Always thought that it had something to do with their ginormous military budget. Oh well..
On 3/1/2013 4:27 AM, schalestock@xxxxxxxx wrote:
Stanley, I read your article and understand the venting. But nowhere is there any explanation of how socialism would be a better alternative. One glaring misstatement is your denial that China's economic ascendancy is NOT due to employing the capitalist model. You only have to look at the catastrophic failure of the Soviet Union. They certainly had as many intellectual and material resources as China. Yet it was precisely their failure to employ the economic tools of capitalism that led to their bankruptcy - unlike China. At the end of the day, capitalism and communism are simply tools. And history has repeatedly shown the superiority of the capitalist model. It is simply more in tune with human nature. By contrast, Communism/Socialism is predicated on a moral corruption that inevitably leads to tyranny. As Jefferson observed, "Our government can only survive if moral men are in power". What China has created is capitalist wealth restricted to a relative handful of morally corrupt tyrants. This is what you are so proud of? JS ____________________________________________________________ Fast, Secure, NetZero 4G Mobile Broadband. Try it. http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=NZINTISP0512T4GOUT2
