To: Always Right
"China is less Socialistic and more capitalistic than Canada. China's main problem is it is still a totalitarian state with no rights for individuals."
That is very easily argueable. Simply because China is not a totaltarian state and while they have very little protection for human rights, that is on the slow rise along with the standard of living. (noooo, im not defending the CCP, just pointing out some small facts)
23 posted on
07/23/2003 6:48:27 AM PDT by
Enemy Of The State
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To: Enemy Of The State
That is very easily argueable. I am not certain, but I would bet that Canada has higher percentage of the GDP going for social welfare programs than China does, which to me is the best way to measure how 'socialistic' a state is.
To: Enemy Of The State
Guess I disagree that they are not a totalitarian state.
Whim decisions at the top can still result in arbitrary deaths from the top down to the lowest rice paddy.
Granted, decisions are usually agonizingly methodical and pedantic by hamstrung group process.
But the corruption alone leads to plenty of totalitarian sorts of ruthlessness.
Add in the army and arrogance in the top levels of the Party and I think there's plenty of totalitarianism left.
51 posted on
07/23/2003 8:38:50 AM PDT by
Quix
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