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Flip a page or two back and enjoy the laugh :cheers:

There were some good policies for sure. Even in the two examples I used, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, some good came out of them. Specifically, the GLF constructed much of the infrastructure that was needed for the explosive growth starting in the '80s, and the CR broke...

Dude, just stop. You believe China is communist. :rofl:

Most of us call China communist, you're the only one who actually believes that they're communist. And to think you were actually talking about the electorate's burden to educate themselves. :rofl:

It failed relative to what they could have done as opposed to what their predecessors had done. The great leap forward and the cultural revolution, though not ENTIRELY without their merits, is I'd guess 90% destructive and maybe 10% constructive. Of course, it does look comparatively good with...

I'm not sure what needs to be clarified? Of course it failed. I just wouldn't call it an "utter failure" because some elements of the system did survive in the form of social security and universal healthcare. Were Roman and Greek republics "utter failures"? No, they had their day, they...

Why, theoretically there can be an infinite number of brands. In fact, you seem like you don't know this yet, some of them are not even communist! :woot: Really, I find it a bit disheartening that I'm arguing with someone who thinks that China is communist in anything more than name. From...

Now you're just nitpicking. What proportion of U.S. representatives, senators, and governors were elected without public record? Of course there has to be a starting point, before anybody has any real knowledge regarding the candidate. But by and large, the important political offices are...

Taking sentences out of context again.... I think it's obvious that through my rejection of the efficacies of democracy that not having it is no sign of failure. Yes, the Soviet Union collapsed, but what does it prove? It proves that the Soviet brand of communism, and I'm using the word...

Gambit, you must be pretty adroit at this internet debate thing, because you seem to be a master atbreaking down a cohesive paragraph into disparate sentences so you take them out of context. I hope that you'll instead present your own views and contrast them with mine. First, the education...

I don't think any sane citizen of "communist" regimes has any illusion about the extant of his/her country's democracy. The big thing is, does democracy actually work? Are the western countries stronger because of democracy, or does democracy seems good due to western countries' advanced...

Good question, why do they campaign at all? If the electorate is educated enough, they can simply make informed decisions based on each candidate's public records. But come on, let's face it, it ain't gonna happen. In reality, the lies and truths told during a campaign greatly affect the...

Whoa, total misunderstanding. I kinda thought that I should've clarified after I wrote it. I didn't mean to literally control the media, I meant simply to spam the airwaves with any number of true or untrue statements like "the healthcare bill introduces the death squads." Like it or not, it...

I agree. It's simply ignorant to view any large group people as inherently inferior in any way. As for the current topic, I don't think the PRC will ever actually invade Taiwan. They'll do whatever they can to ensure that Taiwan is captured without a fight. When Taiwan is becomes so...

Yes, I know the real estate prices are ridiculous in China, especially in the cities. However, how do you think a democratic monitoring and regulating agency can control that? Didn't the U.S. JUST suffer a gigantic bubble burst in their real estate sector? Laws were continuously modified...

I think the Chinese carriers will have other targets in mind. Fighting the USN in open seas is a hopeless endeavor for at the very, very least another 30 years or so. Chinese carriers will likely be aimed against countries like Japan, the Philippines, and India.

I think you're a bit naive if you think there's no corruption in democratic governments. The U.S., Russia, and India are all big countries with varying forms of democracy, and corruption runs rampant in all of them in different ways. I live in the U.S., so I'll describe the American way of...

Mastering nuclear reactor technology and integrating it into an AC are two different things. I wouldn't expect a nuclear powered one to be built any time soon. Also, whoever said it above is right, China, nor anybody else, is rich enough to refit a carrier like the Varyag and make it a...

Ha, has anybody played C&C: Generals? Reminds me of the Paladin tank....

That's debatable, but you know what's not free? Food.