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power potential of a country's government? what is the point of having/backing it when regular citizens couldn't have a fair share of that power? telling 1.4 b
by dis-sys 9y ago
power potential of a country's government? what is the point of having/backing it when regular citizens couldn't have a fair share of that power?
telling 1.4 billion Chinese to work their ass off for the next 3-4 years so China's GDP per capita figure can reach 20% of today's US GDP per capita is not impressive at any level. it is a solid proof that China is still damn poor after 40 years of economic reform.
there is no competition whatsoever - when Japan challenged America's economy in the early 80s, the GDP per capita figure of Japan was on par with the American one. We are now talking about an economy that is working day & night trying to reach 20% of America's GDP per capita.
- lasc4r 9y agoInteresting perspective, but they are a growing global power and still growing quickly. They might actually have a more effective government than western style democracies, but I hope that's not the case. It will be interesting to see what this century hold for China compared to India.
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- tanilama 9y agoIt is certainly impressive. A market bigger than US governed by a single political entity, that has the ability to control its citizen beyond the imagination of any western governments. That is enormous power, and it comes in aggregate. US has been the biggest/smartest country to turn its internal market into a weapon. Now that China has it, it will surely use to same, if not greater extent, and that is what makes it intimidating.