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by vxNsr 2662 days ago
> Modern China has a leadership that does not tolerate corrupt officials. If you are a corrupt official then you can expect the gallows in China, it is as harsh as that.

Demonstrably false. In china you are corrupt when Xi says you are corrupt and are not corrupt when Xi deems it so. No different than Stalinist Russia.

>Chinese people have collectively worked a lot harder than people in America.

This reads like a propaganda piece written by someone with a pop culture understanding of the US.

>Moving away from a 'centrally planned' economy doesn't imply 'capitalism', you can have a 'market economy'.

>The original definition of a 'free market' was different to how 'the capitalists' use the words today. Originally a 'free market' was free from rent seekers, usury and monopolies. You put your work in and you got your pay and your profits. This was the definition of a free and fair economy.

This sounds like something I would hear late at night sophomore year of college from someone who thinks he's the next Adam Smith but for socialism. You've put together a lot of words but in the end you're really just rebranding capitalism.