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Danny Lum
If China is doing so well, why doesn't America turn communist?
Mas Miwa
Mas Miwa, former Engineer at Hughes Space and Communications
Answered Mar 12, 2018
Boy, are you lost! China is Communist in name only. The US is a Democracy in name only. Today, China is a Meritocratic Socialist-Capitalist state, the US is a Represenatative Democratic Socialist-Capitalist state. The only difference is, in how their political systems manage these systems. China uses meritocracy, the US uses representative Democracy. Are we still with it?
China operates like an American corporation, management is selected base on merit and in most cases, by the next level in the management chain. The President is chosen by the Board of Directors. China works in a very similar fashion, hence the term meritocratic. Are American companies Communist?
The US is not a popular democracy, in total, for example, our presidential elections. Candidates are selected by individual parties in the primary. Only party member select candidates to run. In the presidential election, votes are tallied on a state by state basis where some states ratio their electoral college votes and others use a’winner take all’ system. In our last election, Donald Trump won the electoral votes but Hillary won the popular vote. Many don’t realize it but agencies and functions like social security, medicare, medicaid, schools, the VA, fire and police services, our national parks, our armed forces, are really forms of Socialism. Today’s fight is with healthcare, which is a hybrid. Medicare for seniors is Socialism, but health care for others is not. In the case of Medicare, it is really a hybrid, like most countries that have healthcare for all. Medicare is a government run program, but medical providers are in the private sector.
So, what in the world is happening? This is what classical thermodynamics calls Entropy, a convergence to a single temperature, or in our example, a single political system. What you are seeing, around the world, is a convergence to a Socialist-Capitalist system. Whether it is politically managed as a Democracy, Meritocracy, or another system, the Socialist-Capitalist reference seems to be where most countries are headed.
Mas Miwa
Mas Miwa, former Engineer at Hughes Space and Communications
Answered Mar 12, 2018
Boy, are you lost! China is Communist in name only. The US is a Democracy in name only. Today, China is a Meritocratic Socialist-Capitalist state, the US is a Represenatative Democratic Socialist-Capitalist state. The only difference is, in how their political systems manage these systems. China uses meritocracy, the US uses representative Democracy. Are we still with it?
China operates like an American corporation, management is selected base on merit and in most cases, by the next level in the management chain. The President is chosen by the Board of Directors. China works in a very similar fashion, hence the term meritocratic. Are American companies Communist?
The US is not a popular democracy, in total, for example, our presidential elections. Candidates are selected by individual parties in the primary. Only party member select candidates to run. In the presidential election, votes are tallied on a state by state basis where some states ratio their electoral college votes and others use a’winner take all’ system. In our last election, Donald Trump won the electoral votes but Hillary won the popular vote. Many don’t realize it but agencies and functions like social security, medicare, medicaid, schools, the VA, fire and police services, our national parks, our armed forces, are really forms of Socialism. Today’s fight is with healthcare, which is a hybrid. Medicare for seniors is Socialism, but health care for others is not. In the case of Medicare, it is really a hybrid, like most countries that have healthcare for all. Medicare is a government run program, but medical providers are in the private sector.
So, what in the world is happening? This is what classical thermodynamics calls Entropy, a convergence to a single temperature, or in our example, a single political system. What you are seeing, around the world, is a convergence to a Socialist-Capitalist system. Whether it is politically managed as a Democracy, Meritocracy, or another system, the Socialist-Capitalist reference seems to be where most countries are headed.
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Danny Lum
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Friday, December 12, 2014
For the next decades and the next centuries, the World need to tweak the World Economic System - and cannot rely on the current "Raw Capitalism" = in which the main emphasis is "Competition, Intense Competition" - to "kill all competitors" - "winners take all system" --- where the "sole survivors will be those at the apex - and those in middle-class and lower-class will be eliminated" - due to business restructuring, retrenchment, ---- that lead to Economy volatilty, leading to increasingly wider and wider social divide, income divide - that will bring about social instability, economic volatility, job lost, wage stagnation, job instability, high stress level etc - that will bring about "equal miseries" - if the winner that form the apex thinks that they are the "final winners".
The majority losers - will take their miseries to the "winners" - and pull them down - since "you are ok", "i am not ok".
We are already witnessing many World events that are unfolding - across the continents and in many countries :-
(1) Arab Spring - where so many countries embroild in civil wars and a breeding ground for terrorism.
