• UnicodeHamSic [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 years ago

    China has billionairs because they have to. If they didn’t let them exist the US wouldn’t have done business with them and the people would still be living in the dirt instead of having high speed rail access. That is assuming the US wouldn’t have done a color revolution you know.

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      2 years ago

      This is a fascinating thing about this particular position. If China has billionaires, they are a failure of socialism. On the other hand, if they stuck to a hardline stance and were a poor and struggling nation, they would also be a failure of socialism. No matter what they do, the data can be manipulated to make them look bad.

      I wonder if someone ever gave any lectures on this subject? Preferably someone of a very yellow complexion.

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      2 years ago

      They absolutely do not have to. Cuba has very little trade with the US but has similar GDP per capita to China.

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        2 years ago

        China is the next hegemon. They are succeeding where others failed. Yet we, here on on God’s own internet, know better than them?

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          2 years ago

          China is going to lose several hundred million people in the next few decades and be stuck with a large over investment in infrastructure. There is a great example of that happening in the US: Detroit.

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            2 years ago

            No, China can’t over invest in infrastructure. Infrastructure isn’t an investment to them. It is a communist party. Look at high-speed rail. They lose a bit of money on it every year. However they don’t plan to cut services. The government is willing to spend money to take care of it’s people. Imagine if our government used some of our infinite defense budget to take care of us. It’s be like that.

            As to population decline. They had a one child policy before. If it happens, they know how to handle that kinda thing.