Chinese Model Of Suppressing Individuals Could Become The Envy Of The World

03-09-2011 • BusinessInsider.com/

Apparently, Soros is considering the possibility that people might some day want to be censored and live in a socialist society like China's. He said yesterday at the Traveller’s Club in Paris, according to Dealbook: “The world does need order, and that order needs maintenance. The idea that markets can correct their excesses turned out to be false. “Perfect order and global governance are not realistic expectations. However, it is a sad fact that Western democracies provide less successful leadership than China.” "[China’s model of state capitalism, in which the interests of the individual are subordinated to those of the government, pose a danger if its example becomes] “the envy of the world.” He must think that things could get really bad in the Western world to think that anyone in a free-speech democracy is capable of envying life in China. In fact, let's take a look at what's going on there right now and you tell us if you'd ever envy its leadership. Today in China, gchat, skype, and video chat are blocked, according to a resident.