someguy3@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-24 days agoPeople cognizant in the 1960's, 70's, 80's, or 90's, what was the perception of China?message-squaremessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up178arrow-down1message-squarePeople cognizant in the 1960's, 70's, 80's, or 90's, what was the perception of China?someguy3@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-24 days agomessage-square62fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoI imagine that was motivated by the mistaken idea that more capitalist markets would mean more democracy automatically
minus-squaremassive_bereavement@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoI think that trying to predict what would have happened if the Tiananmen revolt had been successful would be going straight into alt-history, but for a brief moment there was a chance for a democratic China.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoWhich is ironic, considering that democracy and capitalism are opposed to each other in certain fundamental ways. (One of the Alt-Right Playbook videos explains it, but I’m not in a position to go look up which one it is at the moment.)
I imagine that was motivated by the mistaken idea that more capitalist markets would mean more democracy automatically
I think that trying to predict what would have happened if the Tiananmen revolt had been successful would be going straight into alt-history, but for a brief moment there was a chance for a democratic China.
Which is ironic, considering that democracy and capitalism are opposed to each other in certain fundamental ways.
(One of the Alt-Right Playbook videos explains it, but I’m not in a position to go look up which one it is at the moment.)