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Topic	Does anyone ever think democracy is actually a failure in disguise?
Wutobliteration 04/08/20 1:30:49 PM #14:	Bananana posted... The quality of life in China is bad. Thats it. Thats the only metric to measure a country by: people arent happy. Why on Earth do we try to measure the success of countries by any metric other than the happiness of people living there? not for long. Compared to before Deng XiaoPing's open economy policy, almost ALL of China was bad. Now you see the lower class people moving up into the middle class and the middle class moving up into the upper class. Consumer spending rises, wealth is generated, the country reaps big. I'm admittedly, also basing on trickle-down economics but the idea remains the same. You think American people are any better? Dont look at the present situation. Look at the trend. From past compared to present compared to future. \ China has been burdened by poverty since colonialism era. They only started their meteoric rise recently. Meanwhile how long as America prospered in comparison and had their amazing headstart? <cite>Wutobliteration posted [p:937013002] in Does anyon... [t:78557691]...</cite> <quote>Bananana posted... </cite> <quote>The quality of life in China is bad. Thats it. Thats the only metric to measure a country by: people arent happy. Why on Earth do we try to measure the success of countries by any metric other than the happiness of people living there?</quote> not for long. Compared to before Deng XiaoPing's open economy policy, almost ALL of China was bad. Now you see the lower class people moving up into the middle class and the middle class moving up into the upper class. Consumer spending rises, wealth is generated, the country reaps big. I'm admittedly, also basing on trickle-down economics but the idea remains the same. You think American people are any better? Dont look at the present situation. Look at the trend. From past compared to present compared to future. \ China has been burdened by poverty since colonialism era. They only started their meteoric rise recently. Meanwhile how long as America prospered in comparison and had their amazing headstart? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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