re: #212 Fozzie Bear

The soviet union had an economy that was just this side of a turd sandwich for decades before it fell, and was far more oppressive of its citizens.

I don’t think there’s much of a comparison to be made. The USSR was a completely planned economy (poorly planned, that is.), where China is basically a capitalist dream state with an icing of totalitarian regime.

The two are extremely different.

They aren’t identical. But China’s combination of political repression, ethnic minorities and systemic corruption is potentially volatile.