[ExI] Open Individualism

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
Sent: Sunday, 14 January, 2024 8:02 AM
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Subject: Re: [ExI] Open Individualism

 

Spike, if China can incorporate capitalism to some degree and still call themselves communists, why doesn't Russia do it? Or Cuba, North Korea, etc.   Purists?  bill w

 

 

They do.  Every communist country eventually discovers that unless some direct benefit accrues to those most capable, some means of storing wealth and passing it along to the next generation, their country suffers from lack of motivation by the most capable people.  There is no real reason to struggle for anything.  So… people don’t.  Production declines.

 

China has figured out that communism must be functionally capitalist in order to move its enormous population into the modern world.  It started in 1989, and it worked.

 

Eventually we know what happens: outcomes are unequal under capitalism.  Government gets greedy.  Eventually it decides to take what the capitalists have built.  Then there is once again no motive to strive, the country get poorer.  It is a cycle.

 

Regarding China: they are currently eyeing the wealth of Taiwan.  After the election this week, the USA signaled it will not resist if China decides to grab Taiwan.  I predict that will happen within the next calendar year.  Commies can’t stand seeing their neighbor get rich.

 

spike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 9:23 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:



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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> > On Behalf Of
Tara Maya via extropy-chat
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Subject: Re: [ExI] Open Individualism

>...So it's like a "people's republic" where the combination of words
actually reverses the meaning of both...
Tara Maya




Tara note that the title "People's Republic of China" doesn't specify which
people of China.  It only specifies which Republic.

They can pretend otherwise, but they are still commie to the flaming core.

spike

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