Change the system not the party
Or don't do anything and save our time thinking about politics.
Italy's had about 40 governments since the war so was essentially ungoverned for a large part of the end of the 21st century. Their growth during that period wasn't dissimilar to the UK. This kind of proves that so long as governments don't implement crazy fool policies, a countries economy in the absence of innovation will tick along at a steady rate.
1 party dictatorships which have done well economically:-
1. Nazi germany 1933-1939
2. Fascist Italy 1928-1939
3. "Communist" China 1978 until today (average 7% growth per year in that timespan compared to 2% for UK's economy)
The first 2 stimulated their economies by massive state investment ( a lot of it in the military obviously) - socialist policies essentially - and China's succeeded by liberating large chunks of the economy from state control and encouraging foreign investors (with low taxes) who are of the belief that there's a 1.4 billion consumer sector to exploit there - extreme capitalism.
This week I saw 2 interesting things about China:-
1. 26 year old woman is richest in China (net worth $16.6 billion)
2. You can buy a good looking 16 year old wife in Yunnan province for 10000 RMB (~£600)
One wonders how long it will be before China tears itself apart.
Or don't do anything and save our time thinking about politics.
Italy's had about 40 governments since the war so was essentially ungoverned for a large part of the end of the 21st century. Their growth during that period wasn't dissimilar to the UK. This kind of proves that so long as governments don't implement crazy fool policies, a countries economy in the absence of innovation will tick along at a steady rate.
1 party dictatorships which have done well economically:-
1. Nazi germany 1933-1939
2. Fascist Italy 1928-1939
3. "Communist" China 1978 until today (average 7% growth per year in that timespan compared to 2% for UK's economy)
The first 2 stimulated their economies by massive state investment ( a lot of it in the military obviously) - socialist policies essentially - and China's succeeded by liberating large chunks of the economy from state control and encouraging foreign investors (with low taxes) who are of the belief that there's a 1.4 billion consumer sector to exploit there - extreme capitalism.
This week I saw 2 interesting things about China:-
1. 26 year old woman is richest in China (net worth $16.6 billion)
2. You can buy a good looking 16 year old wife in Yunnan province for 10000 RMB (~£600)
One wonders how long it will be before China tears itself apart.
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