(2) Long ruling Governance losing grounds or fast changing of hands in Governance.
(3) Social unrest in so many cities - across the continents - Wall Street, Arab spring, Chrysatemum movement, demonstration etc.
What is the main cause - that trigger all this ---- the flaw "Raw Capitalism" - that cause the Society to form a very long elongated Pyramid.
Raw Capitalism = Competition = the strongest, the sly, the fittest survive = i ok, you not ok is ok.
Competition - kills Cooperation that "Open and Expand Economic Pie", that "Open Opportunites", that "Expand Business, Investment, Business Profits, Create Jobs, Maintain Niches, Maintain Market Shares" - though Competition ensure "Market Efficiency". But extreme competition - will bring "very small winners" and "kill the rest".
So for the next decades into the next centuries, what should be the Economic Model for the World?
It should be a "Co-operative, Competitive Model" - this harness the best of the 2 Economic System :-
(1) "Co-operation" - open Economic Pie, open Business Opportunities, maintain individual niches - ensure every industries, every organisation there are sufficient rooms to survive, make decent profits, create and maintain jobs.
(2) "Competition" - ensure "market efficiency" - within the framework of "Co-operative competition" - without killing off one another's industries and companies - that keep a decent organisation profits and maintain jobs for the staff and workers.
Only then, it will ensure Society stability, harmony and prosperity - for every Countries in the World (because everyone has a job, can feed themselves, can feed their dependants, can feed their families).
- Instead of what we are witnessing now in every corners of the World ---- where social divide is acute, income gap is acute, social instability - due to high jobless rate, economic volatility, financial volatility, intense business competition, intense economic competition, raw capitalism rearing the ugly ahead and displacing many majorities and benefitting on the minorities - that lead to society incohesion, conflict and disharmony.
If the World want to see less turmoil, political instability, social incohesiveness, disharmony, festering of terrorist ideologism etc ---- then moving from "Raw Capitalism" toward "Co-operative, Competitive Economic Model" is the way to go.
What is the Fundamental Objective of a Society, of a Country ?
"Ensure every citizen can feed themselves and their families with a decent job and a decent pay - and live in a Society and coexist with others in an environment that is safe, harmonious, and peaceful."
"Not enriching a few individual - at the expense of others - which the current "Raw Capitalism" Economic System - has bring about this outcome" - where the adverse consequences will be political instability, economic volatility and social disharmony or disquiet. Where at the end of the day, the few individuals will also lose their wealth in a disharmonious society. So did "Raw Capitalism" serve the purpose?
In long term - no.
We are already witnessing increasingly - "equal miseries" mode.
Than in this case, shouldn't the World collectively tweak the "Raw Capitalism Economic System" to a "Co-operative, Competitive Economic System" - to ensure every Society, every Countries, every Industries and every Companies - have their own niches to feed every citizens?
Many postings to date, many prophecy :----- has manifested, has indeed come true..........
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The following is posted in :-
Friday, December 12, 2014
For the next decades and the next centuries, the World need to tweak the World Economic System - and cannot rely on the current "Raw Capitalism" = in which the main emphasis is "Competition, Intense Competition" - to "kill all competitors" - "winners take all system" --- where the "sole survivors will be those at the apex - and those in middle-class and lower-class will be eliminated" - due to business restructuring, retrenchment, ---- that lead to Economy volatilty, leading to increasingly wider and wider social divide, income divide - that will bring about social instability, economic volatility, job lost, wage stagnation, job instability, high stress level etc - that will bring about "equal miseries" - if the winner that form the apex thinks that they are the "final winners".
The majority losers - will take their miseries to the "winners" - and pull them down - since "you are ok", "i am not ok".
We are already witnessing many World events that are unfolding - across the continents and in many countries :-
(1) Arab Spring - where so many countries embroild in civil wars and a breeding ground for terrorism.
(2) Long ruling Governance losing grounds or fast changing of hands in Governance.
(3) Social unrest in so many cities - across the continents - Wall Street, Arab spring, Chrysatemum movement, demonstration etc.
What is the main cause - that trigger all this ---- the flaw "Raw Capitalism" - that cause the Society to form a very long elongated Pyramid.
Raw Capitalism = Competition = the strongest, the sly, the fittest survive = i ok, you not ok is ok.
