Comments on: China’s Transition to “Democracy” http://acornsfromanokie.com/2004/03/26/chinas-transition-to-democracy/ Great acorns from tiny oaks grow. Or something like that. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:58:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Allen http://acornsfromanokie.com/2004/03/26/chinas-transition-to-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Allen Thu, 01 Apr 2004 19:43:19 +0000 http://acornsfromanokie.com/?p=479#comment-41 I think China's property-laws can be summed up as: We'll have property laws who deserve to have property. And we'll be the ones, thank you, to determine who deserves to have property. As long as you toe the line, you'll be OK. I think China’s property-laws can be summed up as: We’ll have property laws who deserve to have property. And we’ll be the ones, thank you, to determine who deserves to have property.

As long as you toe the line, you’ll be OK.

]]> By: Porphyrogenitus http://acornsfromanokie.com/2004/03/26/chinas-transition-to-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Porphyrogenitus Mon, 29 Mar 2004 14:59:42 +0000 http://acornsfromanokie.com/?p=479#comment-40 J.M. - the point is, I'm dubious that we can call what's going on in China capitalism. It's certainly not free market economics. It's much more like Mussolini's system of state-directed business and there is still a large state sector and many of the so-called private companies are owned by government officials or branches of the government. They (mostly) gave up the central planning model, and have allowed some actual private enterprise. But even the (new, remember) encoding of property rights into their laws isn't really all it's cracked up to be. J.M. – the point is, I’m dubious that we can call what’s going on in China capitalism. It’s certainly not free market economics. It’s much more like Mussolini’s system of state-directed business and there is still a large state sector and many of the so-called private companies are owned by government officials or branches of the government.

They (mostly) gave up the central planning model, and have allowed some actual private enterprise. But even the (new, remember) encoding of property rights into their laws isn’t really all it’s cracked up to be.

]]> By: porphyrogenitus.net http://acornsfromanokie.com/2004/03/26/chinas-transition-to-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-42 porphyrogenitus.net Mon, 29 Mar 2004 14:54:31 +0000 http://acornsfromanokie.com/?p=479#comment-42 <strong>Catching Up</strong> So last Friday I decided to take the rest of the "Dick Clarke's Rockin' Ides-o-March Hit Week" off. Sure, he was a little late for the Ides, but you gotta get your shiv in when you can, right? I have Catching Up

So last Friday I decided to take the rest of the “Dick Clarke’s Rockin’ Ides-o-March Hit Week” off. Sure, he was a little late for the Ides, but you gotta get your shiv in when you can, right? I have

]]> By: J. M. Branum http://acornsfromanokie.com/2004/03/26/chinas-transition-to-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-39 J. M. Branum Sun, 28 Mar 2004 19:50:03 +0000 http://acornsfromanokie.com/?p=479#comment-39 China and Singapore are two examples of how capitalism does not always bring true freedom. I am outraged that USA still trades with the PROC given its human rights record, particularly in how it denies procreative freedom to its citizens (even forcing women to have abortions) and also in how it treats Christians, Tibetan Buddhists and other folks of faith. I have yet to see any proof that the booming economic trade with China is bringing about democracy or freedom at all China and Singapore are two examples of how capitalism does not always bring true freedom.

I am outraged that USA still trades with the PROC given its human rights record, particularly in how it denies procreative freedom to its citizens (even forcing women to have abortions) and also in how it treats Christians, Tibetan Buddhists and other folks of faith. I have yet to see any proof that the booming economic trade with China is bringing about democracy or freedom at all

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