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Old 04-20-2012, 12:18 PM   #39
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So communism has decentralized power away from the emperors and placed more power in the hands of the people in the form of the party organ, and has now evolved into a hybrid nation. If we take a long term view, a view of China in evolution (no, I did not forget the "r") what are the possible futures? Again, I will use the USA in comparison.

The USA rode the capitalist wave to become a superpower, and although it began some imperialist ventures it evolved into promoting democracy and freedom (America definition), and a hell of a lot of marketing. This has resulted in some increased democracy around the world but has its failures too in underdeveloped nations where there were power "vacuums" (tug-o-wars really).

In the China scenario, it rises to become a superpower using capitalism, but what does it spread, culturally and politically? Once it has achieved stability and success, where does it go?

For a superpower to win the hearts and minds of the world, there must be a common vision and demonstrated theme in sync with the masses. For the USA it was freedom and the capitalist work ethic with rich rewards.

What message can China carry?

The truth is, it missed an opportunity: when the world economy was looted by greed and selfish shortsightedness, China and Maoism/communism could have piqued the interest of the disaffected, but its hypocrisy sabotaged that message. Communism controlling burgeoning capitalism? China cornering rare earth markets? China diluted its potential with the almighty dollar.
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