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Societies where the choices are made by the government, not the individuals, have not bestowed prosperity and stability on the whole.
by skookumchuck 9y ago
Societies where the choices are made by the government, not the individuals, have not bestowed prosperity and stability on the whole.
- brabel 9y agoChina seems to be a counter example to that (and the largest example in the history of mankind, with 600 million people having a prosperous life thanks to, arguably, the government making decisions on their behalf, not to mention it has been the most stable civilization on Earth despite a few periods of instability), though on the whole, you might be right. I just wouldn't claim that with nearly as much confidence as you do.
- skookumchuck 9y agoChina has free'd up quite a bit from the old centralized planning system, and the material well-being has improved quite a bit since they did.