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The US has something that none of its competitors do: a free and open society, where entrepreneurs can flourish. I'm impressed that you can say that when the U
by omouse 16y ago
The US has something that none of its competitors do: a free and open society, where entrepreneurs can flourish.
I'm impressed that you can say that when the US operates Guantanamo Bay and is actively trying to prosecute Julian Assange of the Wikileaks organization. Not to mention the DMCA, the Patriot Act and all these other laws/organizations designed to constrain the rights of its citizens.
Were it not for the PRC's protectionist policies, many (most?) of the Chinese "success stories" would not have happened.
Those policies work. It sounds like the US should put them into place since they work.
- ajays 16y agoThe US has 308 million people. A society this big will have outliers; Gitmo being one of them. And last I checked, Assange was _not_ in the US. And the ones who are 'actively trying to prosecute Assange' are the _Swedes_ and the Brits; not the US. The protectionist policies absolutely don't work beyond a small point. If they worked, then Baidu would be the number 1 search engine in Japan, Korea, Russia, etc. Is it? A (protectionist) wall may keep the outsiders out; but it also keeps the insiders in....
- chc 16y agoI don't think anyone really believes the Swedes and the Brits are acting independently of the US on this one. But it all seems beside the point, since none of this has to do with business.
- binaryfinery 16y ago"A (protectionist) wall may keep the outsiders out; but it also keeps the insiders in...." As opposed to our policy, which is to give hundreds of billions of dollars to China every year. That's working out so well! Or are you one of these people that doesnt believe that empires fall, or that an empire can fall simply because it runs out of money?