Made in China, Exported to the World: The Surveillance State

Re:Made in China, Exported to the World: The Surveillance State by raxxorrax on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @10:44AM (#19738817)

> Good governance is crucial. Western democracy does not seem to.

Strange though that it seems necessary to keep your people in the dark about some of the disadvantages.

Perhaps democracy is indeed not a prerequisite for economic growth, but that would be a pretty one sided perspective, no?

And yes, the growth was only possible because of strong democracies fiancing it. That should certainly not be left out of that equation, faulty as it may be.

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Re:Made in China, Exported to the World: The Surveillance State by NotPaidToPost on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @12:32PM (#19740082)

Few, if any, European countries were democracies when they industrialised. Japan wasn't. Korea wasn't. Singapore isn't really a democracy.

It more about sensible governance and perhaps culture than democracy.

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