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> Yes and no. What a country needs to do to be prosperous is fairly easy - liberal, free market capitalism. No other system has come close to that. That's not
by johnchristopher 2y ago
> Yes and no. What a country needs to do to be prosperous is fairly easy - liberal, free market capitalism. No other system has come close to that.
That's not enough. You also need to be at war with other countries, win those wars and impose war reparations so high the losing party is obliged to grant you control of its tariff and industries to repay an ever increasing and eternal debt. "It wasn't fair they didn't want to buy our opium".
- roenxi 2y ago[flagged]
- somat 2y agoPlease note that during the last big war, your much vaunted capitalist economy. was turned into a planed economy. This was done in order to focus it into a war winning machine. However, I do agree that in general the most good is done for the most people by application of the the free market.
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