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The communism capitalism dichotomy masks a lot of subtlety, including: China’s market reforms, Taiwan’s inconvenient history of being run as a military dictator
by chillacy 8y ago
The communism capitalism dichotomy masks a lot of subtlety, including: China’s market reforms, Taiwan’s inconvenient history of being run as a military dictatorship during much of its economic development, the relative sizes of the two countries, China interfering with Taiwan’s economy, etc
I say this because Taiwan isn’t doing as hot in economic development compared to China costal cities in recent years, but much of that comes from a myriad of other reasons besides “communism is better than capitalism”.
- warp_factor 8y agoI agree with you completely, it is a simplistic example of course. But spending multiple weeks in each you can have a feel for the culture of each place, the way people behave, their level of education etc etc.
- heavenlyblue 8y agoYou agree with the parent completely, yet continue making exactly the same point you made before.
- darkpuma 8y ago> "Taiwan’s inconvenient history of being run as a military dictatorship during much of its economic development," Not unlike South Korea, incidentally. A running series of military coups until quite recently. Please do not confuse the above as praise for the DPRK, which like the PRC, operates concentration camps for political dissidents.