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To: neolib who wrote (184712)	4/6/2006 11:30:24 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

IMO, you place too high a value on ideological issues like freedom and democracy, and too low a value on prosperity. No offense Neo... But that sounds like it came from the mouth of Mussolini, himself. I will give you prosperity, but I will deny you the freedom to enjoy if it doesn't meet the approval of the ruling and unaccountable elite. Moreover, TRUE PROSPERITY occurs when people are free to follow their economic dreams (so long as the rights of others to pursue their own dreams are not violated). The prosperity you speak of is merely the prosperity the ruling elite feels does not threaten their grip on power (or their own prosperity exploited from the labors of the submissive masses). And China is a fascist state. An economy that is denied true freedom or a political party that would represent their collective wishes. Yes.. it's great that they are making the transition from central planning, but do not be fooled into believing that the communists ruling elite will relinquish their power without a fight. What we should be worried about is whether, without political decentralization, we are creating the equivalent of Nazi Germany. A powerful industrialized and technologically advanced country that is ruled by people who wish to direct that economic potential to achieve their imperialistic aims. I think the jury is still out on that one, and we should not be too enthralled by what the economic progress in China when it is achieved without a comparable political change. Hawk