Re: Corbyns back !!
Originally Posted by
Tedc
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True Bread!
I do believe that it (socialism) cannot work, successfully, in a democracy.
The only places where they have power (China, the EU, etc) are the ones where you can't vote them out.
We are led to believe that Russia has changed, until we see the games that Putin is playing to stay in power for ever!
We are not born equal, imagine not having anyone with the push to create companies, jobs, et cetera!
Wow!
I agree with the sentiment but the facts don't suggest agreement.
If you're suggesting that China and Russia don't have anyone with the push to create companies and jobs you might like to explain the number of Russian oligarchs or the number of Chinese billionaires?
Yes
billionaires.
China created a record number last year at 257 giving them a total of 878 billionaires.
(That figure is currently at 1058 and rising apparently.)
That's more than the USA's 659 as of 2020.
You might also like to explain how - if jobs aren't being created - China has such a large middle class and why the Chinese have so much disposable cash in terms of savings etc?
Before the pandemic China saw 155 million outward-bound tourists which is a heck of a lot of spending on holidays.
By comparison the USA saw under 45 million outward-bound tourists in the same year.