I think China is technically a pragmatically fascist country.
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Replying to @Plinz
Capitalism is not joined at the hip to democracy, whatever the Washington Consensus morons thought/thin,.
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Replying to @iwelsh
I basically agree, although I don't see a way out that is not horrible
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Replying to @Plinz
There were ways. But it's too late now. Still, there are degrees of catastrophe, even now.
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Replying to @iwelsh
Maybe China can pull it off (coordinating society at arbitrary scale while maintaining self correction of governance)?
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Replying to @Plinz
no, China isn't going to manage it. Princelings, too many problematic facts (like aquifer depletion) barreling down the road. Corruption.
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Replying to @iwelsh
Still, a country run by engineers, with a primacy of politics over banking and business. And dramatically improving.
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Replying to @Plinz
that's not what the numbers show, I'm afraid, nor what those I know with ground knowledge believe. The switch-over has been passed.
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Replying to @iwelsh
You mean the tipping point wrt global warming? I agree, our current mode of society is probably going to crash, with dramatic casualties.
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Replying to @Plinz
Yes. Given we KNOW it hasn't worked, we'd better try something else. Should have years ago. Didn't. Failure.
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On some level I fully agree, on another you might be overestimating the level of your agency and the efficiency of your operators.
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