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I know it's not Bangladesh, but in nearby India, the state of Kerala is the one most influenced by communists, and is also the one with the highest standard of

I know it's not Bangladesh, but in nearby India, the state of Kerala is the one most influenced by communists, and is also the one with the highest standard of living in the country. Meanwhile there are countless countries that have followed neoliberal models and have terrible quality of life. https://search.brave.com/search?q=kerala+quality+of+life https://search.brave.com/search?q=kerala+quality+of+life

hollerith 3y ago
When there have been dozens of experiments at the country level and at the province level with communism, and you mention only one experiment that supports your position, that is called cherry picking.
- teachrdan 3y ago
  What do you expect -- for me to catalog and rate every country by economic development and political influence? This comment applies just as well to the post I was replying to, which happened to refer to a country immediately adjacent to the one I referenced.
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rayiner 3y ago
In 1950, India had a GDP per capita of $597. China was only a little higher at $614. Pakistan was at $650. Taiwan and South Korea were $922 and $876--significantly less than twice as much. Fast forward to 2023, India has increased by less than 5x, and is at $2,600. China has grown 20x, and is at $12,000. South Korea has grown 40x and is at $35,000. Taiwan grew 35x and is at $34,700. The defense of Nehruvian economics--against all evidence and experience--would be funny if the consequences weren't so deadly. It, and the neighboring ideologies of Islamic Socialism in Pakistan and Bangladesh, left those countries far behind Asian competitors that didn't have that much of a head start at the time of independence. Pointing to the least bad implementation of that tragic idea isn't impressive to me.
- JamesBarney 3y ago
  I'm usually pretty pro capitalist. But is China less capitalist b than India?

hollerith 3y ago

When there have been dozens of experiments at the country level and at the province level with communism, and you mention only one experiment that supports your position, that is called cherry picking.

teachrdan 3y ago
What do you expect -- for me to catalog and rate every country by economic development and political influence? This comment applies just as well to the post I was replying to, which happened to refer to a country immediately adjacent to the one I referenced.
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rayiner 3y ago

In 1950, India had a GDP per capita of $597. China was only a little higher at $614. Pakistan was at $650. Taiwan and South Korea were $922 and $876--significantly less than twice as much. Fast forward to 2023, India has increased by less than 5x, and is at $2,600. China has grown 20x, and is at $12,000. South Korea has grown 40x and is at $35,000. Taiwan grew 35x and is at $34,700. The defense of Nehruvian economics--against all evidence and experience--would be funny if the consequences weren't so deadly. It, and the neighboring ideologies of Islamic Socialism in Pakistan and Bangladesh, left those countries far behind Asian competitors that didn't have that much of a head start at the time of independence. Pointing to the least bad implementation of that tragic idea isn't impressive to me.

JamesBarney 3y ago
I'm usually pretty pro capitalist. But is China less capitalist b than India?