This cannot be said often enough.
or their definitions and the implications thereof.
in the end, they’re both about power.
incidentally, it’s said that Viet Nam is sitting on a whole bunch of oil.
The author mistakes the free market for capitalism. Which you shouldn’t do if you’re inclined to lecture the youth on the better alternative to communism.
It bears mention that after conquering a region, the Romans didn’t force anyone to adopt a Roman lifestyle. They just put it on display, and if offered so many more creature comforts than most of the period’s alternatives (at least so long as slaves were in good supply) that its attractiveness was self-evident.
The same can be said for a free market and the value-added economy.