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2006-05-01 International-UN-NGOs

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-05-01 13:07|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ... so people now talk of a "Chinese model" in which political autocracy and economic growth go hand in hand.

Um ... no. Only morons talk about "autocracy and economic growth" going hand in hand. Ever since the dawn of mankind, tribal chieftains, royalty, dictators and theocratic rulers have sought to force their underclass to support whatever arbitrary socio-economic structure they have used to justify their own existence. More often than not, it has involved an intensely parasitic relationship with the aforementioned underclass (see: "Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond).

Autocrats have little, if anything, to do with "economic growth." Most often, they have everything to do with plundering, raping and pillaging wealth wherever they can sniff it out or happen to stumble across it.

Posted by Zenster 2006-05-01 20:22|| 2006-05-01 20:22|| Front Page Top

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