possibly but they will die eventually @Death in June

or they could also be corrupted by wealth

well

generally an autocrat can't really be bought out, at least not by domestic powers

because they can take whatever they want barring a coup or revolution

There are other ways to get them though

such as blackmail

If you are referring to pinochett chille did pretty well, it went from the third lowest to seccond highest South/centel American gdp per capital during his tenure.

money is just one of the many ways it can go wrong... thats why i have an issue with entrusting things to one individual like that... <:thinking_clown:590855640268668928>

i don't think that's true

chile grew at a slightly below average rate for latin america

and the real income of most chileans actively shrunk over time

not in relative terms but in absolute terms

GDP isnt the best marker for quality of life though

homelessness skyrocketed

chile did really well after the aylwin administration unfucked it

the idea of distributism really intrigues me

but it sort of seems like something thats impossible to achieve

the problem is that centralized control over resources is more or less a reality for any society that wants to stay competitive

industrial strength translates quite heavily to military strength

especially when you look at china as one of those competitors on the global stage

china is set to overtake the us in industrial capacity pretty soon i think

Some seem to think a collapse is inevitable

but... i dont know.. i sort of doubt that.. The chinese government can do whatever they need to prevent that from happening

i think what is so impressive about china, is that mathematically speaking... if even just half of their population stormed the government buildings.. there wouldnt be enough bullets to stop all the people. Really a flip could happen in less then a week if the people just banded together in massive groups... Sorry but 500 million people storming government buildings and shiz... theres no way they could stop it... but the chinese people will never do that.

The level of suppression that their government has achieved is scary but also impressive.

Why would they storm government buildings though?

QOL is increasing in China

A middle class is forming and expanding

i dunno the china collapse theories i've seen are just rooted in the idea that state planning is going to be their downfall or some such nonsense

i wouldnt trust the numbers coming out of china

on anything

The China collapsing theories are pushed by idiots looking at China from a Western perspective @Death in June

"They don't have freedom!!!!"

>So?

China basically never has had any

What they're getting now is more than any basically in their history

LOL

the chinese seem to have a very positive view of the chinese government from what i can see

^

They have to