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throwaway2048
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China becoming more democratic has been a pipe dream getting sold by businesses making money off the fantasy for 3 decades and running.
The opposite is currently happening.
harpratap
on May 18, 2020
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People said the same thing about free markets in Soviet Union. Yet here we are with entrepreneurs and stock markets in Communist China.
throwaway2048
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Entrepreneurs and stock markets have nothing to do with democracy, its a conceit anyone ever thought they did.
bilbo0s
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throwaway is right though, free markets are much easier than political systems. It could be argued that china is already free market, and even still, that political system has not budged.
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The opposite is currently happening.