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Check your perspective. Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Korea all industrialized faster and have a higher standard of living than China. All did it in the
by DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y ago
Check your perspective. Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Korea all industrialized faster and have a higher standard of living than China.
All did it in the 1980s - 40 years ago. All did it without oppressive communism.
- DaedPsyker 4y agoWhile it might not have been communist, Korea certainly was oppressive when it built the chaebols which did involve a fair bit of government management.
- lmz 4y agoAlso re: Taiwan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Terror_(Taiwan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Terror_(Taiwan)
- lostlogin 4y agoHong Kong has made it to oppressive communism, so that’s going to be interesting to watch going forward (or backwards?).
- DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y agoYes for sure. From China, to free markets, back to China. I think we’re already seeing the effects on Hong Kong. No so great.
- ashwagary 4y ago>if the measure is number of people lifted out of poverty, China wins hands down. >Check your perspective. >All did it in the 1980s - 40 years ago. All did it without oppressive communism. Japan industrialized long before 1980 and all the countries listed have miniscule populations compared to China. The only country you can really attempt to compare to China's scale is India but good luck landing the same poverty alleviation conclusions.
- DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y agoGood luck finding examples of successful communism.