[ExI] the myth of the US "liberal media"

[spike]

>... On Behalf Of Kelly Anderson
...

>...When I visited China in 1987, it was pretty shabby. All the good stuff
you talk about has come from the capitalist reformation since the early
80s... Giving communism the credit for China's economic well being today
doesn't strike me as particularly intellectually honest. -Kelly


Communism is what held China back.  They had a highly intelligent,
industrious resident population, but then the power grabbers decided
communism was the way.  They imprisoned or executed their intelligentsia,
wrecked businesses, did everything that resulted in what you saw in 1987.
But eventually the students realized there was a better way.  Spring of
1989, massive protests in Tianenmen Square.  Later that year, Mr. Gorbachev
tore down the wall, and the whole world was able to compare capitalism on
one side with communism on the other.  China leadership decided perhaps they
would allow capitalism to work its magic (giving up minimal control of
course, human nature being inherently fond of wielding power.)  Result:
China today, growing, thriving, rich.  Same with Vietnam and everywhere
else: less government equals more economic freedom equals greater motivation
of the individual and more prosperity.  

Money is freedom.  Money motivates people.  It really is that simple.  

spike