I was thinking of "they collapse and the rebuilding begins" in your statement, "We need to ratchet the pressure on their Chicom govt slow, steady, and non-stop, until they collapse and the rebuilding begins."
IMO there cannot be a rebuilding in the sense that I understood the meaning; i.e., the building of a free market economy after these commies are gone, a true free market.
I became a news hound in June, 1950 when the Judy Canova show (as I recall) was interrupted with the bulletin that North Korea had invaded the south. I remember the reporting (MSM or not) over the decades about the commies' crimes. I truly believe that the criminals cannot be changed by what passes for "pressure" from our current crop of national leaders.
Good idea but we just don't have leaders who have the stomach for it. The "greatest generation" that knew how to win hot and cold wars is gone.
I liked the article. It was factual. I liked the observation that the kids don't play cops and robbers they play "kill the boss." The Chi-coms are indeed scared by the unrest of the tens of millions of unemployed, civilian and ex-military. Economic and banking reforms will put tens of millions more out of work. The Chi-coms need the North Koreans to keep us distracted.
You are right, the article expresses "typical socialist idealism and dreams." Let the Marxists destroy themselves trying to implement one version of socialism or another. We don't have a sustainable will to make it happen.
What I meant by that is all the 'buddy system' that socialism/totalitarianism breeds (i.e. corruption). That has to be weeded out and it takes years to do so. The government can fall in one day since they are visible. The rest takes time.
My experience in China is that there is a general sense and trend toward capitalism and freedom. Maybe not exactly as we implement and know it, but within their own culture, they have a better chance to make it work than the Russians IMO.