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Originally Posted by Platapus
China is too busy making money to want to go to war. Globally linked economies are a great way to reduce the threat of war.
This is one of the reasons I want the US to have economic treaties with countries like Cuba, North Korea, and Iran.
Capitalism is a good path to democracy albeit a slow path at times. Whether you are a socialist or a fascist or anywhere in between, everyone likes to make money and buy stuff.  .
About the only thing that unites all of humanity is the desire of parents to have their kids have a better life. |
with your first two statements, i agree. Certainly, i think falling into any major conflict-scenario is utterly opposed to China's interests right now. I'm not sure that the same is true of the US though.
with regard to your third statement: apart from the uncertain link between capitalism and democracy, if you were to look at things from China's point of view, which is to say that above all else you wish for China to gain top-ranking economic and political power, and at the same time looking at the condition of American democracy today, would you recommend that China adopts American-style democracy?