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Re:‘We’re Almost Extinct’: China’s Investigative Journalists... by remarkEon on Saturday July 13, 2019 @02:55AM (#20426879)
>no, the marriage between capitalism and democracy is over

Žižek's critique here is not unique to China (or Asia). The relationship between capitalism and democracy, one that is taught as doctrine in Western economics classes, is being stressed around the world.

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Re:‘We’re Almost Extinct’: China’s Investigative Journalists... by coldtea on Saturday July 13, 2019 @07:26AM (#20427543)
Besides it was always a doctrine, not some physical law of the universe...
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Re:‘We’re Almost Extinct’: China’s Investigative Journalists... by remarkEon on Saturday July 13, 2019 @02:39PM (#20429489)
Sure, but I'm more meaning that it is taught as something that should go unchallenged. While Democracy + Capitalism = Growth isn't a physical law like F = MA, it sure seems to be treated like a religious one.
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