re: #29 Romantic Heretic

I just had to come back to this because I remembered this little quote.

As for China, it’s no longer a Communist state, that is, run on Marxist principles. It’s now simply an an advanced authoritarian state not dissimilar to, say, Pinochet’s Chile. Although it uses Marxism as a cover for its true form.

Which is why businesses are flocking there. Capitalism is more comfortable in such states than it is in democracies.

Actually, businesses aren’t flocking there anymore, because of the blatant theft of intellectual property and the ofttimes lawless behavior of the Chinese government. You’re also wrong in that Capitalism is actually more comfortable in a democracy in the longer run, since capitalism works best when defended by the Rule of Law.