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Originally posted by Spanky
The only way India will emerge as a world power is if it adopts free market policies.
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I'm not sure about that. From your posts today, it seems that you really believe that what India needs to do first is bring a good solid dictatorship on line, and then let the dictatorship impose free market policies (after killing a few thousand people -- or a few million, depending on whether you want to follow the Chilean or Chinese model).
On any other day I would certainly agree with you, and I would argue that if India does this the simple fact that it is a democracy will make those policies more successful, and hopefully avoid some of the structural problems that China will likely face as its economy overheats.
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Taiwan, Honk Kong, Japan, Malaysia Korea, and Singapore etc, already left India in the dust, now it is simply the PRCs turn.
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And yet, most of those countries managed to do so without the dictatorship and torture thing. I am not disagreeing with your economic view. I'm disagreeing with your view that this trumps everything else. I.e., that a little torture, murder, and dictatorship is just the kinda stuff ya' have to go thru.
Perhaps if I keep saying it, you will understand that "torture is bad" is not a pro-socialist, anti-free-market position.
eta: My earlier question stands. We agree that China is more affluent than India. Not a toughie, as questions go.
But would you rather see a democracy in China, or a dictatorship in India? From everything you've said today, I really think you would actually say the latter. Which is scary, and sad. (I know, Iknow.... ifyou just wait enough decades every dictatorship turns into a democracy.... right?)
