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Comparing China to Europe is apples and oranges. Europe didn’t start the last century as a feudal backwater with ~~3 centuries~~ a century of imperialists extracting its wealth and invading to get its citizens addicted to opium. China was unimaginably poor even 50 years ago. The fact that their economy is so strong now is frankly astounding, and a true testament to the effectiveness of socialism.
Or the greed of corporations outsourcing work and jobs there to increase their own selfish profits.
Let's not be hasty now. I'm pretty sure that describes describes Poland and the Balkans, but now Poland is flourishing and the Balkans are
Poland also didn’t have an intense civil war stoked by the US and other capitalists only 30 years ago.
Wow, inflation really got that century of humiliation hard
Yeah that’s fair actually. Edited my comment.