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The Chinese takeover of HK will be an excellent case study for the thesis from Why Nation's Fail
by djohnston 6y ago
The Chinese takeover of HK will be an excellent case study for the thesis from Why Nation's Fail
- naringas 6y agobecause bigger nation invades?
- djohnston 6y agoNo, because one has a more or less free market with inclusive economic and political institutions, and the other is China
- djohnston 6y agoAnd if the thesis holds, the erosion and replacement of these institutions by the central state's preferred methods should result in a drastic reduction in prosperity for HK.
- centimeter 6y agoBeing an extremely British culture, HK residents are almost entirely pacified and disarmed. If you want to have inclusive economic and political institutions, you need to pair that with an extremely bristly population to make China's strategies economically unviable.