[Cronos]

The Chinese are communists in name alone -- they are increasingly more like fascists.

Industriousness, yes, due to throwing more people at a job. In terms of productivity, the US still is high up -- as is Germany, Japan and even India in comparison to China.

In any case, the net result is that China and india will be somewhere close to the US by 2030 -- I doubt they would overtake the US, but they will be close -- as I said in another post here, what matters more to both is bringing millions of their countrymen out of poverty

sobtiy

[bruinbirdman]

"The Chinese are communists in name alone -- they are increasingly more like fascists."

"I'm not a Communist, I'm a socialist." "I'm not a Socialist, I'm a Fascist." "I'm not a Socialist, I'm a Progressive." I'm not a Progressive, I'm a Liberal." "I'm not a Liberal, I'm a Democrat."

"We need a new Communism, those other guys didn't do it right." "I'm not a Socialist, I'm Labour." "Labour didn't do it right, we are now New Labour, The Third Way."

"Socialists are not Communists. Bolsheviks are not Communists. Fascists are not Communists. Communists are Communists in name only. That single party that runs Red China are really Capitalists."

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