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For real? China is approximately libertarian? I’m not here to say China is worse than most others but it has a massive state surveillance operation. There is rampant censorship of opinions and media. The penalties for drug possession are severe. The economy is heavily influenced by the government if not centrally run. It seems pretty far from libertarianism.
I mean the general public morale, something like that. Where people in western countries complain about “wild capitalism” and so on - in China it’s pretty much jungle.
The economy is heavily influenced by the government if not centrally run.
For real? China is approximately libertarian? I’m not here to say China is worse than most others but it has a massive state surveillance operation. There is rampant censorship of opinions and media. The penalties for drug possession are severe. The economy is heavily influenced by the government if not centrally run. It seems pretty far from libertarianism.
I mean the general public morale, something like that. Where people in western countries complain about “wild capitalism” and so on - in China it’s pretty much jungle.
No, that’s the point, their economy is not.
Politically.