, -1/+1may be....! agree with fisher
- anonymousmedic, on 11/11/2009, -1/+1Wait, so you're saying that the chinese live in Communes that are self-sufficient, and each is controlled by a central government of infallable intellectuals dedicated to persuing the equality and social productivity of the worker class? That there isn't even a smidgen of Big Business, and everything is regulated down to production of the last rice grain?!
Wow, I guess I had the chinese system wrong, it must be because I'm being generalized, and words are being put into my mouth that I never said. - Evilblobs, on 11/11/2009, -1/+1Hong Kong is not China.
- dirTdogE, on 11/11/2009, -1/+1The People's Republic of China ranks approximately in the top 100 in GDP (PPP) per capita, whereas the United States ranks approximately in the top 10. Let them "lecture" us on economic policy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_ ... - Clark1984, on 11/11/2009, -3/+2In the East/West Germany experiment, which side was better off when the wall came down? The capitalist west was providing a much better quality of life. This article shoots itself in the foot. China is more economically capitalist than the United States.
- KingGorilla, on 11/11/2009, -2/+1Just because capitalism is flourishing in China doesn't mean we think it's very good for the country. Though a middle class is rising it's done horrors to the environment and the gap between rich and poor is still pretty vast
- collution, on 11/11/2009, -2/+1Is the United States a choice?
- hDJgangsta, on 11/11/2009, -4/+2Perhaps there's a less here somewhere.
Oh well, back to Pelosi's 1900 page monstrosity. - PandaBearShenyu, on 11/11/2009, -4/+1This post is a paradox.
A more correct way to say it is. The West is as, if not more Socialist than the China that it seems so insistent on villifying at every opportunity. - Ymeg, on 11/11/2009, -7/+2what capitalist economy has ever ruled?
Spoiler: none of them.
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