BarqsHasBite to Ask [email protected] • edit-216 days agoPeople cognizant in the 1960's, 70's, 80's, or 90's, what was the perception of China?message-square58fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squarePeople cognizant in the 1960's, 70's, 80's, or 90's, what was the perception of China?BarqsHasBite to Ask [email protected] • edit-216 days agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMatch!!linkfedilinkEnglish2•15 days agoI imagine that was motivated by the mistaken idea that more capitalist markets would mean more democracy automatically
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•15 days agoWhich is ironic, considering that democracy and capitalism are opposed to each other in certain fundamental ways. (One of the Alt-Right Playbook videos explains it, but I’m not in a position to go look up which one it is at the moment.)
minus-squaremassive_bereavementlinkfedilink1•15 days agoI think that trying to predict what would have happened if the Tiananmen revolt had been successful would be going straight into alt-history, but for a brief moment there was a chance for a democratic China.
I imagine that was motivated by the mistaken idea that more capitalist markets would mean more democracy automatically
Which is ironic, considering that democracy and capitalism are opposed to each other in certain fundamental ways.
(One of the Alt-Right Playbook videos explains it, but I’m not in a position to go look up which one it is at the moment.)
I think that trying to predict what would have happened if the Tiananmen revolt had been successful would be going straight into alt-history, but for a brief moment there was a chance for a democratic China.