Comment by WalterBright
2 years ago
China abandoned communism and turned free markets. That's why they "hit it out of the park".
> "free market" societies have never really been free
Of course. But the free'er they are, the better they work.
> has been a working hybrid of both systems
The socialist part flounders along, supported by taxes on the free market. The bigger the socialist part, the worse the economy as a whole performs.
China abandoned communism and turned free markets.
We weren't talking about communism, but rather socialism. Also, its markets are very far from free.
That's all I have time for. Good luck.