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this is a fair point, but isn't resilience against outside interference a key feature for any political system? we haven't exactly achieved world peace yet.

• aaomidi 6y ago
  No country can stand up to America right now. The only reason America hasn't went on an all out global war is because they enjoy the cheap labor from the rest of the world.
  • leetcrew 6y ago
    I guess it depends on what you mean by "stand up to". china seems to be more or less getting its way in regional disputes and extending its sphere of influence further. what I'm getting at is that it doesn't seem very useful to discuss what economic/political systems might work in a vacuum. maybe an isolated communist society could be a true utopia, but that doesn't really matter if a belligerent neighbor has planes, tanks, and nukes. a society can't last unless it can at least deter attacks from outside.
    • aaomidi 6y ago
      If US wanted to increase it's war with China to the levels of sanctions it has on Iran for example, then China would not be able to hold itself. But they won't because China has nukes.