"If trains were first invented today, they would never be built. No rail-less nations are building rail networks. No, China doesn't count because they're the Paragon of poor economic choices."
TheGamingLuddite [none/use name] @ TheGamingLuddite @hexbear.net Posts 0Comments 242Joined 3 yr. ago
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"Bad economic decisions"
The lizard people will never forgive China for standing up for itself. They kept the Qing alive indefinitely because it forced masses of starving and immiserated people to become guest laborers, "coolies" for Western capitalists. Reform Era economic liberalization wasn't enough; Unless Dow Chemical is dictating the environmental policy of Guangxi, China will always bear the original sins of authoritarianism and bad economics, regardless of how prosperous or stable it is.