"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried". Winston Churchill

parthdesai 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Quoting a guy who is (in)directly responsible for murder of about 4 million people. Nice

jampekka 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Socialism with Chinese Characteristics had not been tried at that point :)

	▲	usrnm 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		To be fair, Deng Xiaoping's reforms were based on the older New Economic Policy or NEP from the 1920s USSR, so it had been tried at that point. It was scrapped in the USSR for other reasons, not because it failed.
	▲	WarmWash 2 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Ironically you can map China's progress over the last 30 years directly with their adoption of capitalistic policies. The more capitalistic they become, the more growth they have seen.
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	▲	sscaryterry 2 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Exactly, maybe we've got it all wrong :)
	▲	crimsoneer 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The word you're looking for is dictatorship, and it is not new.