The Communist doctrine still depends on world domination to eliminate dissenters and opposition. They are only flirting with free enterprise to fund their soon-to-be-powerful military. Free enterprise doesn't exist without freedom and they are too stupid to realize that.
That was the whole idea behind Nixon's initiative with China. Yeah, that Nixon, the one being vilified to boost the reputation of journalists.
"Free enterprise doesn't exist without freedom and they are too stupid to realize that. That was the whole idea behind Nixon's initiative with China. Yeah, that Nixon, the one being vilified to boost the reputation of journalists."
Nixon deserves vilification. We are boosting the fortunes of the Communist state we will eventually have to stand and fight if following Bush's inaugural goals to make people free around the world. No one here would have accepted that for Nicaragua or Cuba. People here loathe Armand Hammer. Nixonian detente would have been rightfully called appeasement if he'd have had a "-D" after his name on the ballot.
The only problem is that free enterprise creats an affluent middle class, and affluence is a path to political power. By the time the military is powerfull enough, so may be the middle class which will take a dim view of trading their x-boxes for military conquest.
Why kill people for stuff when you can just buy it?