Subj : your opinion of current w
To   : KAELON
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Sun Jun 09 2024 08:33 am

>100% agreed. Communism or Socialism has always proven itself a theoretical and
>hypothetical model, that even its strictest adherents have lamented is
>impossible given human nature. Specifically, humans are driven by individual
>achievement and their immediate collective (their family, their circle of
>friends, their professional colleagues, etc.) will always take precedence over
>the broader collective.

I agree.

>So China did the unthinkable - it abandoned its central planning principles and
>started to dramatically nurture private enterprise. Today, China is broadly a
>capitalist system with some significant centralized controls, but it would be
>more appropriate to describe it as a Capitalist Oligarchy, with increasingly
>Sociopathic Dictatorial tendencies.

Which would explain why some of our politicians admire them.

>Ultimately, China lacks the geopolitical
>resources - and it is sitting on top of a demographic crisis where ~70% of its
>population will be dead in the next 25 years with no hopes of replacement,
>thanks to the One-Child Policy - that it will not be en effective competitor to
>the United States or the European Union.

I wonder if that demographic crisis will push them to start acting out
against other countries sooner rather than later.

> Capitalism continues to rule the world. The question is: how will Democracy
> evolve as speed and agility are starting to outstrip productivity as key
> measures of economic output?

Interesting question.


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