China seeks out Russia over North Korea strategy

WantChinaTimes ^ | 2013-12-16

[cunning_fish]

>>>Bingo.

In the West, we often assume that economic freedom inexorably leads to political freedom.

That simply cannot be backed up from world history.<<<

In modern history political freedom comes only out of economy.

Wealthy people are much more demanding in terms of respecting their rights and dignity.

The poor doesn’t need any freedom, they are willingly selling their votes to a highest bidder as we can see in Central and Southern America, Africa, Ukraine etc.

All of these nations has formal representative governments very similar to that of developed nations but there are neither rights nor freedoms.

Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore - all were a dictatorships as far as 1950s. They had their enormous economic growth at the time and got a majority wealthy middle class which has transformed these nations into functional republics.

If one thinks China is any different he is a fool. It wasn’t much different from North Korea just 40 years ago, today both China on par with Russia considered decadent capitalist nations by the Norks.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks TigerLikesRooster.