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The Goose-step to me is just silly. It looked silly when the Germans did it and it looks silly when the Chinese do it. When I see it Monty Python's "Ministry of Silly Walks" sketch immediately comes to mind.

Frankly, I don't care what silly walks the Chinese choose to use and there is no reason for them to care whether I like their silly walk or not.

What I can say is that right now the Chinese government remains in power due to an inferiority complex by its people, fear of unstable society by its people, and a burst of nationalism due to their new status.

I don't think that they can successfully maintain oppression, limiting free flow of information, and keep a capitalistic economy at the same time forever. I just don't think the two are compatible in the long term. As their people gain more confidence in themselves and their abilities the government will become less of a "stabilizer" and more and more of a drag on their dreams.

We must have faith and some level of patience.

I don't think that they can successfully maintain oppression, limiting free flow of information, and keep a capitalistic economy at the same time forever.

I think this is the biggest flaw in modern Western philosophy and it defies the historical precedent. I believe China is showing us what the future world government will look like. China and Russia are developing this new system which will soon be adopted by Europe and then the United States. Quasi-capitalist economy ruled by socialist government, exactly what the left in this country is begging for us to adopt.