After Copenhagen, would “The Chinese Century” be such a bad thing?
China took to its furthest extreme the ludicrous view that the problem with the world is that it has people in it, doing human things. No wonder, therefore, that China is proving the first to snap out of it. The Chinese have seen where it ends up. They could yet save the rest of us from needing to see that end point for ourselves. This is an integral part of the re-emergence of the real culture of East Asia from the double darkness of Communism and capitalism. Another, and a no less important, lesson to us all.
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Well, David, the Chinese actually produce tangible goods. They also respond to deep recessions/depressions by public works projects which employ people to produce something (typically long-lasting infrastructure) and we redistribute our income upwards to parasitic banks (while attempting to tax production and necessary energy consumption). Whatever any of our libertarian friends here rightly or wrongly have to say about govt waste, the crux of the problem the relative superiority of the Chinese solution is obvious.
The PRC is still viciously capitalist, they are just more intelligent, less decadent capitalists. Their social problems resulting from increased individualism are expanding rapidly, but Chairman Hu makes much more positive notes than Jiang Zimen had on how to doeal with them.