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ChristianKl comments on Politics Discussion Thread January 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 03 January 2013 08:19:28AM *  3 points [-]

Do you consider The Great Leap Forward and The Cultural Revolution a success? That's only about 50 years ago.

When you're trying to judge the performance of a system of government, some historical perspective is required.

Comment author: ChristianKl 07 January 2013 08:01:41PM 2 points [-]

China has been governed quite different since Mao died. I don't think it quite fair to treat pre-Mao and post-Mao China the same way.

Comment author: buybuydandavis 07 January 2013 11:48:11PM 1 point [-]

I agree that there has been a huge difference. That's my point. The system has not demonstrated long term stability in it's methods and results.