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0 pointssecondcoming2y ago0 comments

> Why is China not as rich as the West

I find this hard to believe

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Look at GDP per capita, very simple. Middle-income country - they might even get stuck in that trap.

I don't think nor wrote that it "had the better governance", and merely proposed an explanation for what we know (acts of the governments, reaction of most citizens).

RandomLensman2y ago

Then it isn't an "elephant in the room", i.e., dictatorship has not delivered in China.

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0 pointssecondcoming2y ago0 comments

> Why is China not as rich as the West

I find this hard to believe

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RandomLensman2y ago

Look at GDP per capita, very simple. Middle-income country - they might even get stuck in that trap.

natmaka2y ago

I don't think nor wrote that it "had the better governance", and merely proposed an explanation for what we know (acts of the governments, reaction of most citizens).

RandomLensman2y ago

Then it isn't an "elephant in the room", i.e., dictatorship has not delivered in China.

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