President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance were among the top US government officials who were evacuated from the Washington Hilton after shots were fired near the ballroom.
Oh I think both parties are corrupt and suck. So you are not a sad person? You’re all good and happy? Just making sure, cuz yeah, I don’t know you, but you sounded pretty gloom and doom there. But hey if you are doing good, then all good, brother. No hate here.
Cuba, China, DPRK, maybe Vietnam though i don’t know much about them.
It really depends what you call success though. Making a small fraction of people rich while exploiting masses all around the world?
It probably is hard to see Cuba and DPRK as winners but both have withstood decades of war against the USA. That is more than any other countries can claim. It also would have been impossible under capitalism. Then again the US would probably not do war against them if they turned capitalist.
You really don’t. China and Vietnam aren’t examples of success “without capitalism.” At all. Their economic booms only happened after they ditched rigid central planning and embraced major capitalist reforms.
China’s growth exploded after Deng Xiaoping’s 1978 market liberalization, creating special economic zones, allowing private businesses, foreign investment, and competition; private enterprise now drives most of its GDP. Same with Vietnam’s 1986 Đổi Mới reforms, which introduced privatization, markets, and trade. Then poverty plummeted and it became an export powerhouse. Without those pro-market changes, they’d look like the stagnant failures on the rest of the list.
Cuba and North Korea (DPRK) remain stuck with command economies and score terribly on prosperity: Cuba relies on remittances from capitalist exiles and has chronic shortages, while North Korea’s GDP per capita is among the world’s lowest with a history of famine.
Yeah I was talking about Vietnam. Saying China is not in parts socialist is pretty weird but like I said, the common ground with Americans is pretty small. I mean China is literally your number one enemy. How could you have a better view on it?
Ignoring decades of war against the world’s economic and military hegemony is also a bit simplistic but again, american politics can only be simplistic. But I am happy for you, having you little gotcha moment. Maybe it is time for question from me:
What key reforms do you see that will save capitalism or generally the US?
Oh I think both parties are corrupt and suck. So you are not a sad person? You’re all good and happy? Just making sure, cuz yeah, I don’t know you, but you sounded pretty gloom and doom there. But hey if you are doing good, then all good, brother. No hate here.
Thank you. I am actually quite not doomy as it seems like the US-hegemony crumbles.
Corruption is a problem, but I am convinced this is the problem. Capitalism simply is a deadend.
Fair point. What successful country isn’t “capitalist” in your opinion?
Cuba, China, DPRK, maybe Vietnam though i don’t know much about them. It really depends what you call success though. Making a small fraction of people rich while exploiting masses all around the world?
It probably is hard to see Cuba and DPRK as winners but both have withstood decades of war against the USA. That is more than any other countries can claim. It also would have been impossible under capitalism. Then again the US would probably not do war against them if they turned capitalist.
You really don’t. China and Vietnam aren’t examples of success “without capitalism.” At all. Their economic booms only happened after they ditched rigid central planning and embraced major capitalist reforms.
China’s growth exploded after Deng Xiaoping’s 1978 market liberalization, creating special economic zones, allowing private businesses, foreign investment, and competition; private enterprise now drives most of its GDP. Same with Vietnam’s 1986 Đổi Mới reforms, which introduced privatization, markets, and trade. Then poverty plummeted and it became an export powerhouse. Without those pro-market changes, they’d look like the stagnant failures on the rest of the list.
Cuba and North Korea (DPRK) remain stuck with command economies and score terribly on prosperity: Cuba relies on remittances from capitalist exiles and has chronic shortages, while North Korea’s GDP per capita is among the world’s lowest with a history of famine.
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Yeah I was talking about Vietnam. Saying China is not in parts socialist is pretty weird but like I said, the common ground with Americans is pretty small. I mean China is literally your number one enemy. How could you have a better view on it?
Ignoring decades of war against the world’s economic and military hegemony is also a bit simplistic but again, american politics can only be simplistic. But I am happy for you, having you little gotcha moment. Maybe it is time for question from me:
What key reforms do you see that will save capitalism or generally the US?