tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597988080513921863.post6365717984769783698..comments2024-03-15T03:20:49.376-04:00Comments on Autonomy For All: China's anti-austerity programDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355077650707854680noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597988080513921863.post-81769446595454597012011-03-05T21:30:46.294-05:002011-03-05T21:30:46.294-05:00For the sake of the Chinese people, I hope that th...For the sake of the Chinese people, I hope that this is more than rhetoric, but I doubt it. I'm no Fukuyaman, but I do think that the <i>dirigisme</i> of the CCP is ultimately doomed to failure. Whatever it pledges now, its own interests will always come first.<br /><br />When everything is motoring along smoothly, those interests tend to be pursued in a way that makes things at least tolerable for everyone else. When the regime's management skills falter, though, Dr. Jekyll becomes Mr. Hyde, and short work is made of perceived enemies of the State. It's a highly unstable arrangement, despite its apparent successes to date.William Timbermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06465283842365282278noreply@blogger.com