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To: KyrosL who wrote (20594)	7/29/2007 12:29:08 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 220205

The Internet makes it so much easier than the old days. Unrestrained use of the internet is an incredible driver of innovation. The Chinese do not allow any new internet cafes this year. The Chinese censor the internet. Not good if you want capitalistic disruption/destruction to drive ingenuity. Don't mistake growth for dynamisn. Though I do think Chinese capitalism is dynamic, it is hobbled by lack of freedom and democracy.

To: KyrosL who wrote (20594)	7/29/2007 12:36:05 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 220205

Russia has done a terrific job of liberalizing its politics, hasn't it? Can you REALLY tell the difference between Putin anf Brezhnev? The overthrow of the dictator Batista led to Castro. Any claim that present-day China is a democracy is absurd. The overthrow of a dictatorship usually results in a new dictatorship; the evolution of one usually results is a new form of dictatorship. Most revolutions result in dictatorship, not democracy. The US had the good fortune of having a form of democracy already established before its revolution. Its people would settle for no less afterwards. The internet? China busily blocks those portions of it that do not agree with the views of the old cronies that run the gov't.