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Old 06-02-2005, 08:12 PM   #11
Sidd Finch
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Breaking economic principles down to a level so basic that they are meaningless.

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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.

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.
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?)

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