Competition - kills Cooperation that "Open and Expand Economic Pie", that "Open Opportunites", that "Expand Business, Investment, Business Profits, Create Jobs, Maintain Niches, Maintain Market Shares" - though Competition ensure "Market Efficiency". But extreme competition - will bring "very small winners" and "kill the rest".
So for the next decades into the next centuries, what should be the Economic Model for the World?
It should be a "Co-operative, Competitive Model" - this harness the best of the 2 Economic System :-
(1) "Co-operation" - open Economic Pie, open Business Opportunities, maintain individual niches - ensure every industries, every organisation there are sufficient rooms to survive, make decent profits, create and maintain jobs.
(2) "Competition" - ensure "market efficiency" - within the framework of "Co-operative competition" - without killing off one another's industries and companies - that keep a decent organisation profits and maintain jobs for the staff and workers.
Only then, it will ensure Society stability, harmony and prosperity - for every Countries in the World (because everyone has a job, can feed themselves, can feed their dependants, can feed their families).
- Instead of what we are witnessing now in every corners of the World ---- where social divide is acute, income gap is acute, social instability - due to high jobless rate, economic volatility, financial volatility, intense business competition, intense economic competition, raw capitalism rearing the ugly ahead and displacing many majorities and benefitting on the minorities - that lead to society incohesion, conflict and disharmony.
If the World want to see less turmoil, political instability, social incohesiveness, disharmony, festering of terrorist ideologism etc ---- then moving from "Raw Capitalism" toward "Co-operative, Competitive Economic Model" is the way to go.
What is the Fundamental Objective of a Society, of a Country ?
"Ensure every citizen can feed themselves and their families with a decent job and a decent pay - and live in a Society and coexist with others in an environment that is safe, harmonious, and peaceful."
"Not enriching a few individual - at the expense of others - which the current "Raw Capitalism" Economic System - has bring about this outcome" - where the adverse consequences will be political instability, economic volatility and social disharmony or disquiet. Where at the end of the day, the few individuals will also lose their wealth in a disharmonious society. So did "Raw Capitalism" serve the purpose?
In long term - no.
We are already witnessing increasingly - "equal miseries" mode.
Than in this case, shouldn't the World collectively tweak the "Raw Capitalism Economic System" to a "Co-operative, Competitive Economic System" - to ensure every Society, every Countries, every Industries and every Companies - have their own niches to feed every citizens?
Many postings to date, many prophecy :----- has manifested, has indeed come true..........
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Stephen Chan
Danny Lum state your source. I can publish anything I like. Typical chinese cant write originally and relies upon being told what to think.
The communist party of china posts anything it likes too. The best published is so called chinese history. I've been to chinese museums. They could be more accurately called fiction houses with the exaggerations, lies, and omissions.
The communist party of china posts anything it likes too. The best published is so called chinese history. I've been to chinese museums. They could be more accurately called fiction houses with the exaggerations, lies, and omissions.
Yi Yong Ke
Danny Lum: I believe you express better in the Chinese language or the Cantonese Language.
Your comment is a load of rubbish.
Your comment is a load of rubbish.
Janet Li Wei Tan
No point trying to use lengthy words to debate your points across as Hker probably won't read CNA. Anyway, I don't care if Democracy or Fake Democracy or Communist or Fake Communist is better. When a never-before-seen high number of turn-outs happened in a country to protest against something, that something must be really wrong.
Danny Lum
Critics here :-
Can't you see the author is from :-
Mas Miwa
Mas Miwa, former Engineer at Hughes Space and Communications?
What he say has some truth in it.
Economic categorisation is accurate.
Political categorisation is not very accurate - because in Communism, people has no right to vote unlike democracy.
Can't you see the author is from :-
Mas Miwa
Mas Miwa, former Engineer at Hughes Space and Communications?
What he say has some truth in it.
Economic categorisation is accurate.
Political categorisation is not very accurate - because in Communism, people has no right to vote unlike democracy.
Stephen Chan
China is just a fascist system now, dangerous because its people are mindless believe everything the CCP tells them, and cannot question without being arrested (or not access material to make them question).
They suck in toxic air and food like its ccp manna. Are happy to be led by a self proclaimed dictator, and mostly know nothing of how the CCP and their own army slaughtered them around Tiananmen square in 1989.
They suck in toxic air and food like its ccp manna. Are happy to be led by a self proclaimed dictator, and mostly know nothing of how the CCP and their own army slaughtered them around Tiananmen square in 1989.
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